Posted on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 1:19 p.m.
Here is the list of countries outside China that have reported cases of SARS-like coronavirus disease since it spread from the city of Wuhan, where it appeared in December.
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Nearly 1,300 people have been infected in China, where 41 have died, according to the latest official statement on Saturday.
AUSTRALIA
Four cases.
They were confirmed on January 25 in Australia. The first patient is a man who arrived from Wuhan in Melbourne a week earlier. The other three also recently stayed in China.
FRANCE
Three cases.
They are the first in Europe. They were confirmed on January 24, one in Bordeaux (southwest), the other two in Paris. The three patients had recently traveled to China.
SOUTH KOREA
Two cases.
The first is that of a 35-year-old Chinese woman who flew to Seoul on January 19 from Wuhan. A 50-year-old who worked in this city in central China has also tested positive.
UNITED STATES
Two cases.
A man in his thirties who stayed in the Wuhan area was hospitalized near Seattle (west coast), where he returned on January 15, authorities said on January 21.
A second case was recorded on January 24, that of a sixty-year-old woman who arrived from Wuhan on the 13th and lives in Chicago.
JAPAN
Three cases.
The first is that of a thirties who had to be hospitalized on January 10 after having returned a few days earlier from a stay in Wuhan.
Two residents of this Chinese city have also tested positive.
MALAYSIA
Three cases.
They were announced on January 25 and relate to three Chinese from Wuhan, a 66-year-old woman and two young boys who arrived two days earlier via Singapore.
NEPAL
A case.
It was announced on January 24. 32-year-old man returned on January 9 from Wuhan
SINGAPORE
Three cases.
The first was announced on January 23: a 66-year-old man who had arrived from Wuhan three days earlier. His 37-year-old son, who accompanied him, also tested positive. Just like a 52-year-old Wuhan resident who arrived on January 21.
TAIWAN
Three cases.
The first is that of a woman in her 50s who arrived on January 20 from Wuhan, where she lives.
THAILAND
Five cases.
These are four Chinese from Wuhan and a Thai woman who had stayed in that city.
Two of the Chinese returned, once healed, to their country.
It was in Thailand that the first patient outside of China was identified on January 8.
VIETNAM
Two cases.
The two are Chinese, a man who arrived in Vietnam on January 13 from Wuhan and his son, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City, whom he subsequently infected, authorities said on January 23.
SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CHINESE REGIONS
HONG KONG
Five cases.
Several of these people stayed in Wuhan.
MACAO
Two cases.
The first was announced on January 22. She is a 52-year-old businesswoman who arrived three days earlier by train from the nearby Chinese city of Zhuhai.
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