Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 28, 2020

Daily Mail: Europe records its first case of human-to-human Coronavirus transmission: German man caught disease from a Chinese colleague who was visiting from Shanghai

* The 33-year-old man caught his illness from a colleague who travelled to Germany from Shanghai
* She had recently visited her parents in Wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, and fell ill on her flight home
* Two other men have been infected despite not travelling to China – one in Japan and one in Vietnam
* Hong Kong's chief, Carrie Lam, today said trains and ferries to the Chinese mainland would be stopped
* Hong Kong will also halve the number of flights to China and stop giving visas to visitors from China
* In Australia the Peppers Broadbeach hotel on the Gold Coast was visited by hazmat-clad paramedics today

A German man infected with the Wuhan coronavirus has become the first person in Europe to catch the virus without even going to China.

The 33-year-old, who works as a car parts supplier, caught the disease in his home country on January 21 from a colleague who was visiting from China and later became ill on her flight home. She was from Shanghai but had recently visited her parents in Wuhan.

Fears of the deadly coronavirus, which has now infected more than 4,500 people, spreading around the world are growing as the German man's case is one of four – men in Vietnam, Japan and Taiwan have also been infected at home.

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WNU Editor: This is sobering .... Killer coronavirus outbreak rampaging across the world will last MONTHS as death toll hits 106 and scientists warn a vaccine is still at least eight weeks away (Daily Mail).

Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 28, 2020

China vows to beat 'devil' virus as countries rush to evacuate citizens -- Reuters
Wuhan coronavirus: China will contain ‘demon’ outbreak, Xi Jinping says as death toll mounts -- SCMP
China agrees to WHO sending experts to study virus -- Reuters
China's first coronavirus hospital OPENS after workers and volunteers spend two days converting an empty building into a 1,000-bed medical centre -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus outbreak could peak in ten days: Chinese expert -- AFP
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to slash border travel as virus spreads -- BBC
China coronavirus death toll passes 100 as US, Canada issue travel warning -- France 24
China coronavirus: 110 patients under observation in US, while other countries assess plans as more ill people identified globally -- SCMP
Germany confirms human transmission of coronavirus -- DW
Germany confirms first human coronavirus transmission in Europe -- The Guardian
Chinese tourist in 'serious condition' in France's fourth coronavirus case -- France 24
France to airlift citizens from virus-hit Chinese city -- AFP
Japan, US ready evacuations from China virus epicentre -- AFP
Japan sends plane to virus-hit Wuhan to evacuate citizens -- AFP
Ethiopia quarantines four over coronavirus fears -- BBC
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed new cases? -- Al Jazweera
Villages across China are BARRICADING themselves in with brick walls and creating make-shift checkpoints to stop outsiders spreading the killer coronavirus rapidly sweeping across the country -- Daily Mail
China coronavirus: Misinformation spreads online about origin and scale -- BBC
French student Instagrams life in Wuhan under coronavirus quarantine -- France 24
Coronavirus: How residents cope with life under lockdown in Wuhan -- Al Jazeera
Coronavirus vaccine — a race against time -- Fabian Schmidt, DW
How prepared is Europe for an outbreak of the novel coronavirus? -- Ruairi Casey, Al Jazeera
From Wuhan to Australia: A timeline of key events in the spread of China's deadly coronavirus -- ABC News Online