Indian authorities will conduct thermal screening of passengers from China at 20 airports amid fears of the spread of the new coronavirus, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday

The figures for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have increased tenfold from some 400 confirmed cases last Wednesday to over 4,000 this Tuesday, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet designated the virus outbreak as a global health emergency

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting on Tuesday expressed mutual readiness to actively cooperate in the tackling the deadly new coronavirus, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement

Ten Chinese tourists traveling in Turkey's Cappadocia region and two Turkish nationals have been hospitalized over concerns they may be infected with the new coronavirus, Ali Manti, the governor of Aksaray province in central Turkey, said

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration has temporarily suspended the issuance of visas upon arrival (VUA) for Chinese tourists amid fears of the spread of the new coronavirus, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said on Tuesday