After backlash, WHO clarifies COVID-19 'very rare' transmission remarks

Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's COVID-19 technical lead, says: 'I was not stating a policy of WHO'

5 things we still don't know about the coronavirus

Here are 5 key questions that remain unanswered about the virus officially known as SARS-CoV-2 that leads to COVID-19

World failed to learn SARS lessons for coronavirus fight – experts

Experts say the new coronavirus epidemic shows there has not been any sustained, coordinated efforts on infectious diseases

A virus that's reshaping the world: This week's outlook

The coronavirus outbreak is not only messing up everyone’s business and personal travel plans, but is also hitting economies hard and reshaping the global supply chain that the world has grown accustomed to

How does COVID-19 compare to SARS and MERS?

WHO says COVID-19 'appears not as deadly as other coronaviruses,' but the disease has already infected and killed more people than SARS and MERS combined

Hong Kong housing block evacuated after double virus find

Residents are forced to leave in the early hours as health officials in masks and white overalls scramble to work out whether the virus had spread through the complex of some 3,000 people

What we learned from SARS, according to ex-DOH chief Manuel Dayrit

Rappler speaks to former health secretary Manuel Dayrit, who was known as the SARS czar when the disease hit China, Hong Kong, and other parts of the world in 2003

Hong Kong reports first 'preliminary positive' case of new virus

Health secretary Sophia Chan says the 39-year-old man was 'preliminarily positive,' but a final test result would only be known on January 23

China virus death toll jumps to 17, officials say avoid epicenter city

(4th UPDATE) China's National Health Commission announces measures to contain the disease – including sterilization and ventilation at airports and bus stations, as well as inside planes and trains

Novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV: What we know so far

(2nd UPDATE) The World Health Organization has declared the current 2019-nCoV situation in China a public health emergency of international concern

Australia testing first suspected case of Chinese virus

Australia says it would introduce heightened medical screening for travellers arriving in Sydney from Wuhan

DOH probes suspected case of novel coronavirus in Cebu City

(3rd UPDATE) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III says the suspected case involves a 5-year-old Chinese boy who arrived in Cebu City from Wuhan, China

Asia steps up checks as China virus kills 6, infects nearly 300

(UPDATED) Nations across the Asia-Pacific region step up checks of passengers at airports to detect the SARS-like coronavirus, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan

WHO to hold emergency meeting as SARS-like virus spreads in Asia

(3rd UPDATE) An 89-year-old man has become the fourth person to die from the virus in China, authorities say Tuesday

What is coronavirus? New disease spreading in Asia revives SARS fears

An expert says the fact that the virus had spread beyond China, to Japan and Thailand, was 'starting to make us fear that interhuman transmission is possible'

China reports SARS-like virus spreads across country, nearly 140 new cases

(UPDATED) A third person is confirmed to have died and 136 new cases are found over the weekend in Wuhan, taking the total number of people to have been diagnosed with the virus in China to 201

Experts warn over scale of China virus as U.S. airports start screening

Scientists from the MRC Center for Global Infectious Disease Analysis say the number of cases in Wuhan, China was likely closer to 1,700 than the 45 earlier reported

Japan reports case of mystery virus behind China outbreak

The outbreak has caused alarm because the new virus is from the same family as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed 349 people in mainland China and 299 in Hong Kong in 2002 and 2003

FALSE: 'SARS' case reported in clinic at Shangri-La Plaza

The Department of Health flags the chain message as 'fake content'

China believes new virus behind mystery pneumonia outbreak

(3rd UPDATE) The World Health Organization confirms the preliminary discovery of a new coronavirus

China confirms more cases of mystery viral pneumonia

Authorities are still in the process of identifying the cause of the infection, but 'influenza, avian influenza, adenovirus infection, and other common respiratory diseases' have been excluded

China probes pneumonia outbreak amid SARS fears – state media

News of the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan leads to speculation online that it might be linked to SARS

International laws spell out duty to rescue persons at sea

This duty 'can be considered as another side of the right to life, which every individual enjoys under human rights law,' according to a 2016 paper

Singapore may deny entry of unvaccinated foreign travellers

The Singapore health ministry proposes giving authorities the power to turn back unvaccinated non-citizens to the country they came from

Tim SAR terus mencari nenek yang hilang sejak 31 Oktober

Topi dan ceceran bekal nenek berusia 73 tahun itu ditemukan pada Kamis, 2 November 2017

'Government has to treat HIV as national emergency' – RITM doctor

AIDS experts and persons with HIV ask government to enforce the treat all policy and provide medication to patients regardless of their infection stage

Rescue teams gear up for Disaster Responders' Challenge 2016

A two day long challenge will test the capability and readiness of various disaster response team to save lives in times of crisis

Sempat hilang 5 hari, dua pendaki Semeru ditemukan selamat

Lokasi ditemukan berada di luar jalur pendakian

Dua penumpang KM Marina Baru ditemukan dalam keadaan selamat

Pencarian penumpang KM Marina dilakukan di perairan sekitar Pelabuhan Siwa

Sebagian identitas korban yang ditemukan sudah teridentifikasi

Pencarian korban tenggelamnya KM Marina dilanjutkan pagi ini

Belasan pendaki masih bertahan di puncak Gunung Lawu

Kalaupun Kalaupun masih ada pendaki di Gunung Lawu mereka diduga masih menjalani ritual dan dinilai kondisinya tidak berbahaya akibat kebakaran

Needed: Large trucks for Typhoon Lando rescue teams

Rescue teams need transport assistance to reach areas flooded by Typhoon Lando

Indonesia wRap: 20 Mei 2015

TNI AL akan tenggelamkan 41 kapal asing Debat Menteri ESDM dan SBY terus berlanjut Jenazah Eri Yunanto diangkat dari kawah Merapi

12 korban longsor Sukabumi sudah dievakuasi

12 jenazah korban longsong berhasil dievakuasi tapi 290 penduduk masih mengungsi di sebuah gedung sekolah dasar

Legacy of SARS in Asia offers lessons for Ebola fight

Experts say the experience of dealing with these viruses stands Asia in generally good stead should it face an outbreak of Ebola which has yet to make it to the continent

Some PH hospitals not confident about Ebola detection

Philippine Hospital Association president Jaime Almora says their hospitals only have the capability to do the initial screening of potential Ebola patients

Philippines to start training health workers for Ebola

UPDATED Weekly trainings will be given by experts in infectious diseases and Ebola

PH may send health workers to Ebola-hit countries

Even without an official announcement from the health department about a dozen health workers have volunteered to be sent to West Africa

#PugadBaboy: What it feels to be stereotyped

Scientists find compound to fight virus behind SARS and MERS

Edward Trybala from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and Volker Thiel from the University of Bern discovers a compound called K22 appearing to block MERS and SARS Both currently have no cure

OFW's co-passengers asked to check for MERS

The 418 passengers will be asked if they have fever or flu like symptoms that might be signs of the sometimes fatal MERS

New Saudi cases lift MERS infections to 136: WHO

The respiratory virus which appeared first in Saudi Arabia last year has killed 58 people worldwide 49 of them in the kingdom according to official Saudi figures and the World Health Organisation

2 deaths, 6 new MERS virus cases in Saudi - WHO

Saudi man dies of MERS virus - ministry

This brings the kingdom s death toll from the SARS like virus to 41 while two new cases are registered

Widest study highlights risks from MERS virus

Study: Older patients men and people with underlying medical conditions are those particularly at risk

Saudi announces 4 new deaths from MERS virus

Two people died in the western city of Taif and the other two were pronounced dead in Eastern Province where most cases have been registered

PH can't send doctors to Saudi amid virus threat

Saudi Arabia hit by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome MERS Coronavirus does not allow freoign medical attachés to practice their profession there

Study warns of longer incubation for SARS-like virus

The incubation period of the SARS like virus that has killed 27 people globally may be longer than previously thought requiring longer quarantine

WHO: Death toll from SARS-like virus hits 27

The new virus was last week renamed the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

WHO calls for calm amid France virus scare

The coronavirus is a cousin of the virus that causes SARS