Thailand Reports 1st Domestic Coronavirus Transmission
BANGKOK — Five additional people tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus in Thailand including one person who has no history of travels to China, health officials said.
Gov’t Says Evac of Thais in Wuhan Begins Saturday Morning
BANGKOK — A government source on Friday said a plane will be dispatched to China’s Wuhan tomorrow morning and retrieve Thai citizens stranded in the locked down city.
HealthMin Says No New Coronavirus Cases, 7 Patients Cured
BANGKOK — Thailand’s figure of confirmed coronavirus cases stand at 14 as of Friday, with no discovery of new cases for the past three days, the Health Ministry said.
China to Bring Back Passengers Stranded Overseas
BEIJING (Xinhua) — China will arrange or charter flights to bring back passengers stranded overseas due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, according to the country's civil aviation regulator.
Russia Faces Blanket Athletics Ban at 2020 Tokyo Games
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Russian track and field athletes may be banned from a second-straight summer Olympics after the Athletics Integrity Unit recommended severe sanctions be imposed on the Russian Athletics Federation on Wednesday.
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira Vow ‘Empowering’ Halftime Show
MIAMI (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Shakira said their Super Bowl halftime show will pay homage to Latino culture, promising a joint performance that has an empowering message and also one that will remember NBA icon Kobe Bryant.
WHO Declares Global Emergency Over Virus From China
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week.
Giraffe Who Escaped Zoo Convoy is Found Dead
CHACHOENGSAO — A 7 meter giraffe that escaped from a private zoo’s transport in Bangkok two days ago was found dead in a ditch on Thursday.
Inquiry Into Hungarian Who Died at Airport Jail Still Ongoing
SAMUT PRAKAN — Police on Thursday said the investigation is still underway into the cause of death of a Hungarian man who died in Suvarnabhumi Airport’s holding cell earlier this week.
Sources Say Prayut Has Fever, a Day After Touring Airport
BANGKOK — Fever forced PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to cancel all his government appointments for Thursday and recover at home, his aides said.
