What you need to know about coronavirusFollow our updates: Over the weekend, health officials confirmed three new U.S. cases, bringing the total to five. Mapping the spread of the new coronavirus: The United States, France, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Macao and South Korea have all confirmed cases of the infection. In Wuhan, the Chinese city of 11 million people where the coronavirus outbreak began last month, train stations, ferries, buses and the airport all have shut down. Travel bans were extended in central China to put more than 50 million people effectively on local lockdowns. U.S. health officials are screening travelers from Wuhan arriving at the international airports in Los Angeles and San Francisco, New York’s John F. Kennedy, Chicago’s O’Hare, and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson international airport.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2020 09:28 UTC