{"id":13423,"date":"2020-01-30T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/jan\/30\/coronavirus-live-updates-china-death-toll-wuhan-evacuation-foreign-nationals-citizens-latest-news"},"modified":"2020-01-30T23:06:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T14:06:13","slug":"coronavirus-live-updates-death-toll-jumps-to-170-amid-evacuation-delays-for-foreign-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=13423","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: 6,000 locked down on cruise ship off Italy \u2013 live news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHO says whole world must be on alert for Wuhan virus as UK citizens in Hubei told they will be flown home on Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/30\/coronavirus-hundreds-stranded-wuhan-uk-evacuation-flight-delayed\">Coronavirus: Britons stuck in Wuhan to be flown home on Friday<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/30\/6000-passengers-stuck-on-cruise-ship-in-italy-over-coronavirus-fears\">6,000 passengers stuck on cruise ship in Italy over coronavirus fears<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/29\/whole-world-must-be-ready-to-deal-with-coronavirus-says-who\">Whole world must be ready to deal with coronavirus, says WHO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/29\/coronavirus-evacuations-begin-as-china-cases-outstrip-sars\">Japan and US fly citizens home as China death toll jumps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jan\/23\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-coronavirus\">Share your stories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-01-30T14:05:29.553Z\">2.05pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The number of people tested for the virus in the UK has now reached 161, with all coming back negative. The figure come in the latest daily 2pm update from the Department of Health and Social Care.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> testing in the UK:<\/p>\n<p>As of 2PM on Thursday 30 January 2020, a total of 161 tests have concluded:<\/p>\n<p>161 were confirmed negative<br \/>0 positive<\/p>\n<p>Updates will be published at 2PM daily until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>For latest information visit:<br \/>\u25b6\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZh5JdyN2Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/CZh5JdyN2Q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8gDjXAgiA9\">pic.twitter.com\/8gDjXAgiA9<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-01-30T13:54:12.091Z\">1.54pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Ireland is hoping to securing seats on a French evacuation flight for a small number of Irish citizens living in China who are concerned about the coronavirus, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign affairs minister, Simon Coveney, added efforts were being made to help those who wanted to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have spoken to our French colleagues and we are hopeful and confident that we can secure a seat on planes that would take Irish citizens who want to leave out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, when they arrive back in Europe they will have to go through the appropriate health measures to ensure that they are not carrying infection and their healthcare needs are being looked after as they should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working on that process and I am confident that we can support any Irish citizen anywhere in China, but particularly in the region concerned, we can support them if they want to leave we can find a way of getting them out, working with other EU countries who are more than happy to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/jan\/30\/coronavirus-live-updates-china-death-toll-wuhan-evacuation-foreign-nationals-citizens-latest-news\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO says whole world must be on alert for Wuhan virus as UK citizens in Hubei told they will be flown home on FridayCoronavirus: Britons stuck in Wuhan to be flown home on Friday6,000 passengers stuck on cruise ship in Italy over coronavirus fearsWhole&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50,1069,914,299,52,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-coronavirus-outbreak","category-infectious-diseases","category-science","category-uk-news","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/378"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13446,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13423\/revisions\/13446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}