The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak an international public health emergency.
The decision was announced after a meeting of its emergency committee, comprising an independent panel of experts.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's Director-General said China has been doing all it can to tackle the outbreak but they are worried it will spread to other nations, where the health systems are not as strong.
The death toll has now risen to 213- all of them in China, with nearly 10,000 cases of the disease. The WHO said there had been 98 cases in 18 other countries, but no deaths.
NEWS: #Coronavirus declared a public health emergency of international concern by @WHO.
Global outbreak includes 98 cases in 18 countries, outside China.
The US government has warned Americans not to travel to China, with a new State Department travel advisory raising the warning to the same level as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Pilots and flight attendants in the US are also demanding airlines stop flights to China. American Airlines' pilots have filed a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt.
Meanwhile, a plane carrying around 150 British citizens departed Wuhan early on Friday, while the first of four planned flights carrying South Koreans has landed at the Gimpo International Airport.
Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses taking people to work killed six people and injured another 35 in the Belgorod region of Russia, the governor said on Monday.
US and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on Monday, in a show of military force and strengthening ties as regional tensions rise.
Family members of three tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor's office in Baja California said in a statement on Sunday.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on that would keep the group in power and pose a threat to Israel.
Pakistan recorded its highest April rain since 1961, receiving more than double the usual rainfall for the month, according to the country's Meteorological Department.
Thousands of Israelis have protested demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the remaining Israeli hostages brought home from Gaza.
Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing the Interior Ministry's database.
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