5 healthcare workers exposed to previous case of coronavirus in San Jose

Santa Clara County Public Health Department says five healthcare workers at San Jose Good Samaritan Hospital have come into contact with coronavirus, but there are no new confirmed cases of the virus in the county. 

As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread, at what point does it become a pandemic?

Health officials are concerned that the coronavirus, which has infected more than 20,000 people across 26 countries and killed more than 420 people, is going to become a pandemic. 

Coronavirus death toll rises to 425, total cases now 20,438

The death toll in mainland China from the new type of virus has risen to 425, with the total number of cases now standing at 20,438, officials said Tuesday.

Two coronavirus patients transferred to UCSF for treatment

San Francisco's Department of Public Health said two patients with the new coronavirus were transferred Monday morning from outside the county to a San Francisco hospital for specialized treatment. 

San Francisco hospital cares for two coronavirus patients

A San Francisco hospital is treating two patients from another California county who previously contracted the coronavirus, health officials said in a news release Monday. 

Built in 10 days, China opens new coronavirus hospital as death toll grows

On Monday, China opened a new hospital built in 10 days to treat those diagnosed with the coronavirus and further restricted people's movement in sweeping new steps to contain a rapidly spreading virus and its escalating impact.

Health officials confirm 6 cases of novel coronavirus in California

According to the California Department of Public Health, they have confirmed a new case of novel coronavirus 2019 in Santa Clara County on Sunday.

China finishes new hospital for virus patients as toll grows

The World Health Organization said the number of confirmed cases will keep growing because thousands of specimens from suspected cases have yet to be tested.

Second coronavirus case confirmed in Santa Clara County

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department on Sunday confirmed the Bay Area's second case of the coronavirus. 

Apple temporarily closes stores in China amid virus outbreak

The iPhone maker said in a statement it was closing stores, corporate offices and contact centers in China until Feb. 9 “out of an abundance of caution and based on the latest advice from leading health experts."

China announces 304 deaths, 14,380 total cases of outbreak as experts worry about economic impact

Figures from the National Health Commission released Sunday show an increase of 45 in the death toll and 2,590 in the number of cases for a total of 14,380, well above the number of those infected in in the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which broke out in southern China before spreading worldwide.

Travis Air Force Base one of four military bases chosen to quarantine coronavirus evacuees

A Defense Department statement said HHS officials requested the use of several facilities capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms through Feb. 29. HHS would be responsible for all care, transportation and security of the evacuees, according to the statement.

Coronavirus strikes 8th American in Massachusetts

The Masschusetts Department of Health announced that a Boston man in his 20s, tested positive for the potentially lethal illness.