China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates

The World Health Organization asks countries to be 'as aggressive as possible' in combating virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said a vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready in 18 months, as the UN health body announced that the official name for the virus would be Covid-19. The

announcement came as the death toll in mainland China has now reached more than 1,000, after 108 people died from the virus on Monday - the highest daily toll since the outbreak began late last year The total number of deaths on the mainland was 1,016, the National Health

Commission said on Tuesday, while 42,638 infections have been reported. The vast majority of deaths and infections are in Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province.
Two deaths have been recorded outside mainland China - one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines. theAt least 25 countries have confirmed cases and several nations have evacuated their citizens from Hubei. 
 central Chinese city of Wuhan.