Postponed! Summer Student Exchange Trips Latest Coronavirus Casualty
Fort Worth Sister Cities has postponed a summer student exchange trip to China, and could postpone an Italy trip next week, as the COVID-19 virus spreads.
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Fort Worth Sister Cities has postponed a summer student exchange trip to China, and could postpone an Italy trip next week, as the COVID-19 virus spreads.
The costs of surgical masks are surging as fears deepen over the spread of coronavirus.
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With the spread of the coronavirus, a North Texas company that manufactures face masks and respirators is being inundated with orders from around the world.
If you have had close contact with someone showing symptoms who has recently traveled from a coronavirus affected area, you should call ahead to a healthcare professional and mention your close contact and their recent travel.
CDC believes at this time that symptoms of COVID-19 may appear in as few as 2 days or as long as 14 days after exposure.
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin recently made a critical discovery, creating the first 3D atomic scale map of the virus. It will help scientists develop a vaccine.
A 15th case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in the U.S., and this time it's from a patient who is under quarantine in Texas.
The CDC says it's now preparing for the disease to "take a foothold" in the U.S. as they see more cases across the country in the coming days and months.
Four men from North Texas and one from New York City are accused of trying to buy oil illegally from Iran in order to sell to a Chinese refinery, officials said.
Five men, including four from the Dallas area, have been arrested and charged with trying to trade in Iranian oil in violation of U.S. trade sanctions.
Due to the reduction in demand, American Airlines has extended the suspension of flying to and from mainland China and Hong Kong from its Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Los Angeles (LAX) hubs.
Because of falling ticket sales, American Airlines has pushed back the date when some flights to Hong Kong will resume.
In response to the evolving threat of the coronavirus, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin enforcing restrictions for all passenger flights to the United States carrying individuals who have recently traveled from China.
"I'm currently in my student dorms right now and every time we go inside, they check our temperature and make sure we're wearing our masks when we go out," 19-year-old Switch Brillo said.
Concern struck social media Friday as rumors were shared that the coronavirus spread to North Texas.
American Airlines has shutdown all Chinese inbound and outbound traffic because of the coronavirus threat.
The union representing 15,000 American Airlines pilots is suing the company to try and stop all of the carrier's U.S.-China service, because of the coronavirus.
The Allied Pilots Association (APA) filed a lawsuit Thursday in Dallas County seeking a temporary restraining order to immediately halt the carrier's U.S. to China services.
Amid the health crisis in China, the NorthPark Center in Dallas has postponed their Chinese New Year Celebration that was originally scheduled Saturday.
Hong Li says the train station is normally packed, but was practically empty when she made her way to Shanghai to catch a flight home to DFW.
SMU Cox School of Business Professor David Jacobson says the coronavirus scare is collapsing the country's supply chain and the impact will eventually be felt on American store shelves and in our medicine cabinets.
