Greetings from Beijing, China! By now you have most likely heard of the coronavirus outbreak that has originated in Wuhan and has spread all over the country and internationally. I am currently studying abroad in Beijing and traveled to Harbin for the first few days of the Chinese New Year Read more
Update Tuesday, January 28, 12:50 a.m.: As of 12:18 a.m. Beijing time on January 28, 2,858 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with 5,794 suspected cases and 82 deaths. 56 individuals have recovered from the virus, a few in Beijing. The virus has now spread Read more
Update Monday, January 27, 12:10 a.m.: As of 12:10 a.m. Beijing time on January 27, 2,079 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with 2,692 suspected cases and 56 deaths. 49 individuals have recovered from the virus, a few in Beijing. The virus has now spread Read more
Update Saturday, January 25, 11:50 p.m.: As of 10:53 p.m. Beijing time on January 24, 1,377 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with 1,983 suspected cases and 41 deaths. 39 individuals have recovered from the virus, a few in Beijing. The virus has now spread Read more
Update Friday, January 24, 8:15 p.m.: As of 8:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 24, 894 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with 1076 suspected cases and 26 deaths, including individuals in Hebei and Heilongjiang Provinces. The city of Wuhan and 12 other nearby cities Read more
Update Thursday, January 23, 10:18 p.m.: As of 9:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 23, 634 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with the virus extending to Hong Kong, Macau and out west to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Today, Chinese health authorities released the Read more
Travel Precautions – Thursday, January 23 As a result of a recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the Chinese government and international health experts are closely monitoring its spread, especially in the wake of the Spring Festival travel period. Many of our CET students plan to travel for Read more
Update Wednesday, January 22: As of 7:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 22, 473 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with the virus extending to Hong Kong and Macau. Patients in cases outside of mainland China had traveled to Wuhan in the past 60 days. Read more
Tuesday, January 21, 11:21 p.m. Beijing time: We are aware of and are actively monitoring an outbreak of pneumonia originating in Wuhan, Hubei Province, preliminary identified as caused by a novel coronavirus. This coronavirus is similar to previous MERS and SARS infections. According to Chinese state media, as of 10:30 Read more
Greetings from snowy Beijing! I’m going to make it a goal to write as often as I can from China these next few months, as long as workload and new content will allow. We are currently enjoying the third snow of the year and everyone is freaking out. Snowmen roam Read more