Hamilton and area school systems have been largely unaffected by the COVID-19 outbreak but are taking no chances, implementing preventive measures to avoid infections.

As a precaution, the university completed cleaning the first level of the Burke Science Building on the weekend.

Here is a timeline of cases in this country.

The health minister added the country was "ready" for an epidemic.

South Korea now has 1,146 confirmed infections of the virus and 11 fatalities from the COVID-19 illness it causes.

Among the infected are 47 Canadians who will have to remain in Japan for treatment.

A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China.

The dispersal around the world of passengers from the ship with possible exposure to the virus has sparked concern.

Japan on Monday announced another 99 infections on the Diamond Princess, raising the ship’s total number of cases to 454.

Industries from auto sales to travel to retailing effectively shut down after curbs were imposed starting Jan. 23 with the suspension of most access to Wuhan, an industrial metropolis of 11 million people at the center of the outbreak.