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ffp3 n95, HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM CORONAVIRUS  Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the ongoing situation in China, where the number of cases has surpassed 500 with at least 17 fatalities, is being closely monitored. “I should say, that the risk to the public here in Scotland – and indeed the U.K. – is currently classified as low but that is kept under review,” Sturgeon said, according to BBC Scotland.  Fox News could not immediately reach an official to confirm the number.

ffp3 n95 - CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK PROMPTS CHINA TO RESTRICT TRAVEL IN ADDITIONAL CITIES  On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the outbreak is not yet a global health emergency. The health agency had spent two days assessing information about the outbreak and decided that it did not qualify as an event that requires a coordinated international response. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said after the decision that the outbreak is an emergency in China, and may later become one on a global level.

ffp3 n95, Elsewhere, countries reported testing suspected patients for the coronavirus, which has been found to be transmissible between humans and is believed to cause fever, cough and shortness of breath. In Quebec, at least five people who recently returned from China were being kept at Montreal hospitals, while the U.S. officials said a patient in Seattle who had traveled through the Wuhan region tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied reports that a nurse working in the southwestern region had contracted the virus, while Vietnam said a Chinese father and son who were hospitalized with symptoms tested positive for the illness. Officials in Singapore also confirmed its first case.

ffp3 n95 - CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP  In an effort to contain the spread, officials in China shut down travel in three cities including Wuhan, which is considered the epicenter of the outbreak. Beijing also canceled all major public celebrations relating to the Lunar New Year in an effort to contain the spread. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

ffp3 n95 - Early testing of the coronavirus vaccine will likely begin in three months, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. At least five people in the Canadian province of Quebec are under hospital observation amid concerns they have been exposed to the Chinese coronavirus that has sickened some 500 people and killed at least 17. CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK PROMPTS VIRGINIA SCHOOL TO CANCEL VISIT OF CHINESE EXCHANGE STUDENTS