Four family members infected with coronavirus in UAE

Four people from the same Chinese family are infected with coronavirus in the UAE, state news agency WAM on reported on Wednesday.

The family infected with the virus, also known is corona, is from China’s central city of Wuhan, where the first cases of the virus were detected.

The health ministry and government media office did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

The coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has killed more than 130 people and has infected more than 6,000 globally, most of them in China.

As cases are recorded in an increasing number of countries around the world, other states have begun screening processes in airports for flights coming in from China. Here is a timeline of the spread.

The symptoms of the virus range from nothing to a cough and virus – to eventually death. Al Arabiya English has put together a video and instructions of how to protect yourself from the virus here.

In the Middle East, Jordan has also reported a case of coronavirus.