Chinese health officials say the new strain of coronavirus came from wild animals sold at a market in Wuhan, a city of 11 million and the capital of Hubei province in central China. The pneumonia-like illness has spread rapidly since appearing in late December. As of Tuesday 28 January 2020, the virus has infected almost 5,000 people in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) and killed 106.
Confirmed cases of the potentially deadly virus are beginning to pop up outside of China. Infections have been confirmed in the USA, France, South Korea, Japan, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan and Canada. UPC has its own procedures to detect infected cases, protect its students, staff and visitors and help to contain its spread (See Procedures Against Coronavirus).
(As at 3.00 pm Tuesday 28/1/2020 Sydney time)
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/22/mapping-spread-new-coronavirus/?arc404=true