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10:00am: US raises travel warning advisory for China to level 4

The U.S. Department of State raised its travel advisory for China from Level 3 to Level 4, which means "do not travel to China." That came just days after it changed its alert level to 3 on Monday, which means "reconsider travel to China due to the novel coronavirus."

"Travelers should be prepared for travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice. Commercial carriers have reduced or suspended routes to and from China," the notice said. "Those currently in China should consider departing using commercial means. The Department of State has requested that all non-essential U.S. government personnel defer travel to China in light of the novel coronavirus."

9:40 am: Rising number of airlines suspending China flights

These are the airlines which have suspended all flights to China amid the outbreak: Air France (Until Feb. 9), British Airways (until end February), Air Seoul, Egyptair, Lion Air, Lufthansa (till end February), Swiss Airlines (till end February) and Austrian Airlines (till end February).

Airlines which suspended some flights, or reduced capacity:

- Singapore Airlines: reduced capacity on flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiamen and Chongqing.

- American Airlines: flights from Los Angeles to Bejing and Shanghai from Feb. 9 to March 27.

- Delta Airlines: reducing flights to 21 a week from 42, from Feb. 1 to April 30.

- Cathay Pacific: progressively reduce capacity to and from mainland China by 50% or more, from Jan. 30 till end March.

- Finnair: suspending flights to Nanjing and Beijing until end March.

- Turkish Airlines: reducing frequency of flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xian from Feb. 5 to Feb. 29.

9:20 am: Italy discovers first coronavirus cases

The first two coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Italy, according to the country's health ministry, adding that they are Chinese tourists. A day earlier, India and the Philippines confirmed their first cases.

8:15 am: China's Shandong province delays start of work

China's Shandong province told companies not to go back to work until  Feb. 10, in a bid to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.

Shandong joins other provinces and cities in delaying the start of work. Hubei authorities have announced that businesses are not to resume work till midnight on Feb. 13. Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Suzhou, Inner Mongolia and Zhejiang told businesses not to resume work till midnight on Feb. 9.

8 am: China says death toll hits 213, cases rise to 9,692

China's National Health Commission said there have been an additional 43 deaths and 1,982 new confirmed cases, as of the end of Thursday. That brings the country's total to 213 deaths and 9,692 confirmed cases, the government said.

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5:35 pm: Hubei province reports 42 additional deaths

12:37 pm: First human-to-human transmission of coronavirus confirmed in US

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Illinois public health officials confirmed Thursday the nation's first person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus. The new patient is the spouse of the Chicago woman who brought the infection back from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, Illinois health officials said during a CDC press briefing. The transmission makes the U.S. at least the fifth country where the infection is now spreading through human-to-human contact.

2:43 pm: WHO declares global health emergency

The World Health Organization said the fast-spreading coronavirus that's infected more than 8,200 across the world is a global health emergency — a rare designation that helps the international agency mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreak.

For more of CNBC's coverage on the coronavirus, read the overnight blog from CNBC's U.S. team.

— CNBC's Evelyn Cheng, Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and William Feuer, as well as Reuters, contributed to this report.

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