Airlines around the world have already begun suspending flights to and from mainland China, where most cases of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak are located.

As of Thursday, 170 people have died, and almost 8,000 are believed to be infected.

The World Health Organization just declared a global emergency as Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV continues to spread.

And also today, as our Carla Sinclair wrote, the first person-to-person transmission of coronavirus was confirmed in the US.

Here, via Reuters, is a list of airlines halting or restricting service to and from mainland China:

elow are details (in alphabetical order):

AIR CANADA Air Canada said on Jan. 28 it was cancelling select flights to China.

AIR FRANCE Air France said on Jan. 30 it suspended all scheduled flights to and from mainland China until Feb. 9.

AIR INDIA Air India said it was cancelling its Mumbai-Delhi-Shanghai flight from Jan. 31 to Feb. 14.

AIR SEOUL South Korean budget carrier Air Seoul said on Jan. 28 it had suspended all flights to China.

AIR TANZANIA Tanzania’s state-owned carrier said it would postpone its maiden flights to China. It had planned to begin charter flights to China in February.

AMERICAN AIRLINES The largest U.S. carrier said it would suspend flights from Los Angeles to Beijing and Shanghai from Feb. 9 to March 27.

BRITISH AIRWAYS BA said on Jan. 30 it had cancelled all flights to mainland China for a month.

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific said it would progressively reduce capacity to and from mainland China by 50% or more from Jan.

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