NZ man eager to avoid catching coronavirus wears a white boiler suit and mask in public in Whanganui

The vast majority of confirmed infections of the Wuhan coronavirus have been diagnosed in China.

But almost 70 countries or territories outside of the mainland have also declared infections: 

December 31: HUBEI PROVINCE (China)

January 13: THAILAND

January 16: JAPAN 

January 20: USA, SOUTH KOREA

January 21: TAIWAN

January 22: MACAU, HONG KONG,

January 23: SINGAPORE

January 24: FRANCE, NEPAL, VIETNAM

January 25: CANADA, AUSTRALIA, MALAYSIA, 

January 27: GERMANY, CAMBODIA, SRI LANKA

January 29: FINLAND, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

January 30: ITALY, PHILIPPINES, INDIA

January 31: UK, RUSSIA, SWEDEN, SPAIN

February 1: DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP

February 4: BELGIUM

February 14: EGYPT

February 19: IRAN

February 21: ISRAEL, LEBANON

February 24: KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, OMAN

February 25: AUSTRIA, CROATIA, SWITZERLAND

February 26: NORTH MACEDONIA, BRAZIL, GREECE, PAKISTAN, GEORGIA, NORWAY, ROMANIA

February 27: ESTONIA, DENMARK, NETHERLANDS, SAN MARINO

February 28: NIGERIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, NEW ZEALAND, MEXICO, ICELAND

February 29: MONACO, ECUADOR, QATAR, AZERBAIJAN

March 1: IRELAND, ARMENIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, CZECHIA, LUXEMBOURG

March 2: INDONESIA, TUNISIA, JORDAN