The virus was soon carried to other countries by international travellers : Thailand ( 13 January ) ; Japan ( 15 January ) ; Macau ( 19 January ) ; South Korea ( 20 January ) ; Taiwan and the United States ( 21 January ) ; Hong Kong ( 22 January ) ; Singapore ( 23 January ) ; France , Nepal , and Vietnam ( 24 January ) ; Australia and Malaysia ( 25 January ) ; Canada ( 26 January ) ; Cambodia ( 27 January ) ; Germany ( 28 January ) ; Finland , Sri Lanka , and the United Arab Emirates ( 29 January ) ; India , Italy , and the Philippines ( 30 January ) ; the United Kingdom , Russia , Sweden , and Spain ( 31 January ) ; Belgium ( 4 February ) ; Egypt ( 14 February ) ; Iran ( 19 February ) ; Israel and Lebanon ( 21 February ) .By 25 January , the number of laboratory-confirmed cases had stood at 2,062 , including 2,016 in Mainland China , 7 in Thailand , 6 in Hong Kong , 5 in Macau , 5 in Australia , 4 in Malaysia , 4 in Singapore , 3 in France , 3 in Japan , 3 in South Korea , 3 in Taiwan , 3 in the United States , 2 in Vietnam , 1 in Nepal , and 1 in Sweden .
The novel 2019-20 Coronavirus was first confirmed in Iraq on February 22 , 2020 .