Mexico says may have first coronavirus case from man who was in Italy
Mexico is reviewing a suspected coronavirus infection after a man who recently arrived from Italy came up positive in an initial test, the government said, in what would be the first case to be confirmed in the country and only the second in Latin Amer…
Coronavirus spreads in three continents; markets brace for global recession
Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic of the disease and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession.
Passenger plane lands in Moscow after being diverted over cracked window – RIA
A Boeing-777 passenger plane landed safely at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Friday after it was forced to turn around en route to Bangkok because of a cracked cockpit window, the RIA news agency cited emergency services as saying.
Some guests leave Canary Islands hotel in lockdown over coronavirus
A small group of guests out of 130 cleared to leave the Tenerife hotel in its fourth day of quarantine over the coronavirus could be seen boarding a minibus on Friday, a video recorded by one of the remaining guests showed.
Mahathir’s colleague to be his party’s PM candidate for Malaysia
A party colleague of Malaysia’s interim leader Mahathir Mohamad will be its prime ministerial candidate, and not the veteran leader who quit as prime minister this week, the party said on Friday.
Malaysia palace says king not confident of majority support for any lawmaker to be PM
Malaysia’s palace said on Friday the king does not have the confidence that any parliamentarian has majority support to form a new government, after meeting all of the country’s lawmakers.
Number with coronavirus rises to 45 in Kuwait as two more cases detected
Kuwait confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 45, a Health Ministry official said, reporting no death.
Explainer: Coronavirus reappears in discharged patients, raising questions in containment fight
A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering, sometimes weeks after being allowed to leave the hospital, which could make the epidemic harder to eradicate.
South Korea coronavirus cases surge to 2,337; BTS cancel gigs
South Korea reported 571 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking its total number of infections to 2,337, the largest outbreak outside China where the epidemic began late last year.
Japan PM Abe to hold news conference on Saturday
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a news conference at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Saturday, the government said.
