Hong Kong suspends schools for longer to counter spread of coronavirus
Scrambling to contain the spread of coronavirus, Hong Kong extended the suspension of schools on Thursday until at least March 16 and told overseas students studying in the city there was no rush to return.
No word of any cases, but North Korea steps up anti-virus campaign
While North Korea has yet to publicly confirm any cases of the new coronavirus, authorities have doubled down on prevention efforts, extending quarantines and dispatching Red Cross workers around the country, state media said.
China’s Hubei province communist party chief relieved of duty: Xinhua
The head of the Communist Party in the Chinese province of Hubei, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than a thousand people, has been relieved of duty, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
Stranded by coronavirus blockade, Chinese man fights to get back to work
Tian Bing has spent six straight nights curled up in the back of his white sedan, stranded at an expressway service station in eastern Jiangsu province in China because of a blockade aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
China’s Hubei province sees surge in coronavirus deaths on switch to new methodology
The death toll in China’s Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak leapt by a record 242 on Thursday to 1,310, with a sharp rise in confirmed cases after the adoption of new methodology for diagnosis, health officials said.
Japan to allow elderly on cruise ship to disembark earlier than planned: NHK
Japan will allow passengers over 80 years old and those with pre-existing conditions aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan to disembark earlier than the planned Feb. 19, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday.
Hong Kong extends suspension of schools till at least March 16
Hong Kong extended on Wednesday the suspension of schools till at least March 16 in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the city, where 50 cases of the flu-like infection have been confirmed.
Cruise ship shunned over coronavirus fears arrives in Cambodia
A cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus arrived in Cambodia on Thursday, to the relief of passengers and praise from global health officials.
U.S. airlines extend China flight cancelations into late April
United Airlines said late on Wednesday it will extend cancelations of all U.S. flights to China through late April due to the coronavirus epidemic.
CDC confirms 14th U.S. case of coronavirus with patient in San Diego
A second person evacuated from Wuhan, China, to a U.S. Marine base near San Diego has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, raising the tally of confirmed cases in the United States to 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporte…
