Malaysia continues to show improvement in the Covid-19 situation as two more patients of the coronavirus have recovered. Read More (thestar)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Newly released data from a Japanese research institute appears to back the government's case that its quarantine strategy for the Diamond Princess cruise ship was successful in stemming contagion of the coronavirus among passengers. Read More (thestar)
Singapore reported one new confirmed COVID-19 case on Thursday (Feb 20), bringing the number of cases in the country to 85, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update. Read More (channelnewsasia)
A hospital in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province, could emerge as the new cluster of COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea, after a total of 15 people, including a man who died Wednesday, were confirmed to have contracted the virus. Read More (thestar)
Yonhap news agency says South Korea has reported its first death from a new coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Immigration officers have issued 77 stay-home notices as of noon on Wednesday (Feb 19), 12 hours after the scheme kicked in. Read More (thestar)
A former passenger on the cruise ship MS Westerdam who tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Malaysia having left the vessel has led to fears that other passengers who have also moved on might have been exposed to the virus. Read More (bbc)
BEIJING (AFP): China reported the biggest drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak in nearly a month on Thursday (Feb 20). Read More (thestar)
Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday, as a second group of passengers began disembarking after two-weeks quarantined onboard. Read More (thestar)
Yokohama (Japan) (AFP) - Hundreds of relieved passengers disembarked Wednesday from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan after being given the all-clear, but health officials said 79 new cases had been detected. Read More (thestar)
China’s central Hubei province had 349 new confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday, the province’s health commission said today, down from 1,693 cases a day earlier and the lowest since Jan 25. Read More (malaysiakini)
Researchers and drug companies are scrambling to develop vaccines and treatments to fight the new coronavirus that emerged in central China in December and has spread to more than two dozen countries, killing more than 2,000 people. Read More (thestar)
Two people in Iran tested positive Wednesday for the deadly new coronavirus (Covid-19), the health ministry said, in the Islamic republic's first cases of the disease. Read More (thestar)
SIHANOUKVILLE: Dozens of passengers stuck for nearly a week on a US cruise ship in Cambodia disembarked Wednesday, after being given the all-clear from a deadly coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
Singapore reported three more confirmed cases of the COVID-19 on Wednesday (Feb 19), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update. Read More (channelnewsasia)