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)
Hundreds of passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus have begun leaving a quarantined cruise ship in Japan amid heavy criticism over the country's handling of the outbreak. Read More (bbc)
Another two Malaysians have recovered from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection and were allowed home after being discharged from Hospital Sungai Buloh this morning, said the health minister. Read More (malaymail)
South Korea reported 15 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday – increasing its total by nearly 50 percent – including a cluster of at least 11 centred on the southern city of Daegu. Read More (nst)
A Japanese infectious diseases expert has made waves with videos slamming the government's handling of a quarantined cruise ship, racking up hundreds of thousands of views as passengers start to leave the boat. Read More (thestar)
The VCN-235 Air Force plane left Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, at noon on Tuesday (Feb 18), and landed in Japan's Haneda Airport, 20 minutes away from the Yokohama port where the cruise ship Diamond Princess is docked. Read More (thestar)
An elderly Hong Kong man who contracted the new coronavirus died on Wednesday (Feb 19), authorities announced, the second fatality from the outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Read More (thestar)
The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic went past 2,000 on Wednesday after 136 more people died, with the number of new cases falling for a second straight day, according to the National Health Commission. Read More (thestar)