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)
Japan is set to let passengers leave a cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama, trying to assure the public it has done all it can to prevent spreading the new coronavirus from the vessel that has the most infections of any place in the world outside China. Read More (thestar)
Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) finds that more than 80% of the cases have been mild, with the sick and elderly most at risk. Read More (bbc)
Jovial pictures were posted on Facebook of the married couple from China who recently recovered from Covid-19 and was discharged from a hospital in Johor Baru. Read More (thestar)
Five more COVID-19 patients have been discharged after making a full recovery, including a one-year-old baby, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (Feb 18). Read More (channelnewsasia)
CHINA is administering its centuries-old traditional medicine on patients affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus disease, a top health official said. Read More (nst)
Sarawak recorded five new suspected Covid-19 novel coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Feb 18). Read More (thestar)
BEIJING (Xinhua): Chinese experts, based on the result of clinical trials, have confirmed that Chloroquine Phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), a Chinese official said here Monday Read More (thestar)
Three Indonesian crew members aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship anchored off the coast Japan have tested positive for COVID-19 Read More (thejakartapost)
Liu Zhiming, president of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital in Hubei province, died of novel coronavirus pneumonia at 10.30am on Tuesday (Feb 18), China Central Television reported. Read More (thestar)
The deaths of four family members in the central Chinese city of Wuhan who succumbed to the Covid-19 virus while self-quarantining in the same apartment have once again raised serious questions about the policy of staying home imposed at the start of the Read More (thestar)
Health Ministry confirms Tuesday (Feb 18) that two Malaysians on board the Diamond Princess cruise liner quarantined in Japan have tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, reporting some encouraging preliminary results, a Chinese professor said on Monday. Read More (thestar)
A Russian court on Monday ordered a woman to be returned to a quarantine facility as a precaution against coronavirus after she staged an elaborate escape and said she was being kept against her will. Read More (thestar)
Five more COVID-19 patients in Singapore have been discharged from hospital, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update on Monday (Feb 17). Read More (channelnewsasia)