A second patient infected with the new coronavirus has died in Italy, ANSA news agency reported citing healthcare sources, as an outbreak spreads in the country's industrious north with 30 cases reported so far. Read More (thestar)
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in the country had more than doubled to 433. Read More (thestar)
A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei province was infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said on Saturday (Feb 22), meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than the presumed Read More (thestar)
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei Province was infected with coronavirus but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said on Saturday, meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than Read More (thestar)
South Korea reported 142 more Covid-19 coronavirus cases on Saturday morning, bringing the nationwide total to 346. The new tally makes South Korea the worst-affected country outside of China. Read More (nst)
South Korea reported 142 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, almost all linked to outbreaks at a hospital in Cheongdo county and a church in Daego city, bringing the national tally to 346. Read More (thestar)
A 20-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, travelled 400 miles(675 km) north to Anyang where she infected five relatives, without ever showing signs of infection, Chinese scientists reported on Friday, offering new Read More (thestar)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. Read More (bbc)
An outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy worsened on Friday, with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy, while two cases were reported in the adjacent region of Veneto. Read More (thestar)
Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, plans to build another 19 makeshift hospitals to receive more infected patients, local authorities said Friday (Feb 21). Read More (straitstimes)
Six Italians have tested positive for the coronavirus in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, a local official said on Friday in the first known cases of local transmission in Italy of the potentially deadly illness. Read More (thestar)
The government has banned all exports of surgical facemasks to ensure an adequate supply to meet domestic demand while the Covid-19 virus threat persists, the Central Committee for Prices of Goods and Services announced on Friday (Feb 21). Read More (thestar)
The American cruise ship passenger who tested positive for the Covid-19 in Malaysia is now clear of the coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
Malaysia will be sending another plane to Wuhan to evacuate its citizens from the city in China on Feb 25. Read More (thestar)
DAEGU, South Korea (AFP): South Korea confirmed 52 more cases of novel coronavirus on Friday (Feb 21) as the number of infections linked to a religious sect in Daegu spiked, making it the worst-infected country outside China. Read More (thestar)