KEY POINTS WHO officials said they are increasing the risk assessment of the coronavirus to “very high” across the world. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials are seeing “linked epidemics of COVID-19 in several countries, but most cases can … Read More
The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea, and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets. Iran’s coronavirus death … Read More
A U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in self-quarantine at his residence off base, the military said Tuesday. The 23-year-old is based at Camp Carroll near the city of Daegu, where most of the country’s coronavirus cases have been clustered, and he visited … Read More
In just two days, Iran has reported 18 cases of coronavirus and four deaths. A member of a medical team takes the temperature of Iraqi travelers returning from Iran at the Najaf International Airport, Feb. 21, 2020, after Iran announced … Read More
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Italy and South Korea leaped upward on Sunday, spurring authorities to take new steps in an effort to fight a soaring viral outbreak now blamed for at least eight deaths in Iran. Italian authorities announced they were shutting down carnival events in … Read More
A medical worker takes a look outside a preliminary testing facility at the National Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, where people suspected of having contracted the novel strain of coronavirus are being tested. –Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images The number of … Read More
The event is the first major multilateral meeting seeking a coordinated effort to combat the public health crisis A day before, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi met his Philippine and Singapore counterparts and thanked them for supporting China ‘in difficult … Read More
What we’re covering here Infections top 64,000: Mainland China has recorded 5,090 more cases of the novel coronavirus, under its new broader definition, bringing the global total to 64,435. The death toll from the coronavirus has now risen to at least 1,383. Death toll … Read More
‘Sixty percent of the world’s population is an awfully big number.” The rapidly spreading coronavirus may infect more than 60% of the global population, a top Hong Kong medical expert said this week. Epidemiologist Gabriel Leung, the chair of public … Read More