As passengers were evacuated from one ship in Japan, health officials scrambled to test people on another, in Cambodia.
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New Cases in China Appear to Be Slowing
The number of confirmed new cases in China appeared again to be slowing.
Rate of New Fatalities Drops in China
China’s National Health Commission on Monday reported 2,048 new cases of coronavirus infections and 105 new deaths over the previous 24 hours.
U.S. Says It Will Evacuate Americans From Cruise Ship
Passengers and crew members quarantined off Japan were told by the American Embassy that a chartered flight would arrive on Sunday to take them back to the United States.
Coronavirus Live Updates: France Reports First Death Outside Asia
The French health minister said the man was an 80-year-old tourist from Hubei who had been hospitalized since Jan. 25.
How a Hong Kong Campus Became a Fiery Battlefield
Watch video from behind the front lines of the police crackdown on protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University last year.
New Cases Are Reported as Beijing Sets New Rules
The mandate came as the Chinese government disclosed that hundreds of medical workers who had been helping combat the coronavirus outbreak had become infected and at least six had died.
China Is Tracking Travelers From Hubei
The number of cases surged again in Hubei Province, the epicenter of the epidemic. The authorities are taking a high-tech approach to figuring out who has visited there.
Coronavirus News: Live Coverage and Updates
As the number of the sick and dead surged in Hubei Province, China’s Communist Party ousted the leader at the center of the outbreak.
Coronavirus Live Updates: The Illness Now Has a Name: COVID-19
The World Health Organization said it had chosen a name for the disease that makes no reference to places, animals or people to avoid stigma.