A handful of buildings around the world have been linked to multiple cases of the new virus, raising fears of rapid transmission.
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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.
Minimizing Risk in a Global Panic
How people living on the outskirts of an epidemic are navigating life.
China Clamps Down on Coronavirus Coverage as Cases Surge
Public frustrations were once left uncensored online, and news outlets reported rigorously on the epidemic. Those days may be past.
Trapped on a Cruise Ship by the Coronavirus: When Is Breakfast?
A two-week quarantine has left Masako Ishida and hundreds of others dealing with inconveniences and trying to figure out how to pass the time.
Hong Kong Reports Its First Coronavirus Death as Outbreak Widens
Macau says it will close its casinos for two weeks, and Japan has quarantined a cruise ship with 3,700 people aboard. The number of cases and deaths in China continued to rise fast.
Hong Kong Reports First Death From Coronavirus Outbreak
The death was the second from the virus outside mainland China. The patient was a 39-year-old man who had visited Wuhan and returned to Hong Kong on Jan. 23.
Hong Kong Tightens Border as Medical Workers Call for Shutdown
More than 2,500 hospital employees went on strike, demanding a complete closing of traffic from mainland China to lessen the risk of spreading coronavirus.
As Coronavirus Spreads, So Does Anti-Chinese Sentiment
Fears of the outbreak have fueled xenophobia as a wave of panic spreads, sometimes outstripping practical concerns.
Containing the Coronavirus: Countries Limit Travel to China
With cases spiking in China and early signs of a spread outside Asia, Hong Kong severely cut back transportation to the mainland.