COVID19 outbreak
Chinese hotel used to observe virus contacts collapses
A hotel used for medical observation of people who had contact with coronavirus patients collapsed in southeastern China on Saturday, trapping some 70 people, state media reported. There were no immediate reports of deaths.
S. Africa reports first case of COVID-19
South Africa on Thursday reported the first case of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Italy's health system at limit in virus-struck Lombardy
The coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy has so overwhelmed the public health system that officials are taking extraordinary measures to care for the sick, seeking to bring doctors out of retirement and accelerate graduation dates for nursing students.
Senegal, Tunisia report first cases of new virus
Senegal and Tunisia have reported their first cases of the new coronavirus.
Virus ravaging Iran kills confidant of its supreme leader
A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday from the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking official within the Islamic Republic's Shiite theocracy to be killed by the illness ravaging the country.
Virus spreads to over 60 countries
The number of countries hit by the coronavirus climbed past 60 Sunday, and infections and deaths continued to mount around the globe, emptying streets of tourists and workers, shaking economies and rewriting the realities of daily life.
Last crew members leave cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo
The last group of about 130 crew members got off the Diamond Princess on Sunday, vacating the contaminated cruise ship and ending Japan's much criticized quarantine that left more than one fifth of the ship's original population infected with the new virus.
Iran raises death toll to 54 from new coronavirus
Iran's health ministry on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of confirmed infected cases jumped overnight by more than half to 978 people.
UK rises to 35 coronavirus cases, Czech Republic sees 1st 3
British health authorities on Sunday confirmed 12 more cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the country's overall tally to 35, and the Czech Republic announced its first three infections.
US ups travel restrictions as Trump says more cases 'likely'
The U.S. is banning travel to Iran in response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus and elevating travel warnings to regions of Italy and South Korea.