Masayoshi Son shifts gears and offers 1 million face masks to help his country battle Covid-19, after his initial offer of test kits was criticized for potentially overtaxing the nation’s hospitals

Hong Kong microbiologist was in ‘third expert group’ that traveled to Wuhan on Jan. 17, then proposed city’s unprecedented lockdown

Bhutan reports first case and bars arriving tourists; Egypt reports contagion from a tourist to river cruise crew; infections more than double in a day in Belgium

South Korea adds 500 new cases for second consecutive day; Mexico confirms first case, following Brazil as second Latin American country with virus

The country’s official infection tally suspected to be the tip of the iceberg of a much wider outbreak

While Japan and South Korea rush to contain the pathogen, Singapore stands as a global benchmark for disease control

Reopening of schools and workplaces may cause rebound in new cases; WHO ‘deeply’ concerned about infections in Italy, Iran, South Korea; Gilead shares rise

Chinese localities try to stabilize job market as businesses cut headcounts despite 8.7 million looming university graduates

Rising tallies in South Korea, Japan raise concerns of broader disruption and greater economic impact across Asia than previously expected

Communist Party body puts priority on getting migrants back to work to ramp up economic activity as WHO-led China mission plans visit to Wuhan

Latest research suggests pangolins are possible intermediate hosts of the novel coronavirus; authorities look for consumer market recovery

About 500 passengers of the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise liner were allowed to disembark Wednesday after spending 14 days in quarantine. They had all tested negative for the virus. The cruise ship, which is still docked in Yokohama, Japan, is expected to clear all 3,711 passengers and crew by Friday, according to the local government

More than half of factories in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai resume operations; port operators struggle as containers pile up; IMF still sees 2020 global rebound

Infectious disease specialist who boarded ship fears further contagion

As Japan’s confirmed infections and ‘mystery cases’ pile up, researchers say authorities have their heads buried in the sand

Cases worldwide surpass 69,000, U.S. to evacuate citizens aboard ship quarantined off Japan

The Westerdam reaches shore in Bangkok, while Japanese authorities continue to grapple with another cruise ship infected with coronavirus

A new route for 2019-nCoV transmission has surfaced — the sea

Thousands of passengers from several different countries are unable to leave the two ships after passengers tested positive for the disease