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February 6, 2020

Tokyo Olympics chief says games will be 'held as scheduled' after saying they could be affected by coronavirus

Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Muto reassured the 2020 Games will be "held as scheduled" while walking back remarks he made this week about being “seriously worried” the sports event could be postponed or canceled because of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

February 6, 2020

Planes carrying American coronavirus evacuees from China land at California military base

Two planes carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan, China -- the epicenter of the deadly outbreak -- have landed at Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, Calif., according to local reports. 

February 6, 2020

Barr delivers ominous warning, says China wants to own the world

Attorney General Bill Barr delivered an ominous warning about China’s geopolitical intentions during remarks in Washington on Thursday, relaying a story from his college days when a fellow student told him Russia wanted to conquer the world.

February 6, 2020

China finishes second new hospital built for coronavirus patients

A new, 1,500-bed hospital specially built for virus patients opened days after a 1,000-bed hospital with prefabricated wards and isolation rooms began taking patients.

February 6, 2020

China policeman patrolling coronavirus checkpoint misses daughter's birth, meets her via video chat

A police officer in China who has been patrolling a traffic checkpoint amid the novel coronavirus outbreak missed the birth of his child, and had to settle for meeting her for the first time over video chat.

February 6, 2020

4 American coronavirus evacuees hospitalized after showing signs of illness

At least four American evacuees from China who arrived Wednesday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego were hospitalized after showing signs of coronavirus, the pneumonia-like illness that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since sickened more than 28,000 worldwide.

February 6, 2020

Newborn becomes youngest person diagnosed with coronavirus as infections near 30K

A Korean Air flight heading to Las Vegas was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday due to concerns that some of the passengers had been exposed to the coronavirus, according to a statement from the airline.

February 5, 2020

Hong Kong airline asks workers to take three-week unpaid leave in midst of coronavirus

A Hong Kong-based airline asked 27,000 employees Wednesday to take three weeks of unpaid leave to lessen the economic impact from the coronavirus that has engulfed mainland China. 

February 5, 2020

Hong Kong ramps up coronavirus fight by quarantining visitors from mainland China

Visitors from mainland China to Hong Kong will be quarantined for 14 days as the semi-autonomous region aims to prevent the coronavirus from spreading within its borders.

February 5, 2020

UK woman who jumped from China apartment left phone passwords to suicide note, inquest finds

A British woman who jumped 250 feet to her death from her family’s apartment in China over the summer left behind a piece of paper with passwords that led investigators to a suicide note that revealed she found herself in a “situation” that was “not resolvable.”