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PH repatriates citizens aboard Japan cruise ship

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 11:31 PM

The Philippine government on Tuesday brought home more than 300 of its citizens after weeks of quarantine in the virus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess moored off Japan. Read more »

Iran deputy health minister contracts coronavirus: adviser

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 08:45 PM

Iran's deputy health minister has been infected with the new coronavirus, a ministry official said on Tuesday, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic. Read more »

Austria, Croatia report first cases of coronavirus infection

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 08:42 PM

The coronavirus disease has reached the European states of Croatia and Austria, as authorities report their first cases of infection. Read more »

Italy coronavirus outbreak spreads south as cases spike

Ella Ide and Jastinder Khera, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 25 08:42 PM

Italy's new coronavirus spread south on Tuesday to Tuscany and Sicily, as the civil protection agency reported a surge in the number of infected people and Rome convened emergency talks. Read more »

Filipino patient in Hong Kong tests negative of COVID-19

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:12 PM

The Filipino migrant worker who contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong has tested negative of the virus and is expected to be released within the week, it was learned Tuesday. Read more »

Thailand reports two new coronavirus cases bringing total to 37

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 08:07 PM

The two new cases, both Thai nationals, were people who were being monitored because they had been in contact with someone who had traveled to a risky country, said Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director-general of the Department of Disease Control. Read more »

Iraq confirms 4 more novel coronavirus cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 08:02 PM

The health ministry said the four were quarantined in Kirkuk, an oil-rich region north of Baghdad, where the governor said authorities were implementing emergency measures to stymie a larger outbreak.   Read more »

Iran says coronavirus death toll reaches 16, infections rise to 95

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 07:56 PM

Iran has the highest number of deaths from coronavirus outside China, where the virus emerged late last year. Read more »

DOH handa sa pagdating ng mga Pinoy mula sa Japan cruise ship

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 07:46 PM

Handa umano ang Department of Health sa pagdating ng mga Pinoy mula Diamond Princess cruise ship sa Japan. Read more »

WHO hails addt’l 14-day quarantine for returning Pinoys from cruise ship

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 06:58 PM

With more than 400 Filipino repatriates flying home on Tuesday from a cruise ship in Japan that now has hundreds of passengers testing positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the World Health Organization (WHO) said another round of quarantine is just what they need. Read more »

Chinese cargo ship held off Bacolod port for COVID-19 preventive measure

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 06:38 PM

A Chinese cargo ship was held off Bredco Port in Bacolod City Monday night to block a possible novel coronavirus ((COVID-19)) infection from its crew from China, which is at the center of the virus' outbreak. Read more »

China planner says regions at low risk of virus must resume activity

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 05:58 PM

Chinese regions deemed at low risk from the coronavirus outbreak should fully resume normal activities and end transport bans, an official at the state planning agency said on Tuesday. Read more »

S. Korea 'very grave,' Moon says as coronavirus cases approach 1,000

Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 05:29 PM

SEOUL, South Korea – The novel coronavirus outbreak in South Korea is "very grave", President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday as he visited its epicenter and the country's total number of cases approached 1,000.   Read more »

Iraq bans entry of travelers from 7 countries over coronavirus spread - health ministry

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 04:41 PM

Iraq indefinitely extended an entry ban on travelers from China and Iran and instituted similar bans on travelers from Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Italy and Singapore, the health ministry said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Hong Kong extends school suspension until Apr 20 to control spread of virus

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 03:15 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong has further extended the suspension of schools until at least April 20 to contain the spread of the coronavirus, authorities in the Asian financial hub said on Tuesday as cases of the disease surged outside China. Read more »

China aviation regulator says flights outside of Hubei to resume gradually

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 01:36 PM

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will also urge other global aviation regulators to resume international flights to China to make sure the country is connected to the outside world, CAAC said in a statement, quoting comments by its director Feng Zhenglin on Monday. Read more »

Japan urges work from home, staggered shifts to curb coronavirus

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 01:34 PM

The plan, approved at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, also urged people with symptoms of cold or fever to stay at home and asked event organizers to carefully consider whether to proceed with their plans. Read more »

Gov't to weigh possible travel ban on S. Korea amid coronavirus spread: Nograles

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 01:06 PM

MANILA - The task force on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be meeting on Wednesday to determine if a ban will also be imposed on South Korea, a government official said.   Read more »

S. Korea to test 200,000 members of church at center of coronavirus outbreak

Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 12:34 PM

South Korean health authorities said on Tuesday they aim to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge of new coronavirus cases that has taken the country's tally to 893. Read more »

Virus deaths in China top 2,600, Hubei records more infections

Kyodo News
Updated as of Feb 25 12:30 PM

BEIJING - The number of deaths in mainland China from the new coronavirus has risen by 71 to 2,663, with confirmed infections reaching 77,658, the country's health authorities said Tuesday. Read more »