A federal judge has granted a request by Costa Mesa for an emergency restraining order, blocking plans to transfer as many as 50 coronavirus patients from an Air Force base near Sacramento to the former Fairview Developmental Center as early as this weekend. The court papers, filed Friday in federal court in Santa Ana, state the city was only informed…

South Korea on Saturday reported a six-fold jump in viral infections in four days to 433, most of them linked to a church and a hospital in and around the fourth-largest city where health workers scrambled to screen more than 9,000 worshipers.

Iranian state TV is announcing the first partial results from the country’s parliamentary elections

Japanese officials say a passenger who got off the Diamond Princess after completing the cruise ship’s quarantine has tested positive for the new virus, becoming the first known case of infection among those released at the end of the ship’s containment period

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The Tokyo Olympics open in five months on July 24

As global concerns over the coronavirus outbreak grow, the U.S. is taking steps to prepare for the possibility of a pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Health authorities are closely monitoring the spread of the virus — not only in China, where the outbreak began and where the vast majority of the cases have been diagnosed…

In the coronavirus outbreak, it’s not the rising numbers that are worrying experts: It’s that they can’t trace where some disease clusters started.

Thousands of DuPont employees are working around the clock to increase production of protective garments that are in high demand by first responders and medical workers in high-impact regions like Wuhan, China. The protective suits are used by health professionals during the outbreaks to reduce the risk of infection. Reports from China show workers running low on safety supplies including garments...

A new virus originating from China has made its way to San Diego County with two confirmed cases and hundreds of residents under supervision since the deadly outbreak began late last year.

South Korea is grappling with a ballooning number of cases of a new virus

The state University at Albany is investigating whether an off-campus coronavirus-themed party violated the college’s student code of conduct

China reported another fall in new virus cases Friday as health officials expressed continued optimism over containment of the outbreak that has caused more than 2,200 deaths but has grown elsewhere.

Japan’s health minister said the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a new virus will leave the Diamond Princess on Friday after a much-criticized quarantine of the vessel ended.

The Asian Football Confederation says China’s scheduled home match against South Korea in the final round of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics will be held in Sydney due to concern over the China virus.

The second group of patients at a San Diego military base have completed their 14-day quarantine for possible coronavirus exposure and were free to return to their hometowns on Thursday. Buses arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar at 9 a.m. to pick up the evacuees, who have stayed at the base for two weeks over concerns they may have…

Ukraine’s effort to quarantine more than 70 people evacuated from China over the new virus outbreak plunged into chaos Thursday as local residents opposing the move hurled stones at the evacuees and engaged in violent clashes with police. Officials deplored the violence and the country’s health minister pledged to share evacuees’ quarantine for two weeks in a bid to...

China’s Consulate General in Karachi on Thursday reiterated his country’s efforts against COVID-19 and speculated that the outbreak may be over as soon as March.