A local resident and member of the neighborhood committee stands at the gate to control entry and exit from a residential area on February , in Beijing, China.
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All times below are in Beijing time. : am: Volunteer training for Tokyo 01575879 Olympics postponed
Organizers for the Tokyo Summer Olympics have postponed volunteer training that was scheduled to begin Saturday, citing efforts to limit the spread of the new coronavirus COVID – . In an online statement, organizers said the training sessions will be postponed until May or later. – Wang
14: 75 am: Second flight of Hong Kong residents evacuated from cruise ship returns to city
The Hong Kong government said its second flight returning residents from the Diamond Princess cruise ship arrived early Saturday. It said the flight included 109 Hong Kong residents and two Macao residents.
The people will be transferred to a quarantine center where they will be under observation for days, the city said.
As of Friday, the government said 66 of the 465 confirmed coronavirus cases stemming from the cruise ship were Hong Kong residents. Those people are receiving treatment in Japan, Hong Kong said. – Wang 9 : am: China reports additional deaths
China’s National Health Commission reported an additional deaths, almost all in Hubei province. That brings the country death toll to 2, 346 people, according to government data.
As of the end of Friday, the new coronavirus has infected another 397 People with China’s total confirmed cases at , 346, the commission said.
China also revised its figures for Wednesday and Thursday. For Feb. 20, it said newly confirmed cases were revised from 394 up to . As of Feb. 21, the commission said there were 82, 2019 cumulative confirmed cases, up from 82, 728. – Christine Wang and Evelyn Cheng
9: 11 am: South Korea’s numbers spike again, now nearly 350 cases
(South Korea confirmed another news cases as of Feb. , 9: 06 am local time, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the total number of cases in the country to 394, making it the largest number of infections outside China.
The agency also said that another person has died, bringing the death toll in South Korea to two. – Joanna Tan
Correction: This entry was updated to reflect that two people have died from the new coronavirus in South Korea.
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6: (pm: DuPont ramps up safety suit production as coronavirus causes shortages in China
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 and masks. – Mody and Manning
5: (pm: Trip.com reschedules earnings)
Online travel booking company Trip.com is pushing back its fourth-quarter earnings report from Feb. to March 19 to tally the impact of the outbreak on its ticketing and tour business, the company said. “The revised date would give the company more time to observe business conditions and provide visibility for the first quarter of 106403923,” the company said. —Kopecki
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