Tag: Japan

US Embassy refused to let staff get tested for coronavirus after contact with Diamond Princess passengers

Madison Dibble · March 4, 2020 4:27 pm

Japan to close all schools to control spread of the coronavirus

Cassidy Morrison · February 27, 2020 2:54 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Financial commentator Jim Cramer warns coronavirus ‘probably can’t be contained’

Jay Heflin · February 21, 2020 7:54 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

State Department evacuates 14 Americans infected with coronavirus in Japan against CDC advice

Spencer Neale · February 20, 2020 10:46 pm

In this Feb. 9, 2020, photo, the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchors off the Yokohama Port.

Two Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers die of coronavirus after quarantine lifts

Cassidy Morrison · February 20, 2020 7:36 pm

More than a dozen Americans with coronavirus land in US after cruise ship evacuated

Carlin Becker · February 17, 2020 12:45 pm

A small boat navigates near a cruise ship Diamond Princess anchoring off the Yokohama Port Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japanese health officials are conducting extensive medical checks on all 3,700 passengers and crew of the cruise ship that returned to the country after one passenger tested positive for the new coronavirus.

US sending charter plane to evacuate American travelers aboard coronavirus cruise

Zach Halaschak · February 15, 2020 5:41 pm

In this Feb. 9, 2020, photo, the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchors off the Yokohama Port.

Officials may test everyone aboard cruise ship for coronavirus after 174 infected

Zach Halaschak · February 12, 2020 7:04 pm

A small boat navigates near a cruise ship Diamond Princess anchoring off the Yokohama Port Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japanese health officials are conducting extensive medical checks on all 3,700 passengers and crew of the cruise ship that returned to the country after one passenger tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Ten more test positive for coronavirus on cruise ship filled with Americans

Zach Halaschak · February 6, 2020 3:18 am

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

‘Seriously concerned’: Tokyo Olympics organizers alarmed by coronavirus outbreak

Tim Pearce · February 5, 2020 7:14 pm

Zozo founder, Yusaku Maezawa, gets emotional as he speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Tokyo.

Billionaire spurns 27,722 women vying to win his heart in space

Spencer Neale · January 30, 2020 3:04 pm

‘Human-to-human transmission’: Coronavirus found in patients who never traveled to Wuhan

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 5:54 pm