February 12, Wednesday, 2020 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Michael Rhys and Ms. Eriko Kojima

  1. Japan’s health minister says 39 more people on board a cruise ship at the port of Yokohama have been found to be infected with the new coronavirus. A quarantine official has also been infected.
  2. The Japanese government will ban people from the Chinese province of Zhejiang from entering the country starting Thursday.
  3. The World Health Organization says the disease caused by the new coronavirus has been named COVID-19.