- 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.
- The Japanese government will ban people from the Chinese province of Zhejiang from entering the country starting Thursday.
- The World Health Organization says the disease caused by the new coronavirus has been named COVID-19.
February 12, Wednesday, 2020 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Michael Rhys and Ms. Eriko Kojima