As the Novel Coronavirus outbreak reaches unprecedented highs, countries outside of China look at their number of infected. The USA has now, as of this last weekend, reached 15 total cases of the virus, including the death of a US national in China. The countries surrounding China have the highest contamination rates and it has just been reported that a taxi driver in Tokyo was found to be infected as well, giving rise to the concern that tourists and foreigners were infected in the cab. The international reach of the virus has also caused conventions and meetings to be cancelled due to risk of infection.
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The world’s biggest phone show, the Mobile World Congress has been cancelled
In spite of the level of outbreak, the Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to go on
Patient in the Phillipines is recovering, but family is under house quarantine
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