{"id":14734,"date":"2020-02-20T14:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T05:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/20\/coronavirus-live-updates-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-japan-deaths-latest-news-china-infections"},"modified":"2020-02-21T02:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:00:13","slug":"coronavirus-two-japanese-passengers-from-diamond-princess-have-died-reports-say-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=14734","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: cruise ship accounts for more than half of cases outside China \u2013 latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHO issues latest briefing; South Korean city sees surge in cases; and two Japanese passengers from stricken Diamond Princess ship die <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/20\/south-korean-city-daegu-lockdown-coronavirus-outbreak-cases-soar-at-church-cult-cluster\">South Korean city on high alert as cases soar at \u2018cult\u2019 church<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/20\/coronavirus-chinese-scientists-false-rumours-experts\">Experts fear false rumours could harm China cooperation on virus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/20\/diamond-princess-coronavirus-britons-stuck-to-be-flown-home\">Britons stuck on cruise ship to be flown home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jan\/23\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-coronavirus\">Share your experiences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-20T15:52:36.272Z\">3.52pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization is coordinating with the African Union to prepare the continent\u2019s countries for potential arrivals of people infected with coronavirus. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the first case of coronavirus in Africa was confirmed when a case emerged in Egypt. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We\u2019re partnering with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfricaCDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AfricaCDC<\/a> to coordinate our efforts to prepare African countries for the potential arrival of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a>&#8220;-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrTedros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-20T15:31:07.409Z\">3.31pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has issued a plea to a dozen manufacturers of personal protective equipment to help in a bid to protect health workers from the spread of coronavirus. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve written to 12 chief executives of manufacturers of personal protective equipment to seek their cooperation to ensure supply to protect health workers,\u201d said the WHO director general, <strong>Tedros Adhanom. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I\u2019ve written to 12 chief executives of manufacturers of personal protective equipment to seek their cooperation to ensure supply to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/healthworkers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#healthworkers<\/a>&#8220;-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrTedros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/20\/coronavirus-live-updates-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-japan-deaths-latest-news-china-infections\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO issues latest briefing; 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