A adjoining resident and member of the neighborhood committee stands at the gate to control entry and exit from a residential area on February 21, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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11:16 am: Volunteer instructing for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics postponed
Organizers for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics have postponed volunteer training that was registered to begin Saturday, citing efforts to limit the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19. In an online statement, organizers divulged the training sessions will be postponed until May or later. —Wang
10:47 am: Second flight of Hong Kong residents vented from cruise ship returns to city
The Hong Kong government said its second flight returning residents from the Diamond Princess journey ship arrived early Saturday. It said the flight included 82 Hong Kong residents and two Macao residents.
The living soul will be transferred to a quarantine center where they will be under observation for 14 days, the city guessed.
As of Friday, the government said 66 of the 634 confirmed coronavirus cases stemming from the cruise ship were Hong Kong dwellers. Those people are receiving treatment in Japan, Hong Kong said. —Wang
9:22 am: China reports 109 additional exterminations
China’s National Health Commission reported an additional 109 deaths, almost all in Hubei province. That brings the native land’s death toll to 2,345 people, according to government data.
As of the end of Friday, the new coronavirus has infected another 397 people with China’s unmitigated confirmed cases at 76,288, the commission said.
China also revised its figures for Wednesday and Thursday. For Feb. 19, it said newly authenticated cases were revised from 394 up to 820. As of Feb. 20, the commission said there were 75,891 cumulative settled cases, up from 75,465. —Christine Wang and Evelyn Cheng
9:09 am: South Korea’s numbers spike again, now nearly 350 covers
South Korea confirmed another 142 news cases as of Feb. 22, 9:00 a.m. local time, according to the Korea Centers for Condition Control and Prevention. That brings the total number of cases in the country to 346, making it the largest number of infections outside China.
The intervention also said that another person has died, bringing the death toll in South Korea to two. —Joanna Tan
Remedy: This entry was updated to reflect that two people have died from the new coronavirus in South Korea.
All times under are in Eastern time.
6:07 pm: DuPont ramps up safety suit production as coronavirus causes shortages in China
Thousands of DuPont staff members are working around the clock to increase production of protective garments that are in high demand by first responders and medical white-collar workers in high-impact regions like Wuhan, China. The protective suits are used by health professionals during the outbreaks to stunt the risk of infection. Reports from China show workers running low on safety supplies including garments and cover-ups. —Mody and Manning
5:28 pm: Trip.com reschedules earnings
Online travel booking company Trip.com is pushing back its fourth-quarter earnings announcement from Feb. 26 to March 18 to tally the impact of the outbreak on its ticketing and tour business, the company said. “The rectified date would give the company more time to observe business conditions and provide visibility for the first district of 2020,” the company said. —Kopecki