As deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 — nearly all of them in China — Beijing on Feb. 12 urged countries that have enacted travel restrictions aimed at curbing the outbreak to restore normal ties for the sake of the global economy. The appeal from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs underscored the economic dangers posed by the unprecedented shutdown of much of the world’s second-largest economy, as well as the ruling Communist Party’s concerns about the outbreak’s capacity to fuel domestic instability.
Washington Post: Coronavirus infections on Diamond Princess cruise ship swell to 174
Japanese military personnel set up a covered walkway next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on Feb. 10, 2020.
