CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: China’s Leader, Under Fire, Says He Led Coronavirus Fight Early On.

Facebook cancels San Francisco conference over coronavirus fears.

As U.S. plans evacuations for American travelers on cruise ship in Japan, a passenger from another ship turns up with coronavirus. “U.S. officials on Saturday set in motion plans to evacuate Americans under lockdown aboard the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama. But some passengers greeted the news with outrage after learning that they will face a 14-day quarantine upon their return to the United States. Meanwhile, an 83-year-old American woman aboard another cruise ship, which docked in Cambodia on Friday after being refused by five other ports, tested positive for coronavirus. Cambodia had cleared her and others on the ship to travel, but she was tested again in Malaysia after flying there and showing symptoms, according to Malaysian health officials.”

Coronavirus fears shouldn’t prevent Chinese restaurant patronage, says NYC mayor. Given De Blasio’s credibility of late this will probably do more harm than good.

China’s Hubei reports 139 new coronavirus deaths on Feb. 15.

China is disinfecting banknotes to stop spread of coronavirus.

Protect Yourself From The Deadly Coronavirus By Doing These Four Things.

‘Wholly inappropriate’ quarantine practices may have helped spread coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, experts say.

Chinese gymnastics team withdraws from World Cup due to coronavirus outbreak.

To Tame Coronavirus, Mao-Style Social Control Blankets China: Despite their high-tech tools, the authorities are mainly relying on a flood of workers to keep hundreds of millions of people from coming in contact with outsiders.