Until recently, Cambodia said it had only one case of the coronavirus and Prime Minister Hun Sen made a point of not wearing a surgical mask in public. Japanese authorities allowed a number of people from the ship to leave, a decision that some health experts have questioned. “Please do not forget to take out the necessary travel insurance,” the tourist board said in a statement on its website. South Korea has 104 infections, 53 of which were added on Thursday, nearly doubling the number from the day before. The mayor of the city of Daegu asked residents to stay indoors after several people associated with a church contracted COVID-19.

Source: International New York Times February 20, 2020 16:07 UTC