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What It's Like To Be Quarantined On A Cruise Ship For Coronavirus

4:34pm February 07, 2020

by Rebecca Davis

Passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship are under coronavirus quarantine. They're confined to their cabins and passengers are getting restless — and anxious about rising cases of illness.

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What It's Like To Be A Reporter In Wuhan Amid Coronavirus Epidemic

4:34pm February 07, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York Times reporter Chris Buckley who is in Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Healthy North Carolina Report Outlines Health Goals For Next Decade

3:35pm February 07, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

News Brief: N.H. Democratic Debate, Coronavirus, Whistleblower Lawsuit

6:06am February 07, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates to debate in New Hampshire. Coronavirus whistleblower dies from the disease. And, an ex-U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee official files a whistleblower lawsuit.

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Chunlin Leonhard, is under quarantine at the Travis Air Force Base. She and others under quarantine are housed on base and where they receive delivered meals three times a day.

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Life In Quarantine: What It's Like For The U.S. Evacuees From Wuhan

11:11pm February 06, 2020

Hundreds of American travelers returned from Wuhan, China and are now under federal quarantine for two weeks. Some are happy to be home, but wish they weren't confined in military bases.

Coronavirus patients settle down in a large temporary hospital built two days ago in an exhibition center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. At another area hospital, a doctor who gave an early warning on social media about the virus has died.

Coronavirus Whistleblower Dies From The Disease In China

9:20pm February 06, 2020

by Huo Jingnan

Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist based in Wuhan, was reprimanded in early January by local authorities for "publishing falsehoods" after he mentioned cases of the virus in a WeChat group.

Millions of Beijing residents are expected to return to the capital city after going away for the Lunar New Year. Above: A traveler at Beijing's West Railway Station on Sunday.

Beijing Braces For Coronavirus Cases As Lunar Holiday Ends

8:41pm February 06, 2020

On Monday, the holiday — which was extended to help slow the coronavirus outbreak — comes to an end in the capital. The city is preparing for a potential increase in infections.

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An interior view of the Hongshan Gymnasium, a venue converted into a makeshift hospital to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday.

Hong Kong Mandates Quarantine For Mainland Arrivals; Coronavirus Cases Surpass 31,000

8:37pm February 06, 2020

Hong Kong authorities say that beginning Saturday they are mandating that anyone entering the city from mainland China "self-quarantine" for the 14-day incubation period of the virus.

The New Coronavirus Is Affecting Chinese Factories — And The Global Supply Chain

5:00pm February 06, 2020

Many Chinese factories are hoping to reopen next week, but it's not clear they'll have the workers they need amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. That could have effects for U.S. manufacturers.

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What It's Like To Be Evacuated From China — And Quarantined Over Coronavirus Fears

4:32pm February 06, 2020

by Rob Stein

What's it like to be among the hundreds of people being quarantined at military bases around the United States after being evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China?