Covid-19 Outbreak In Asia -- News Updates February 28, 2020

Time: A Silent Epidemic? Experts Fear the Coronavirus Is Spreading Undetected in Southeast Asia

As coronavirus cases continue to soar globally, in at least one region a steady façade of optimism persists. Southeast Asia’s foreign ministers have joined hands with China and declared their intention to “stay strong!”

Yet their hastily called meeting in secretive, socialist Laos last week suggests not so much resiliency as the need to shore up mutual support. Health experts are widely skeptical of the numbers reported by China’s neighbors, and believe the deadly infection is spreading undetected throughout much of Southeast Asia.

With infection clusters increasingly sprouting outside the mainland, where the virus originated, many fear these pockets—rooted out or not—are sustaining the outbreak and pushing the world toward a global pandemic.

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Covid-19 Outbreak In Asia -- News Updates February 28, 2020

Coronavirus: 571 new cases in South Korea take total to 2,337; BTS cancels Seoul concert -- SCMP/Reuters
South Korea coronavirus cases top 2,300 as authorities ramp up testing -- UPI
New coronavirus cases in mainland China fall to lowest since January -- Reuters
Beijing ramps up crowd control measures on virus fears -- AFP
Virus slows China's major projects in Asia -- AFP
'No one cares': Locked-in Wuhan residents adapt to find food -- AFP
Coronavirus: China, Japan, South Korea supply chains under threat from ‘second wave’ of disruptions -- SCMP
Coronavirus: state of emergency declared on Japan’s Hokkaido -- SCMP
Coronavirus threat to Olympics: Organisers will announce next week if torch relay has to be scaled back amid fears Tokyo 2020 could be CANCELLED -- Daily Mail
Exclusive: Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for Games despite coronavirus -- Reuters
Coronavirus: Are Japan's school closures a political move to save the Olympics? -- DW
China and Japan's coronavirus cooperation helps offset sea dispute -- Reuters
Coronavirus in Pakistan: Mask-buying panic leading to shortages -- Al Jazeera

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