BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Feb 18: The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday as Apple Inc warned its sales would suffer because of the epidemic, casting a chill on global stock markets.

BRUSSELS, Feb 13: European Union health ministers were holding an emergency meeting Thursday on how to prevent the COVID-19 virus from further spreading across Europe.

TOKYO, Feb 13: Japan on Thursday confirmed its first coronavirus death, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said.

BEIJING, Feb 6: China on Thursday finished building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of a virus that has killed more than 560 people and continues to spread, disrupting travel and people’s lives and fueling economic fears.