Lancet: Africa prepares for coronavirus “With cases of novel coronavirus spreading worldwide, governments and institutions are getting ready for the first cases in Africa. Munyaradzi Makoni reports from Cape Town…” (Makoni, 2/15). Quartz Africa: The lessons of West Africa’s Ebola’s crisis will save the continent from the worst of coronavirus…

ABC News: EU ministers hold emergency talks on COVID-19 virus (Petrequin, 2/13). CBS San Francisco: ‘Infodemic’: World Health Officials Aim To Fight Rising Misinformation About Coronavirus (Ramirez, 2/12). KHN: To Fight Chinese Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria And Ebola (Heredia Rodriguez, 2/13). Scientific American: Here’s How Computer Models…

Financial Times: China seizes hotels, hospitals and cars to fight coronavirus (Yu/McMorrow, 2/12). Financial Times: Drugmakers braced for coronavirus disruption to China supplies (Findlay et al., 2/12). MedPage Today: Ease of Coronavirus Transmission a Concern, CDC Official Says (Frieden, 2/11). New York Times: A Store, a Chalet, an Unsealed Pipe:…

BBC: Coronavirus disease named Covid-19 “The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19. … It comes after the death toll from the virus passed 1,000. Tens of thousands of people have been infected. Dr. Ghebreyesus called on the world to…

New York Times: As Coronavirus Spreads, Face Mask Makers Go Into Overdrive “…The coronavirus outbreak has set off a run on protective masks across China and in other major cities. To curb the spread of the virus, the Chinese government has ordered citizens to don masks every time they go…

The Hill: Trump discusses coronavirus with China’s Xi “President Trump on Thursday spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the coronavirus after officials said more than 600 people had died from the disease in China. ‘President Trump expressed confidence in China’s strength and resilience in confronting the challenge of the…

AP: Doctor’s death unleashes mourning, fury at Chinese officials “The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. In death, Dr. Li Wenliang became the face…

CNBC: How international travelers can stay safe during viral outbreak (Day, 2/6). CNN: All of its neighbors have it, so why hasn’t North Korea reported any coronavirus cases? (Berlinger/Seo, 2/6). IPS: Vegetables Rot in Food Markets across Zimbabwe While Half the Population Faces Food Insecurity (Banda, 2/6). New York Times:…

Johns Hopkins University’s “Hub”: Experts Discuss Coronavirus and How To Prevent The Spread of Illness “Johns Hopkins University experts discussed what individuals and institutions can do to prepare for and prevent the spread of novel coronavirus as part of a wide-ranging discussion on the outbreak livestreamed [this week] from the…

Washington Post: Africa has 1.2 billion people and only six labs that can test for coronavirus. How quickly can they ramp up? “…No cases have been confirmed so far in any of Africa’s 54 countries, but the risk of an outbreak is high, World Health Organization leaders say. Africa is…