Japan
Twenty-six new cases of coronavirus were reported in Japan on Saturday.
In Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, a family of four tested positive.
A teacher at a junior high school in Chiba, also near Tokyo, tested positive. Local authorities say the school will stay closed until next Wednesday.
The total number of infections in Japan is now 769. That figure includes 634 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200223_05/
Tom Cotton @SenTomCotton
Well, look at that. The Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda rag finally admits what I’ve said for a month: coronavirus didn’t start in Wuhan food market. So where did it originate? Time for answers from CCP.
New Chinese study indicates novel coronavirus did not originate in Huanan seafood market
A new study by Chinese researchers indicates the novel coronavirus may have begun human-to-human transmission in late November from a place other than the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1180429.shtml
FWIW the claim is that the Japanese are even more vulnerable to it than the Han Chinese.
HEALTH CARE
White House to ask Congress for emergency coronavirus funding
However, the amount could be significantly lower than some public health officials have argued is necessary.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/22/emergency-coronavirus-funding-116761