Tracking the Coronavirus

Get daily updates on the epidemic and learn how it is affecting countries around the world.

Here’s how to arm yourself for the health catastrophe caused by public anxiety.

Iran’s political and economic isolation hasn’t stopped COVID-19—but sanctions are threatening to turn an outbreak into a catastrophe.

The outbreak has caused a PR crisis for China.

The coronavirus outbreak has shown that supply-chain disruptions could wreak far greater havoc on the global economy—and national security—than most CEOs and governments realize.

Grappling with economic and political turmoil, Lebanon’s government is underequipped for a public health emergency.

The Tokyo Olympics may be at risk as the epidemic spreads.

Amid a global health threat, international organizations shouldn’t be playing Beijing’s political games.

Intelligence services have a long history of manipulating information on health issues, and an epidemic is especially tempting for interference. Why aren’t we better prepared?

Seoul seemed to have the virus under control. But religion and politics have derailed plans.

Amid the coronavirus crisis, the PLA has been missing in action.

With outbreaks worldwide, the prospect of quarantine looms. Here are some tips for surviving it.

The outbreak may be the push needed to help prevent zoonotic diseases.

Big declines in the United States, Europe, and Asia and an inverted yield curve indicate market players are starting to fear the worst.

Markets took a new tumble on Monday as WHO indicated a global pandemic may be on the way. If coronavirus becomes 2020’s biggest story, what should the world prepare for?

China made huge mistakes managing the outbreak. The rest of the world may not do any better.

The “demon virus” threat has rattled the confidence of many Chinese in the regime’s ability to protect people’s lives and jobs.

Experts can't stop restrictions, but they can mitigate them.

The country has sealed its borders — but an outbreak would be a chance for the United States to do good.

Cambodia’s autocrat is putting his own people at risk to court his Chinese backers.

Virus quarantine measures have left hundreds of millions of people trapped indoors.

Supply chain disruptions are upsetting markets globally, but especially in Asia.

As the deadly coronavirus began to spread, Beijing wasted the most critical resource to fight it: trust.

It may be too late to contain the new coronavirus. But we can safeguard the world against the next one.

Epidemics raise worrying questions about how to limit state power.

The goals were never realistic, but now Beijing has good reason to back away from its purchase commitments to Washington.

As the death toll tops 1,300, there are still more questions than answers.

The president’s new budget would cut more than $3 billion in global health programs.

Anti-Chinese and anti-American conspiracy theories have followed the first death.

Billions of dollars are at stake as Bangkok walks the line between closing borders and angering Beijing.

The coronavirus has killed an early whistleblower. The question now is whether Beijing celebrates his sacrifice—or buries his story.

Social media giants are finding it hard to quarantine fake news.

So-called traditional Chinese medicine will do more harm than good in fighting the crisis.

Despite calls for transparency, repression is baked into the system.

China’s economy is bigger and weaker than during SARS, and ripple effects are already being felt across supply chains and in commodities markets.

As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic.

Conspiracy theories are spreading faster than the coronavirus itself.

Wild claims of Chinese plots are spreading fast on social media.

Traders remain jittery as experts hint at a global epidemic that could last into the summer.

As the Wuhan virus spreads, access to health care is a critical issue.

Racist memes target Chinese eating habits, but the real causes of the coronavirus are more mundane.

In a special conference call with subscribers, science columnist Laurie Garrett and senior editor James Palmer discuss the potential global effects of the new coronavirus.

Studies are building toward a tentative clinical profile of the outbreak.

China struggles with a fast-moving outbreak, as the authorities move to cut off unauthorized information.

As China’s epidemic continues to spread, things may seem scary. Here are 10 simple precautions that can protect you from contracting the coronavirus.

China’s migrant workers are far less visible to the state than its middle class.

There’s one difference between the Wuhan virus and previous outbreaks in the region: China is now impossible to quarantine.

Chinese pressure keeps Taipei out of international organizations—putting everyone at more risk.

Trains and flights out of the central Chinese city have been canceled as the toll from a new coronavirus grows.

The country’s response to this outbreak has been far better than to SARS, although even more information-sharing is important.

Scores of people in Wuhan and Hong Kong have been sent to hospitals because of a mystery respiratory ailment—and true to form, China is trying to keep it quiet.