National Maryland Buys 500,000 Test Kits From South Korea, Drawing Criticism From Trump Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, announced his state paid $9 million for coronavirus test kits from a South Korean company. "If there were an easier way, we certainly would have taken it," Hogan said. Brakkton Booker
Health FACT CHECK: Trump Claims U.S. Testing For Coronavirus Most Per Capita — It's Not During his briefing with the coronavirus task force on Thursday, President Trump once again inaccurately described the per capita testing within the United States. Barbara Sprunt Domenico Montanaro
Health South Korea's Drive-Through Testing For Coronavirus Is Fast — And Free Doctors estimate they can do 10 tests an hour — double the number in an indoor clinic. Anthony Kuhn
Health As Coronavirus In China Wanes, Italy, South Korea See Brunt Of Epidemic The United Kingdom's health minister has also been diagnosed with coronavirus – one of nearly 400 confirmed cases in that country, as Turkey on Wednesday announced its first case. Scott Neuman
Health How A South Korean City Is Changing Tactics To Tamp Down Its COVID-19 Surge Daegu, the center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, tries to figure out an effective way to tackle disease. Anthony Kuhn
Health U.S. Forces In South Korea And Italy Are Told To Stay Put As Coronavirus Spreads There are some 45,000 Americans working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted. David Welna
Health COVID-19: 'We Can Push This Virus Back,' WHO Leader Says Of Coronavirus As the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness spreads around the world, governments have a chance to "break the chains of transmission," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says. Bill Chappell
Health Coronavirus Update: 'We Are In Unchartered Territory,' WHO Says "We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission, but which can also be contained with the right measures," WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says. Bill Chappell
Health Coronavirus: More New Cases Are Now Reported Outside China Than Inside South Korea, Italy and Iran have each confirmed at least 10 COVID-19 deaths, a mark that surpasses the death toll reported in many Chinese provinces. Bill Chappell
Health Secretive Church Sect At The Center Of South Korea's Coronavirus Outbreak With 833 cases, the country now says it is on "red alert" and is taking measures to contain the disease. Anthony Kuhn
