CNBC Asia

The total number of cases rose to 833 on Monday afternoon, compared to the 31 reported as of Feb. 18, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Stocks in South Korea plunged on Monday as the country reported an additional 161 new cases on Monday, and the death toll rises to 7.

North Korea has reportedly quarantined 380 foreigners as part of efforts to prevent the coronavirus outbreak.

Some Asian markets and sectors could be immune from the economic fallout resulting from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, said BNP Paribas.

Turkey will close its border with Iran as a precautionary measure after the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in the country worsened.

Mainland China's total is now 76,936 cases, and 2,442 deaths. Cases in South Korea and Italy continued to spike.

The World Health Organization confirmed that over 77,794 people are infected with the coronavirus, with 2,348 deaths in China and 11 deaths outside of China.

South Korea reported that two people have died as the country's total cases rose to 433.

With several localized coronavirus cases popping up in places such as Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan, some experts are beginning to wonder: Is the genie out of the bottle?

As of Friday, more than 76,700 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 2,249 deaths.

The CDC pointed to China, where schools and businesses have been closed to contain the outbreak, saying the U.S. may need to do the same.

South Korea has confirmed an additional 48 cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 204.

A COVID-19 outbreak across the U.S. could overwhelm emergency rooms and cause shortages of face masks and other crucial medical supplies.

Airlines have canceled more than 200,000 flights because of the coronavirus, driving down demand for jet fuel.

"This outbreak could still go in any direction," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization.

A combination of online misinformation and intensifying fears about the coronavirus has triggered violent demonstrations in Ukraine.

WHO officials will hold a press briefing on the outbreak, which has infected more than 73,400 and killed at least 1,874 people so far.

Cases in South Korea have grown by about two-thirds in recent days, according to health officials there, and the country reported its first death caused by COVID-19.

Many see Iran's conservatives winning Friday's election, but that's more to do with reformists losing favor than hard-liners gaining popularity, said Tan Feng Qin of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.

Malaysian police revealed this week that Jho Low, the fugitive businessman at the center of the 1MDB scandal, could be hiding in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirous outbreak in China.