leeann higgins and her daughter kailee are on the grand princess cruise ship.y found out that a case of coronavirus had been confirmed on board. the vice president said it on the news, and it was so surprising to me. i am not scared for myself because i'm healthy and my mum is healthy, but it is definitely a very scary situation. obviously, i want to take all the precautions necessary, but i did want to go back to school, because i'm in high school and i didn't want to miss more school, but i think it is definitely important for everyone‘s safety to just take the proper precautions. i've been speaking to dr bruce aylward who is a senior adviser to the director general of the world health organization. he led the who's fact—finding mission to wuhan in early february and explained how countries around the world can learn from china and how it is handling the crisis. it is -- it is —— the chinese strategy is the 0ne it is —— the chinese strategy is the one that every government users. the us has admitted it doesn't have enough testing kits, and that must be true e

leeann higgins and her daughter kailee are on the grand princess cruise ship.hey found out that a case of coronavirus had been confirmed on board. the vice president said it on the news, and it was so surprising to me. iam news, and it was so surprising to me. i am not scared for myself because i'm healthy and my mum is healthy, but it is definitely a very scary situation. 0bviously, healthy, but it is definitely a very scary situation. obviously, i want to ta ke scary situation. obviously, i want to take all the precautions necessary , to take all the precautions necessary, but i did want to go back to school, because i'm in high school and i didn't want to miss more school, but i think it is definitely important for everyone's safety to just take the proper precautions. what about the east asia region? the bbc‘sjenny hill is in tokyo for us and has more now on what's happening in the region there. first, we'll start with the good news, which is coming out of china, where the number of new cases today was for the first time in weeks below 100. that illustrates

leeann higgins and her daughter, kailee, are on the grand princess cruise ship. how they found out that a case of coronavirus had been confirmed on board. the vice president decided on the news and it was so surprising to me. i am not scared for myself because i am healthy and my mum is healthy. but it is definitely a very scary situation. obviously i want to take all the precautions necessary, but i do want to go back to school because i am in high school and i don't want to miss more school. but i think it's definitely important for everybody has my safety to take proper precautions. a man who caught coronavirus in a quarantined ship ofjapan has died, according to japanese media. the passenger has not yet been named. he was among more than 600 who became infected on the diamond princess liner. his death brings the death toll from the ship to seven, including at least one british man. the cruise liner was put under quarantine in yokohama in early february after a man had disembarked in hong kong and was found to have contracted the virus. as we have been hearing

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abc's kailee hartung is in kirkland, washington. >> the risk for all of us of becoming infected will be increasing. >> also directed the department of health to declare a public health emergency. >> there is no doubt that there will be more cases where we find >>eporr: t nov coronavirus outb spreading across the world. now hitting the united states from coast to coast. over 100 cases in more than a dozen states. at least six people dead. the epicenter here in kirkland, washington, suburb of seattle. all of the deaths have been in washington state, with four of those victims at this nursing care facility. at least 14 residents have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, now called covid-19. colleen mallory's 89-year-old mother peggy, who suffers from dementia, lives there. >> if she gets sick, she's going to be gone. but if she has to sit in a room for days on end by herself, she's going to go downhill fast. >> reporter: with a couple pair of clean clothes and her mother's favorite cookies she was able to visit her. do you feel better now that you've seen her? >> i do. much better. but