NEW: British man who was passenger on quarantined cruise ship has died from the coronavirus, Japan's Health Ministry says; first Briton to die of the virus.
Green Day has canceled scheduled tour dates in Asia due to the coronavirus epidemic. The band's Hella Mega tour would have taken them throughout the continent in March — and in countries with confirmed cases of the virus — starting in Singapore and stopping in Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo.
It is unclear if Green Day will continue with the European leg of their tour, which would kick off in Moscow in May.TOKYO — Tokyo has no Plan B for this year's Summer Olympics despite alarm over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan and elsewhere with under five months before the event, a senior official said on Friday.
Having prepared for years and invested some $12 billion, Japan is eager to quell fears the Games might be called off, postponed or moved to a different location due to the virus. In a telephone interview, Enyo said organizers were"facing up to" the coronavirus - but it would not derail the July 24-Aug. 9 event."We are not even thinking of when or in what contingency we might decide things. There is no thought of change at all in my mind," she said.Coronavirus deaths hit 2,788 in mainland China
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