Number of new coronavirus infections now higher outside China than inside

Sydney/Seoul — Governments ramped up measures on Thursday to battle a looming global pandemic of the coronavirus as the number of infections outside China, the source of the outbreak, for the first time surpassed those appearing inside the country. Australia initiated emergency measures and Taiwan raised its epidemic response level to its highest, a day after US President Donald Trump put his vice-president, Mike Pence, in charge of the US response to the looming global health crisis. The US and South Korea postponed joint military drills to limit the spread of the virus, which has emerged far beyond China, where it originated late in 2019, apparently in a market selling wildlife in the city...