World coronavirus dispatch: Cases rise sharply; scientists for mass testing

From the US' delayed reaction and purportedly underreported death toll, to relief package in Japan and Singapore, and Italy's flattening curve, read these and more in today's international dispatch

China, according to its official stance, is now on a road to recovery, even as the situation continues to deteriorate in the US. At this important juncture, a new investigation has revealed that the US might have been slow in reacting and closing its borders effectively.

According to the New York Times, 430,000 people arrived in the US on direct flights from China after Chinese officials first disclosed the virus outbreak on January 3. Of them, tens of thousands flew directly from Wuhan, and about 40,000 after US President Donald Trump ordered a travel restriction on February 2 — all