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A young fan makes use of a hand-sanitizing station at CenturyLink Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Seattle. Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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FIEL - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, speaks at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Japan's Justice Minister Masako Mori said Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 that she was dispatching the official to Beirut for talks on the case of former Nissan Motor Co. executive Carlos Ghosn, who fled for his home country late last year while out on bail awaiting trial. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Japanese minister in Lebanon, seeks return of fugitive Ghosn

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Last crew members leave cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A man with a mask walk through torii gates at the Hie Shrine In Tokyo, Sunday, March 1, 2020. The coronavirus has claimed its first victim in the United States as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak shook the global economy. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Japan electronics maker Sharp to make masks at display plant

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. During the speech Abe said that his government will create another emergency package totaling over 270 billion yen ($2.5 billion) from reserve funds to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, local media said. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s leader announces $2.5B package to help fight virus

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

St. George man with new virus moves to Utah hospital

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks during the 135th Session of the IOC on the sidelines of the the third Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Hoping to boost morale in Japan by assuring the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, IOC President Thomas Bach has held a conference call limited to three of Japan's main's media outlets: the newspapers Asahi and Yomiuri, and the national Kyodo news agency. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Bach tries to boost Olympic morale in Japan, speaks to media

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Two people walk by a notice outside San Siro stadium advising that the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria is cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

National Symphony cancels Japan concerts due to virus

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A man with a protective mask walks on a pedestrian bridge Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Tokyo. At a government task force meeting Wednesday on the virus outbreak, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he was asking organizers to cancel or postpone major sports or cultural events over the next two weeks. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan to close schools nationwide to control spread of virus

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FIEL - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, speaks at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Japan's Justice Minister Masako Mori said Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 that she was dispatching the official to Beirut for talks on the case of former Nissan Motor Co. executive Carlos Ghosn, who fled for his home country late last year while out on bail awaiting trial. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Japan sends vice justice minister to Lebanon on Ghosn case

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List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1944 file photo, U.S. soldiers walk by a bombed out cemetery in Agana, Guam. The 1941 Japanese invasion of Guam, which happened on the same December day as the attack on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, set off years of forced labor, internment, torture, rape and beheadings. Now, more than 75 years later, thousands of people on Guam, a U.S. territory, are expecting to get long-awaited compensation for their suffering at the hands of imperial Japan during World War II. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)

Guam residents compensated for war atrocities decades later

By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Virus forces Japan baseball to ban fans from preseason games

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Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura (8), of Japan, reacts after he was fouled during the second half of an NBA basketball game as Cleveland Cavaliers center Andre Drummond (3) looks on, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Washington. The Cavaliers won 113-108. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Rui Hachimura, Washington Wizards rookie, has top-selling NBA jersey in Japan

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

A view of the San Siro stadium where the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria was cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 28, 2013 file photo, a Boeing 787 plane of the All Nippon Airways, ANA, prepares to land after a test flight at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Japanese carrier ANA is ordering 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, bringing its fleet of the planes to 103 by 2025. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Japan’s ANA orders 20 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Tourists wear masks as they pause for photos with the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Tokyo organizers, government take offensive on virus threat

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

A view of the San Siro stadium where the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria was cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens to Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, during Grossi's courtesy call at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Abe says new measures like companies letting their employees work from home and hospitals expanding their capacity to treat many patients will determine if Japan could control its coronavirus outbreak. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Abe: Flex hours, work style among key steps to fight virus

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press