Chinese Authorities Destroy Data Related to Outbreak: Coronavirus Updates From March 2

An Israeli scientist works at a laboratory at the MIGAL Research Institute in Kiryat Shmona in the upper Galilee in northern Israel, where efforts are underway to produce a vaccine against the coronavirus adapted from another for infectious bronchitis virus, on March 1, 2020. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images

The new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, has spread to dozens of countries around the world.

Below are news updates from March 2. Click here for March 3 updates.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Authorities Require Government Offices to Destroy Data Related to Outbreak

In recent weeks, the Chinese regime has reported fewer novel coronavirus diagnoses across the country, making it appear as if the outbreak is leveling off.