Coronavirus Updates Jan. 26: Mongolia Shuts Universities, Border Crossings to Halt Coronavirus Spread

Medical staff wearing protective clothing to protect against a previously unknown coronavirus arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 25, 2020. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

These updates are from Jan. 26. For updates on Jan. 27, click here.

6:00 a.m. UTC—Mongolia Shuts Universities, Border Crossings to Halt Virus Spread

Mongolia has closed from Monday until March 2 all universities and educational institutes to contain the spread of a deadly coronavirus sweeping China, state media Montsame said, citing a cabinet meeting.