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China virus cases drop as foreign fears rise
Feb 22, 2020 (AFP)
The warning came as the first European died from the new COVID-19 strain, which first emerged in December in central China but has now spread to over 25 countri...
South Korea reports surge in virus cases linked to hospital
Feb 22, 2020 (AFP)
The national toll of 346 is now the second-highest outside of China, with the jump in cases at the hospital in the southern city of Cheongdo following a similar...
First South Korea virus patient dies as hospital cluster emerges
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
The man who died was in his 60s and a long-term patient among 15 people found to be infected at a hospital in Cheongdo county, 320 kilometres (200 miles) south ...
'Captain Courageous' calms nerves on coronavirus cruise
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Gennaro Arma started his career with Princess Cruises in 1998 as a lowly cadet and rose through the ranks, taking the helm of the Diamond Princess in 2018, acco...
China sees drop in new virus cases, two Japan cruise passengers die
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
The death toll in China hit 2,118 as 114 more people died, but health officials reported the lowest number of new cases there in nearly a month, including in th...
Nepal paper defiant after China slams virus criticism
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
The embassy had sharply criticised the Kathmandu Post on Tuesday for publishing a syndicated column which argued that China's authoritarian system of government...
Fewer virus cases in China, but deaths abroad increase
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Fatalities in China hit 2,118 as 114 more people died, but health officials reported the lowest number of new cases in nearly a month, including in hardest-hit ...
China changes method of counting virus infected... again
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
It is the second time in just eight days that the country has revised its criteria -- a move that could muddle statistics and complicate efforts to track the sp...
Upbeat Chinese FM says virus control efforts 'are working'
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Speaking in Laos before talks with peers from the 10 Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries, Wang Yi said the outbreak was "controllable and curable" despite the glo...
Russia raises eyebrows with blanket ban on Chinese visitors
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
Moscow will ban all Chinese citizens from entering its territory from Thursday. It has already halted visa-free tourism for Chinese nationals and stopped issuin...
China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over 'racist' headline
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
The expulsion came as Beijing also slammed Washington's decision to tighten rules on Chinese state media organisations in the United States, calling the move "u...
Pounded by critics, Japan defends handling of virus outbreak
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
The 3,711 people on the Diamond Princess went into quarantine off Japan on February 5, after it emerged that a former passenger had tested positive for the new ...
Coronavirus study pinpoints African nations' vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
The Lancet medical journal reported that the three African countries were at particular risk because of higher levels of travel and trade with China, where the ...
China's Hubei province reports 108 more virus deaths; South Korea coronavirus cult cluster spikes
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
Most of the deaths were in the provincial capital Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the daily update from the Hubei health commissi...
South Korea coronavirus cases jump by two-thirds in one day
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
The trade-dependent nation has been hit by the economic fallout from the virus outbreak in neighbouring China, but until Wednesday's jump, its own case numbers ...
WHO urges calm as China virus death toll reaches 2,000
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
More than 74,000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries. The situation remains serious at the epicen...
China virus death toll at 1,800; Govt asks recovered patients to donate plasma
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
Nearly 72,500 people nationwide have been infected by the new COVID-19 strain of the virus, which first emerged in December before spiralling into a nationwide ...
Travel restrictions on China fuelling 'panic:' ambassador
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
Envoy Zhang Ming also told a media conference in Brussels that a US ban on non-American travellers from China could imperil a "phase one" trade deal signed last...
China arrests activist who criticised Xi over virus: rights group
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
Anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong was arrested on Saturday after being on the run since December, according to Amnesty International. China's ruling Communist...
Singapore announces $4.6 bn boost to fight virus
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
The financial hub has reported 77 cases of the virus, one of the highest figures outside mainland China, where the pathogen has killed hundreds and infected ten...
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