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WHO warns against virus over-reaction as death toll hits 1,868
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
More than 72,000 people have now been infected in China and hundreds more abroad, although the WHO stressed the disease has infected a "tiny" proportion of peop...
Cruise passengers scatter, take Cambodia bus tours despite virus fears
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
There are fears scores of cruise goers have been scattered across the world without full health checks -- as Cambodia on Monday afternoon treated a few dozen of...
WHO warns against novel coronavirus 'blanket measures'
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
WHO also said that -- with a mortality rate of around 2 percent -- COVID-19 was "less deadly" than other coronaviruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...
China may postpone annual parliament session as it battles virus
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
The nation's ruling council will "deliberate a draft decision" to delay the ten-day National People's Congress (NPC), news agency Xinhua said ahead of the sched...
China virus cases pass 70,000 as WHO mission begins
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
The death toll jumped to 1,765 in mainland China after 100 more people died in Hubei province, where the virus first emerged in December before spreading across...
Americans arrive home from virus-infected cruise ship
Feb 17, 2020 (AFP)
The COVID-19 virus death toll exceeds 1,800 in China, where it has infected more than 72,000. Elsewhere, hundreds more have been infected and the virus has spar...
Americans leave quarantined Japan ship as virus cases hit 355
Feb 16, 2020 (AFP)
The evacuation came as Japanese authorities stepped up warnings over the deadly outbreak, urging citizens to avoid crowds and "non-essential gatherings." The Di...
Avoid crowds over virus says Japan health minister; WHO says not advising on Tokyo Olympics
Feb 16, 2020 (AFP)
Katsunobu Kato warned the nation was "entering a new phase" in the outbreak of the virus, which has infected nearly 60 people in Japan so far. "We want to ask t...
Heroes and villains: Beijing crafts its narrative on virus outbreak
Feb 15, 2020 (AFP)
Facing the biggest challenge of his presidency, Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has cast the crisis as a "people's war" and state media have gone into overdri...
China virus toll revised downward after deaths double-counted; US bemoans 'lack of transparency'
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The National Health Commission removed 108 deaths after discovering "duplicate statistics" in hard-hit central Hubei province, according to its daily update, wi...
Hong Kong doctor battles fear and separation on virus 'dirty team'
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The 38-year-old volunteered to join staff on isolation wards -- dubbed "the dirty team" -- to avoid the risk of being called up later and missing his daughter's...
Love boat: Valentine's Day on a quarantine cruise
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
Wearing a red dress and a red hair tie, the ship's entertainment manager Natalie posted a Valentine's Day video on Twitter to try to keep spirits up. "I just wa...
Japan to begin moving some off quarantined cruise ship
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The move comes a day after the number of infections diagnosed on the Diamond Princess rose to 218, with fears growing for the health of some of the several hund...
Public and private researchers hunt coronavirus cure
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The big players? Researchers are working in three main areas: developing diagnostic tests, developing a vaccine, and testing of anti-virals as a treatment for t...
Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
In the first mass quarantine outside of China since the virus emerged there in late December, the Son Loi farming region about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Han...
New antibiotics have a unique way of killing bacteria
Feb 13, 2020 (UPI)
The newly discovered antibiotic compound, corbomycin, as well as its relative complestatin, interfere with the functionality of the bacterial cell wall -- a pre...
White House 'disappointed' in China's virus transparency
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
"We are a little disappointed that we haven't been invited in and we're a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese," Larry Kudlow...
China transparent says UN envoy; China removes party chief at virus epicentre
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
Since its emergence in the central province of Hubei in December, the COVID-19 virus has killed more than 1,350 people and infected tens of thousands. There hav...
IMF chief sees 'mild' virus impact on global economy
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
The death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic in China has climbed past 1,350, but hopes have risen that the outbreak could peak later this month. The IMF is...
Virus death toll soars as China changes counting methods
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
As the figures soared in China, a troubling new front opened abroad as neighbouring Vietnam placed 10,000 people under quarantine after six COVID-19 cases were ...
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