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Coronavirus: latest developments worldwide
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
- 811 dead - In China the death toll from the coronavirus reaches 811, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. Outside the mainland, more t...
China virus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS toll
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
With 91 more people dying in Hubei, the province at the centre of the outbreak, the toll is now higher than the 774 killed worldwide by Severe Acute Respiratory...
Nine members of Hong Kong family get virus after 'hotpot'; As 1000s freed from cruise ship
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
A 24-year-old man and his grandmother, 91, were initially confirmed to have the virus. Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection later said the man's father, mot...
China offers $43bn boost to firms fighting virus
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
The outbreak, which started in the central city of Wuhan, has brought large swathes of the country to a halt and threatens to dampen the country's already slowi...
China turns to AI, data in fight against virus
Feb 08, 2020 (AFP)
The man, who had quarantined himself at home in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu province, said he had not told anyone about his recent trip to the city. But by trawlin...
WHO tiptoes around what to call virus; case numbers 'stabilising': WHO
Feb 08, 2020 (AFP)
The UN health agency's official temporary name for the disease, which it has designated as a global health emergency, is "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease". ...
China's Xi discusses coronavirus with Trump: state media
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
Xi told Trump on the phone that China was "fully confident and capable of defeating the epidemic", and that "the long-term trend of China's economic development...
Pranks and patience: passing the time on the Diamond Princess; as cases soar
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
But an outbreak of the coronavirus has left 2,600 guests confined to their cabins and searching for ways to pass the time. So, facing at least 14 days of quaran...
China virus crisis deepens as whistleblower doctor dies
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
At least 31,000 people have now been infected by a virus that ophthalmologist Li Wenliang and colleagues had first brought to light in late December. The diseas...
AFRL epidemiology lab supports world health officials in flu vaccine development
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
The USAFSAM Epidemiology Lab, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, is the sole clinical reference lab for the Air Force. It...
Coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship treble to 61
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
The newly diagnosed infections mean at least 61 people from the ship have contracted the virus, which has killed hundreds of people, most of them in China, and ...
Coronavirus spreads fear and racism worldwide
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
When a patient on Australia's Gold Coast refused to shake the hand of her surgeon Rhea Liang, citing the virus that has killed hundreds, the medic's first respo...
Death of Chinese doctor fuels anger, demands for change
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang was among eight physicians who sounded the alarm about the virus in late December, only to be reprimanded and censored by the author...
China scrambles to find beds for virus patients as deaths hit 563
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
More than 28,000 people are now known to be infected nationwide in the outbreak that has spiralled into a global health emergency. Two dozen countries now have ...
Travel bans upend Chinese lives
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
From the US to Australia and Israel, several countries have banned entry to foreigners who have recently been in China, while major airlines have suspended flig...
Thousands quarantined on Asian cruise ships in virus fight
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
At least 20 people on board one ocean liner off the Japanese coast have tested positive for the new coronavirus, with thousands more facing two weeks of isolati...
More Chinese cities shut down as virus death toll rises
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
With more than 24,000 cases in China, a growing number of cities have been imposing a range of restrictions in recent days far from central Hubei province, the ...
China virus deaths rise as WHO says 'opportunity' to halt spread
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
The confirmed death toll in mainland China rose to 490 after hardest-hit Hubei province reported 65 more people had died. More than 20 countries have confirmed ...
Britain charters final Wuhan evacuation flight; US flies 2 more planes out
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
The civilian aircraft will leave Hubei's capital Wuhan on Sunday bound for the Royal Air Force base at Brize Norton in southern England. Medics and Foreign Offi...
China's stuttering economy braces for impact of deadly virus
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
The epidemic, which has killed hundreds and infected more than 24,000, has led to sweeping travel restrictions across the country as well as the closure of popu...
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