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China virus death toll passes 700

China virus death toll passes 700

REUTERS 2020-02-08 10:46:50

The new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China is almost certain to become more deadly than SARS on Saturday as the death toll passed 700, health experts warned of mask shortages and more cases were c...

Whistleblower doctor's death sparks anger at China govt

Whistleblower doctor's death sparks anger at China govt

-- 2020-02-07 19:26:33

A Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for warning against a "SARS-like" coronavirus before it was officially recognised died of the virus on Friday, triggering a wave of mourning in China and rare onli...

World faces chronic shortage of coronavirus protective equipment: WHO

World faces chronic shortage of coronavirus protective equipment: WHO

-- 2020-02-07 18:55:12

The world is facing a chronic shortage of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective equipment in the fight against a spreading coronavirus epidemic, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Gheb...

Iran Guards to disclose new information about US base attack: ISNA

Iran Guards to disclose new information about US base attack: ISNA

-- 2020-02-07 18:35:52

Iran will soon disclose new information about the missile attack it carried out against a US base in Iraq last month, the ISNA news agency on Friday reported Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards' aer...

Indian man ‘rapes’ minor girl on grounds of US embassy

Indian man ‘rapes’ minor girl on grounds of US embassy

-- 2020-02-07 12:49:41

A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl on the premises of the US embassy in the Indian capital, Delhi. The man was arrested on Sunday after the child's parent...

Xi tells Trump no effort spared in coronavirus fight

Xi tells Trump no effort spared in coronavirus fight

REUTERS 2020-02-07 11:59:37

Chinese president Xi Jinping assured US president Donald Trump on Friday that China is doing all it can to contain a new coronavirus that has killed almost 640 people, including a doctor who sounded t...

Coronavirus kills 'hero' Chinese doctor who sounded alarm as toll passes 630

Coronavirus kills 'hero' Chinese doctor who sounded alarm as toll passes 630

REUTERS 2020-02-07 11:14:43

A Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died of the disease on Friday, prompting an outpouring of sorrow as the death toll passed 630 and Beijing declared a “people&...

China-returned couple skips wedding celebration for guests' concern

China-returned couple skips wedding celebration for guests' concern

-- 2020-02-07 00:22:49

Weddings don't always go exactly to plan, but as coronavirus infections continue to rise, one celebration went ahead without the bride and groom, reports BBC. Singapore couple Joseph Yew and his wife...

India's divisive protests could help Modi's party in election test

India's divisive protests could help Modi's party in election test

REUTERS 2020-02-06 14:24:41

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his party this week face their first electoral test since deadly anti-government protests erupted nearly two months ago, with the divisive turmoil likely to win...

China virus death toll jumps to 563

China virus death toll jumps to 563

-- 2020-02-06 10:59:22

The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that ha...

Coronavirus death toll nears 500 in China

Coronavirus death toll nears 500 in China

Reuters 2020-02-05 10:59:59

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday, as two US airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a quara...

Rohingyas finally await justice

Rohingyas finally await justice

-- 2020-02-04 17:24:34

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed optimism that justice will finally be done to Rohingyas though this is going to be a long, hard and challenging pro...

Myanmar reimposes internet shutdown in Rakhine, Chin

Myanmar reimposes internet shutdown in Rakhine, Chin

REUTERS 2020-02-04 13:07:36

Myanmar has reimposed an internet shutdown in two conflict-torn western states, after partially lifting the blackout five months ago, a leading telecoms operator said late on Monday. Norwegian mobile...

Australian PM leads tribute to bushfire victims

Australian PM leads tribute to bushfire victims

-- 2020-02-04 13:01:28

Australia suspended parliament on Tuesday to honor the victims of a national bushfire crisis that has killed 33 people, as more than 100 fires remained ablaze across the country’s east coast. P...

China admits ‘shortcomings’ in coronavirus response

China admits ‘shortcomings’ in coronavirus response

BBC 2020-02-04 11:25:45

China's top leadership has admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The rare admission came from the Politburo Standing Committee, which...

China virus death toll posts grim record rise, passes 400

China virus death toll posts grim record rise, passes 400

REUTERS 2020-02-04 10:08:07

China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose on Tuesday by a new daily...

Scientists say virus may have come from bats

Scientists say virus may have come from bats

AP 2020-02-03 19:59:17

Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that...

Fearing virus, Hong Kong residents stock up on food, essentials

Fearing virus, Hong Kong residents stock up on food, essentials

-- 2020-02-03 12:06:35

Panic-stricken residents have emptied shelves in major supermarkets in Hong Kong, stockpiling meat, rice, cleaning products and soap as fears escalate over a coronavirus epidemic on the mainland. The...

China  reports bird flu outbreak

China reports bird flu outbreak

-- 2020-02-02 17:30:44

China has reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu in the country's Hunan province amid a rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic. The country’s Ministry of Agricultur...

Novel coronavirus may spread via digestive system: experts

Novel coronavirus may spread via digestive system: experts

Xinhua 2020-02-02 17:18:00

Chinese experts warned that the novel coronavirus could be transmitted through the digestive system, according to the latest findings. They found viral nucleic acids in patients' stool and rectal s...

Palestine cuts ties with Israel, US

Palestine cuts ties with Israel, US

Reuters 2020-02-02 13:48:26

The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel, including those relating to security, after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented by US President Donald Trump, Pal...

Vietnam bans all flights to and from China over coronavirus

Vietnam bans all flights to and from China over coronavirus

-- 2020-02-02 11:03:48

Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus epidemic on Saturday and said it would halt all flights to and from China. The government said it would also stop issuing visas for for...

China's coronavirus cases hit daily record, deaths climb to 304

China's coronavirus cases hit daily record, deaths climb to 304

REUTERS 2020-02-02 10:49:27

China’s new confirmed infections from the coronavirus outbreak increased by a daily record, up by 2,590 cases on Saturday to top 14,000, as the quickly growing epidemic prompted global travel re...

First coronavirus death outside China reported

First coronavirus death outside China reported

-- 2020-02-02 10:46:02

A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the virus's first confirmed fatality outside China. The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province, where the virus wa...

China builds more SARS treatment-model hospitals to fight epidemic

China builds more SARS treatment-model hospitals to fight epidemic

Xinhua 2020-02-01 20:06:05

More hospitals designed to replicate the SARS treatment model are popping up across China as the country mobilises medical resources nationwide to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Beijing has begun...

Thailand to evacuate nationals from China virus centre ‘in matter of days’

Thailand to evacuate nationals from China virus centre ‘in matter of days’

Reuters 2020-02-01 14:01:10

The evacuation of Thai nationals from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China could take place “in a matter of days”, Thailand’s government said on Saturday. Three offici...

China coronavirus toll rises to 259

China coronavirus toll rises to 259

REUTERS 2020-02-01 12:46:20

The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen to 259, the country’s health authority said on Saturday, as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals...

Australian Capital Territory declares emergency amid bushfire threat

Australian Capital Territory declares emergency amid bushfire threat

Xinhua 2020-01-31 17:16:07

Authorities have declared a bushfire state of emergency in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced the state of the emergency on Friday. It marks the first t...

China virus death toll rises to 212

China virus death toll rises to 212

-- 2020-01-31 14:12:17

Health authorities in Hubei, the Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, said on Friday that deaths from the disease had risen to 204, a sharp increase that underscores concerns ab...

China coronavirus death toll crosses 170

China coronavirus death toll crosses 170

Reuters 2020-01-30 16:51:31

Countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to stop the spread of an epidemic that has killed 170 people as worry about the impact on the world&...