Coronavirus: First batch of supplies from China arrived
Chinese ambassador to Nicosia Huang Xingyuan said on Tuesday the first batch of medical supplies from China has arrived in Cyprus. In a tweet, the...
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Coronavirus: Medical supplies from China ready for transport (Update)
The first batch of medical supplies from China is ready for transport to Cyprus, the country’s ambassador to Nicosia said on Saturday. Ambassador Huang Xingyuan told...
China sees drop in new coronavirus cases; all of them imported
Mainland China on Monday reported a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases, reversing four straight days of increases, as the capital, Beijing,...
China reports almost all new infections outside Wuhan originated abroad
About a quarter of China’s new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemic’s epicentre in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday,...
Mainland China reports 433 new coronavirus cases, first reported cases in Denmark, Estonia
Mainland China reported 433 new cases of coronavirus infections on Feb. 26, the National Health Commission said on Thursday, up from 406 on the previous...
China reports fall in new coronavirus cases but concerns grow over spread elsewhere
China reported a sharp decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, while its central bank predicted a...
Quarantined passengers disembark ship in Japan (update)
As the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship is evacuated, Japan faces deepening criticism over its response to the outbreak, tarnishing what was supposed to be...
Head of hospital dies in coronavirus epicentre; global economic impact spreads
The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday while...
Coronavirus cases rise again in China as recession looms for Japan, Singapore
The number of reported new cases of coronavirus in China’s Hubei province rose on Monday after two days of falls, as authorities imposed tough new restrictions on...
China reports 5,000 new coronavirus cases, cruise ship disembarks in Cambodia
China’s coronavirus outbreak showed no sign of peaking with health authorities on Friday reporting more than 5,000 new cases, while passengers on a cruise ship...
Coronavirus death toll leaps in China’s Hubei province, party bosses sacked
The Chinese province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more cases on Thursday under a new...
Coronavirus death toll surges as fears grow for Chinese economy
The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in mainland China soared past 1,000 on Tuesday with a record daily rise in fatalities, while the prolonged...
Woman tests negative for coronavirus (Update2)
The health ministry said Monday a test to determine whether a Chinese woman had contracted the coronavirus came back negative. “The patient, whose clinical status...
Coronavirus cases outside China ‘could be spark’ for bigger fire, WHO says (Updated)
By Shivani Singh and Stephanie Nebehay The World Health Organisation said on Monday the spread of coronavirus cases among people who have not been to...
Coronavirus: vigilance must not falter
By Alper Ali Riza Dr Li Wenliang, the Chinese medical doctor who warned friends and family on social media of the latest outbreak of coronavirus...
Death of doctor who flagged China coronavirus stirs outrage (Update)
A Chinese doctor reprimanded for warning of a “SARS-like” coronavirus before it was officially recognised died of the illness on Friday, triggering anger at the government. The...
More virus cases on cruise ship off Japan as death toll exceeds 500
Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday, as health experts stepped up efforts to...
WHO calls for improved data-sharing on virus, says sending team to China
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged all health ministers to improve data-sharing on coronavirus immediately and said he would send...
China to allow in U.S. health experts as virus shows no sign of slowing
China has agreed to allow U.S. health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading...
Chinese markets plunge as rising virus death toll fuels fears for global growth
Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and investors retreated into safe-haven...
