Chinese county restricts travel as Beijing races to contain virus
by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Travel restrictions were placed on nearly half a million…
6 years ago
International
Kazakh leader Nazarbayev, 79, has coronavirus: official website
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Kazakhstan's 79-year-old former president and official 'Leader of the Nation' Nursultan Nazarbayev has tested positive for…
6 years ago
Study shows how quickly coronavirus spreads at home
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The novel coronavirus is twice as infectious within households than similar diseases such…
6 years ago
WHO halts hydroxychloroquine trials on COVID-19 patients
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization decided Wednesday to halt trials of hydroxychloroquine as a…
6 years ago
Honduran president hospitalized with COVID-19: government
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) -- Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was admitted to hospital in the capital Tegucigalpa after announcing he…
6 years ago
Germany’s CureVac starts human trials for COVID-19 vaccine
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- German biotech firm CureVac has won permission to start human trials of a promising…
6 years ago
New Zealand military to control borders after virus bungle
by Neil SANDS WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the military to oversee the…
6 years ago
Japan ‘can’t move ahead’ with US missile defence system: PM
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defense system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said…
6 years ago
Brazil reports highest daily jump in virus cases
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil on Tuesday recorded its highest daily jump in new coronavirus cases since the…
6 years ago
North Korea vows to step up border military activities
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to bolster its military presence at now-shuttered inter-Korean project sites and…
6 years ago
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