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China asks recovered patients to donate plasma for virus treatment

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese health officials Monday urged patients who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate blood…

99 more coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship reported, bringing total infected cases to 454

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- An additional 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship off the…

14 test positive among US plane evacuees from Japan virus ship

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus were among more than…

China virus toll jumps to 1,770: govt

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped to 1,770 after 105 more people died,…

China virus cases pass 70,000 as WHO mission begins

by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in…

Over 100 released from virus quarantine in Germany

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Over a hundred German nationals were Sunday released from quarantine at a military base near Frankfurt…

Taiwan records its first coronavirus death as global toll passes 1,600

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan reported its first death from the new coronavirus Sunday, as the death toll from the…

Man dies as Storm Dennis slams UK, power cuts hit France

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A man died after falling into a river on Sunday as Storm Dennis swept across…

Global experts begin meetings in China over virus: WHO

by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow BEIJING, China (AFP) -- International experts have begun meeting with their counterparts in China…

40 US nationals infected on Japan ship as others fly home

by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) -- Forty Americans are among hundreds with the new…

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