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…
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Asia
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…
6 years ago
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…
6 years ago
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…
6 years ago
China toll leaps past 1,600 as first death reported outside Asia
by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurent Thomet Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from the new…
6 years ago
US to evacuate Americans as virus cases rise on quarantined ship
by Shingo ITO Agence France Presse Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home,…
6 years ago
Death toll in China epidemic surges past 1,500; more than 66,000 infections reported
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic surged past 1,500 on Saturday after 143…
6 years ago
Beijing orders returnees to quarantine as virus death roll hits 1,523
by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped…
6 years ago
US offers to help virus efforts in N.Korea
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday promised to support aid work in North Korea to combat…
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Japan to begin moving some off quarantined cruise ship
by Hiroshi Hiyama with Kyoko Hasegawa in Tokyo YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese authorities were preparing Friday to move some…
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