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by Dan Martin BEIJING, China (AFP) — Authorities in China warned Wednesday they faced a severe shortage of hospital beds and equipment needed to treat a growing number of patients stricken by the new coronavirus, as cities far from the epicenter tightened their defenses. Central Hubei province reported 3,156 new infections, its biggest single-day jump in the outbreak that has spiraled into a global health emergency with cases reported in over 20 countries. Among those […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The new coronavirus that emerged in a Chinese market at the end of last year has killed at least 490 people and spread around the world. The latest figures from China show there are more than 24,300 people infected in the country. Outside mainland China, there have been more than 240 infections reported in around two dozen places. There have also been two deaths, one in the Philippines and the other […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The number of confirmed fatalities from China’s coronavirus outbreak rose to at least 560, after authorities in hardest-hit Hubei province reported 70 new deaths on Thursday. In its daily update, the health commission in Hubei also confirmed another 2,987 new cases. That puts the national total at more than 27,300, based on numbers previously issued by the central government. The epidemic, which has spiraled into a global health emergency, is believed […]
NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) — Seven people were shot dead on Wednesday in Iraq’s shrine city of Najaf after supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr raided an anti-government protest camp, medics told AFP. It marked the bloodiest episode yet in the escalating tensions between Sadr, a militiaman-turned-politician with a cult-like following across Iraq, and decentralized rallies that have demanded regime change since October. Sadr had initially backed the demonstrations but split with them suddenly this weekend, […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific is asking its entire workforce to take up to three weeks of unpaid leave, its CEO announced Wednesday, as the airline faces a crisis in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak. The request lays bare desperate times at Cathay, which was hammered last year by months of political chaos and protests in Hong Kong and is now being further hurt by the […]
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse HANGZHOU, China (AFP) — Millions more people have been ordered to stay indoors as China battles to curb the spread of a new virus that authorities said Wednesday has already killed nearly 500 people. With more than 24,000 cases in China, a growing number of cities have been imposing a range of restrictions in recent days far from central Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, as authorities […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least 10 people on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, Japan’s health minister said on Wednesday. Japan quarantined the vessel carrying 3,711 people and was testing those onboard for the virus after a former passenger was diagnosed with the illness after disembarking in Hong Kong. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters that specimens were collected from more than 200 people […]
by Laurent THOMET BEIJING, China (AFP) –The number of people infected in China by the coronavirus outbreak jumped on Wednesday to nearly 500, after Hong Kong reported its first death from the disease and millions more in China were ordered to stay indoors. The confirmed toll in mainland China rose to 490 after hardest-hit Hubei province reported 65 more people had died — the biggest single-day tally since the first fatalities emerged last month. More […]
by Laurent THOMET BEIJING, China (AFP) — Three more Asian countries confirmed coronavirus infections on Tuesday among citizens who had not traveled to China, as Hong Kong reported its first death from the disease and millions more people in Chinese cities were ordered to stay indoors. The toll in mainland China soared to 425 after 64 more people died, the biggest single-day tally since the first fatalities emerged last month. More than 20 countries have […]
Data based on John Hopkins University live dashboard on nCoV-2019 global cases as of Feb. 4, 2020 Screenshot of live virus dashboard of the John Hopkins University analyzing and collating data on novel coronavirus cases worldwide. (Screenshot as of Feb. 4 data at 8:15 p.m./Courtesy John Hopkins University) (Eagle News) – There are increasingly more persons who are recovering from the 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCOv than those who died from the virus that has […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean woman who recently visited Thailand was confirmed Tuesday as having the deadly new virus sweeping China, Seoul’s health authorities said. The virus first appeared in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and has infected more than 20,000 people, killing 425 and spreading to more than two dozen countries. The latest confirmed case brought South Korea’s total number of patients to 16. She is a 42-year-old Korean woman […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong on Tuesday become the second place outside of the Chinese mainland to report the death of a patient being treated for a new coronavirus that has so far claimed more than 400 lives. Medical authorities confirmed a 39-year-old man who was being treated for the virus died on Tuesday morning. The man was a resident of Hong Kong who had travelled last month to Wuhan, the Chinese […]
