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China virus toll passes 1,000 as Xi visits frontline hospital

by Helen ROXBURGH / Jing Xuan TENG BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The toll from China's deadly coronavirus outbreak passed 1,000…

China president in rare visit to virus patients, medics

by Helen ROXBURGH / Jing Xuan TENG BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and…

UK calls new coronavirus ‘serious and imminent threat’

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The British government on Monday warned the outbreak of novel coronavirus was a "serious…

WHO warns overseas virus spread may be ‘tip of the iceberg’

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The head of the World Health Organization has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted…

China confirmed virus cases exceed 40,000 nationwide: govt

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The number of confirmed infections in China's coronavirus outbreak has reached 40,171 nationwide with more than…

China virus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS toll

by Patrick BAERT / Helen ROXBURGH BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 900…

Thousands from cruise ship in Hong Kong freed after virus tests

  by Xinqi SU HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Thousands of people stranded aboard a cruise ship in Hong Kong…

China virus deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll

  by Patrick BAERT / Helen ROXBURGH Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from the novel…

30 Filipinos from Wuhan City arrive in Clark, brought to New Clark City for 14-day quarantine — DFA

  (Eagle News) -- Thirty (30) Filipinos from Wuhan City, the ground zero of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory…

PHL donates food, other basic emergency items to China

(Eagle News)--The Philippines on Saturday, Feb. 8, donated food items and basic emergency products, including sanitation products for the people…

Pangolin Suspect #1 as direct source of coronavirus outbreak

  by Paul RICARD and Brigitte CASTELNAU Agence France Presse Chinese researchers investigating the animal origin of the deadly coronavirus…

Hong Kong Airlines to lay off 400 staff as virus hits city

    HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong Airlines said Friday it has been forced to slash hundreds of…

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