health

Thai immigration officers at Bangkok airport diagnosed with COVID-19

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Two immigration officers at Bangkok's main airport have coronavirus and may have handled the passports of…

China to allow some firms to return to work in Wuhan

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Some companies in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new coronavirus outbreak emerged late last year,…

Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory

by Sean Chang and Amber Wang TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small…

China reports 22 new virus deaths as imported cases rise

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China reported an increase in imported coronavirus cases Wednesday, fuelling concerns that infections from overseas could…

South Korea coronavirus cases rise for first time in 5 days

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea announced its first rise in new coronavirus cases for five days on Wednesday,…

Italy plans financial help for families caught in virus crisis

by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy prepared Tuesday to let families skip mortgage and some tax payments to…

Italy prison riots over virus leave 12 dead

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy reported five more deaths Tuesday from prison riots linked to the new coronavirus that have…

Panama records Central America’s first coronavirus death

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) -- Panama's health minister on Tuesday confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus in the country,…

EU to use ‘all tools’ to protect economy from virus impact

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday pledged to mobilize "all the tools" available to…

Contact tracing for those who had interaction with UK health official begins after positive COVID-19 test

(Eagle News) -- Health officials in the UK are now tracing all those who may have had interacted with British…

UK health official tests positive for coronavirus

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, has tested positive for coronavirus,…

Turkey announces first coronavirus case

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey announced Wednesday, March 11, its first coronavirus case, a man who had recently travelled…

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