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UPDATED: China virus death toll hits 636, more than 30,000 infections

BEIJING, China (AFP) --The official Chinese death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Friday to 636, with the government…

Doctor who first warned of China virus dies of it: hospital

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese doctor who was among the first to raise a public alarm about the deadly…

Staff making iPhones in central China plant to be quarantined

  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Workers making iPhones at tech giant Foxconn's plant in central China will be quarantined for…

Malaysian journalist charged over China virus posts

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- A Malaysian journalist was charged Wednesday with causing public alarm with Facebook posts about the…

Virus highlights OPEC reliance on Chinese oil demand

by Benoît PELEGRIN LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Fears of an economic slowdown, fuelled by the coronavirus slashing output in…

Viral hysteria: Hong Kong panic buying sparks run on toilet paper

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Panic buyers in Hong Kong have descended on supermarkets to snap up toilet rolls as…

Thousands quarantined on Asian cruise ships in virus fight

by Harumi OZAWA YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) -- Thousands of people were stranded aboard two cruise ships in Asia on Thursday,…

China scrambles to find beds for virus patients

by Helen ROXBURGH BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China scrambled to find bed space for thousands of newly infected patients on…

Gates Foundation announces $100 million for coronavirus response

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged Wednesday to commit up to $100 million for…

Equatorial Guinea offers China $2 million for virus fight

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- The tiny central African state of Equatorial Guinea said Wednesday it would give $2 million…

Baby tests positive for China virus just 30 hours after birth

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A baby in China's epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30…

JUST IN: Coronavirus cases in China pass 28,000: govt

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The number of confirmed infections in China's coronavirus outbreak has reached 28,018 nationwide with 3,694 new…

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