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US military ready to house 1,000 for virus quarantine

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States military will provide accommodation for 1,000 people if they need to…

US declares virus ’emergency,’ bans travelers from China

  by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US said Friday it was declaring a…

Chinese planes to bring overseas Wuhan citizens back to virus-hit city

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China sent two planes to Malaysia and Thailand on Friday to bring "stranded" Hubei province residents…

‘I’m more useful here’: French doctor stays put in virus-hit Wuhan

by Sébastien RICCI WUHAN, China (AFP) -- France is preparing to airlift hundreds of its citizens from the Chinese city…

China to bring home overseas citizens from virus-hit province: official

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The Chinese government is to send charter planes to bring citizens from virus-hit Hubei province who…

Markets welcome WHO virus declaration

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Markets rose in Asia on Friday after the World Health Organization declared a global health…

Novel coronavirus thrives in colder, less humid areas — Duque

(Eagle News) -- The novel coronavirus thrives better in areas with low temperature and low humidity, Health Secretary Francisco Duque…

Italy lets passengers off cruise ship after virus scare

by Sonia Logre with Ella Ide in Rome CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy (AFP) -- Thousands of stranded tourists were free to disembark…

WHO declares global virus emergency as death toll hits 213, nCoV infections almost 10,000

  by Sébastien RICCI Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) -- The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over…

French citizens evacuated from virus-hit Wuhan

WUHAN, China (AFP) -- A jet carrying around 200 French citizens flew out of the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan…

More Canadians ask for help to flee China

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- The number of Canadians looking to flee China because of the coronavirus epidemic rose to nearly…

UPDATED: China virus death toll hits 213: govt

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The nationwide death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 213, with nearly 2,000 new…

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