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Canada to bring home up to 160 from China over coronavirus

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada has chartered a plane to bring home as many as 160 of its nationals from…

Americans evacuated from Wuhan land in US

  RIVERSIDE, United States (AFP) -- Some 200 US citizens evacuated from the Chinese city at the heart of a…

Five people in France confirmed to have coronavirus

PARIS, France (AFP) -- The daughter of a Chinese tourist who is seriously ill in a Paris hospital has become…

Wuhan football team land in Spain despite virus fears

  MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Chinese football team Wuhan Zall were allowed to enter Spain on Wednesday for a training…

Papua New Guinea bans travellers from all ‘Asian ports’ due to coronavirus scare

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea shut air and seaports to all foreign travellers coming from…

UAE announces case of new coronavirus; first confirmed case in Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday its first case of the new coronavirus, in…

Travel, tourism stocks dive on virus woes as Hong Kong resumes trading

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Travel, tourism and property stocks tumbled in Hong Kong on Wednesday as panicked investors…

Japan to send evacuation plane to Wuhan on Tuesday: Motegi

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) --Japan will send a plane to the Chinese city of Wuhan later Tuesday to begin evacuating citizens…

Foreigners prepare to flee as China virus toll tops 100

by Leo RAMIREZ WUHAN, China (AFP) -- The United States and other nations raced to get their citizens out of…

The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 106 lives since emerging in a market…

China delays schools’ return over virus fears

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Tuesday postponed the start of the spring semester for schools and universities across the…

China virus death toll jumps to 106, nearly 1,300 new cases: govt

WUHAN, China (AFP) -- The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China has soared to 106 while nearly 1,300…

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