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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China reported 29 more deaths on Thursday from the new coronavirus epidemic, the lowest daily figure in almost a month, and the number of fresh infections rose slightly. The death toll now stands at 2,744 in mainland China, according to the National Health Commission. The daily tally of fatalities has fallen for three straight days now, hitting the lowest mark since January 29, when 26 new deaths were reported. The commission […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea reported 334 new coronavirus cases Thursday, taking its total to 1,595, still the largest in the world outside China, where the disease first emerged. No new deaths had occurred, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement, with the toll remaining at 12. © Agence France-Presse
https://youtu.be/938q2pHWOGQ WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to spend whatever was appropriate to respond to the novel coronavirus. The administration requested from Congress $2.5 billion in funding to develop treatments, vaccines and a national stockpile of essential equipment, but Trump said he was happy to spend more if it was on offer by Democrats. “We were asking for 2.5 billion, and we think that’s a lot, but the Democrats and […]
https://youtu.be/6yGV90z6mBk WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the US response to the novel coronavirus. “I’m going to be announcing exactly right now that I’m going to be putting our vice president Mike Pence in charge,” Trump said. “Mike will be working with the professionals and doctors and everybody else that’s working on the team.” © Agence France-Presse
BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) — Romania reported its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday — a man who was in contact with an Italian who visited the country last week. “The patient, who is in good health and is showing no symptoms, will be transferred to Bucharest’s hospital of infectious diseases,” Health Minister Victor Costache told a press conference. Seven other people who live at the same address as the man in the […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s health ministry said on Wednesday a Sao Paulo resident has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the first case recorded in Latin America. The 61-year-old patient had returned on February 21 from the Lombardy region of Italy, the epicenter of an outbreak in the European country, Brazil’s Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said. Mandetta said authorities were trying to identify people that had been in contact with the patient […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus, a public health advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted Wednesday, days after Islamabad closed its land border with Iran, where 19 people have died from the virus. “I can confirm the first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. Both cases are being taken care of according to clinical standard protocols & both of them are stable. No need to panic, […]
by Cécile FEUILLATRE MILAN, Italy (AFP) — The sweeping measures taken in northern Italy to try to contain Europe’s worst outbreak of the novel coronavirus is starting to take more than just a physical toll, with mental health professionals reporting some residents falling victim to anxiety. As 50,000 people stay in lockdown in infection hotspots and tens of millions are affected by the closure of schools and other institutions, psychologists and psychiatrists say there have […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — The novel coronavirus is concerning for Europe but there is no reason for alarm, the EU’s health commissioner said on Wednesday as Italy battles the world’s third-biggest outbreak. “This is a situation of concern but we must not give in to panic,” Stella Kyriakides told reporters in Rome after meeting Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza. “In the EU we are still in containment phase, it is important to underline this,” she […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump announced a news conference from the White House on the coronavirus epidemic Wednesday, with experts warning they expect it to spread in the United States. “I will be having a News Conference at the White House, on this subject, today at 6:00 P.M.” Trump tweeted, adding that officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would attend. Officials have urged Americans to develop plans […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case, a woman who had recently traveled to northern Italy. A health ministry spokesman said the 38-year-old woman was in a Thessaloniki hospital and in good condition. “She is in good health and being monitored by a team of excellent colleagues in Thessaloniki,” said the ministry’s spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras, a leading expert on infectious diseases. “Her contacts are being tracked. Close contacts will be […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — There are now more new cases of the coronavirus reported each day outside China than inside the hardest-hit country, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “Yesterday, the number of new cases reported outside China exceeded the number of new cases in China for the first time,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told diplomats in Geneva, according to a written version of his speech. The UN health agency put the number […]
