Virus

The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has killed 170 people and spread around the world…

WHO declares international emergency over novel coronavirus

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly novel coronavirus from…

Russia to shut border with China over coronavirus; “We have to do everything to protect our people,” says PM

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia said Thursday it was closing the border with China to prevent the spread of…

Three Japanese evacuated from Wuhan test positive for virus

  by Miwa SUZUKI / Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Three Japanese evacuated from the epicentre…

China’s health commission warns of “walking source of infection”- patients without fever but have nCoV

  (Eagle News) -- People who have either no symptoms of the novel coronavirus or have not developed them yet…

Asia ramps up defenses against deadly outbreak; more countries clamp down on Chinese visitors

Asian nations have sealed borders and clamped down on Chinese visitors as they try to protect themselves from a deadly…

The highly contagious novel coronavirus: How it is transmitted

  https://youtu.be/RETzcMmpm4g (Videographics showing how the new coronavirus can be transmitted. Courtesy Agence France Presse)   (Eagle News) -- The…

Updated: DOH confirms PHL’s 1st positive coronavirus case; Chinese woman from Wuhan only had “mild cough,” no fever

(Eagle News) -- The Department of Health today, Jan. 30, confirmed a positive novel coronavirus 2019 (nCoV 2019) case, saying…

DOH awaiting test results if Chinese man who died of pneumonia had nCoV; initial test showed he was HIV+

(Eagle News) – The Department of Health is now awaiting the results of the confirmatory tests on a Chinese national…

New Zealand charters flight to assist with Wuhan evacuation

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand announced Thursday it will charter a 300-seat aircraft to evacuate nationals from Wuhan,…

600 Europeans seeking to leave China amid virus: EU

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- Nearly 600 European citizens in China want to be repatriated because of the coronavirus epidemic, the…

African nations take first measures to stop spread of Chinese virus

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- African states, including the continent's biggest economy Nigeria, on Wednesday said they had begun to…

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