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China reports another fall in coronavirus infections outside epicenter
Feb 23, 2020 07:18China has reported another decrease in the number of new coronavirus infections outside its epicenter in Hubei Province, but world health officials have cautioned that it is still too early to make predictions about the outbreak as the flue-like disease continues to afflict other countries and regions.
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Iran disinfecting public places amid coronavirus outbreak
Feb 23, 2020 04:57An Iranian health official said all public places and means of public transportation are being disinfected on a daily basis amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has killed at least five people in Iran so far.
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China reports sharp fall in new coronavirus cases, deaths
Feb 22, 2020 07:02China reported a sharp decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, while its central bank predicted a limited short-term economic impact and said the country was confident of winning the fight against the epidemic.
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China reports drop in new virus infections despite fatality increase
Feb 20, 2020 08:03Figures show a big drop in new coronavirus cases in mainland China, even as deaths from the infectious epidemic increase to 2,118 people.
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US urge EU to use 5G by Ericsson, Nokia amid fight with China’s Huawei
Feb 20, 2020 07:50EU countries have no reason to use 5G mobile technology from Huawei because Sweden's Ericsson, Finland's Nokia and South Korea's Samsung are on par with the Chinese group in the field, a senior US diplomat said
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‘Racist’ editorial gets 3 Wall Street Journal reporters fired from China
Feb 19, 2020 13:17China has expelled three reporters working for The Wall Street Journal over a “racist” editorial, calling the country “the Real Sick Man of Asia.”
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China coronavirus fatalities pass 2,000 as infection cases decline
Feb 19, 2020 05:48The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in mainland China has surpassed the 2,000 mark, despite a decline in new infection cases for the second straight day amid stricter containment measures by local authorities in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan.
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Quarantine for Iranian students returned from China now over
Feb 18, 2020 11:56Iranian authorities have ended a 14-day quarantine for dozens of students who had been flown back home from central China over fears they might contract coronavirus.
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China using plasma from recovered patients to treat coronavirus
Feb 18, 2020 04:34Chinese doctors are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat critically ill patients still battling the disease.
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China reports rise in new virus cases as death toll nears 1,800
Feb 17, 2020 07:29China has once again reported a rise in the coronavirus infection rate in Hubei Province — the epicenter of the outbreak — two days after a fall in the number as the death toll from the disease nears 1,800.