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Elderly woman dies of coronavirus in Japan

Feb 14, 2020 04:32

Japan's health minister says a woman in her 80s has become the first person with the new coronavirus to die in the country.
US accuses Chinese tech giant Huawei of stealing trade secrets

Feb 14, 2020 04:24

The US Justice Department has accused Chinese tech giant Huawei of a "decades-long" effort to steal trade secrets from American companies, escalating the US battle with the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker.
Death toll from coronavirus outbreak exceeds 1,350

Feb 13, 2020 04:59

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has surpassed 1,350, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against downplaying the epidemic, mainly centered in China.
US says coronavirus more transmissible than SARS but less severe

Feb 12, 2020 05:30

The United State's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday said the novel coronavirus was more transmissible than the SARS virus, as the World Health Organization branded coronavirus "public enemy number one."
China’s coronavirus outbreak poses ‘very grave threat’ to world: WHO

Feb 11, 2020 10:22

China’s coronavirus outbreak poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday in an appeal for sharing virus samples and speeding up research into drugs and vaccines.
China removes health officials in wider coronavirus epicenter

Feb 11, 2020 07:24

China has removed two senior health officials in Hubei Province, which is the epicenter of a deadly coronavirus epidemic, over their handling of the outbreak.
Coronavirus infected 27 foreigners in China, 2 dead: Beijing

Feb 10, 2020 12:08

China says dozens of foreigners in the country have been infected with the coronavirus, two of whom have died, as the total death toll from the epidemic inside the country is approaching 1,000.
China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908

Feb 10, 2020 03:55

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday.
Hong Kong cruise passengers disembark after virus tests

Feb 09, 2020 13:19

Thousands of people stranded aboard a cruise ship in Hong Kong for five days were allowed to disembark on Sunday after its 1,800 crew tested negative for the deadly new coronavirus.
American dies of coronavirus in China as toll set to surpass SARS

Feb 08, 2020 09:58

An American became the first confirmed non-Chinese victim of the new coronavirus on Saturday while a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease, as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from the SARS pandemic.