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Iran makes new decisions to address coronavirus
Feb 03, 2020 05:36The Iranian government made a series of new decisions in the fight against the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that has originated from China.
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Coronavirus health scare: 300 plus dead; first fatality outside China confirmed
Feb 02, 2020 07:13The public health emergency associated with the killer coronavirus that has already spread to over a dozen countries has raised global alarms, with the number of confirmed deaths inside China passing the 300 mark, and the first fatality from the outbreak outside China reported in the Philippines.
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Iran suspends flights to and from China amid coronavirus spread concerns
Feb 01, 2020 08:51Iranian Minister of Health Saeed Namaki says Iran has temporarily halted all flights to and from China as the novel coronavirus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, spreads across the country and the rest of the world.
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US declares coronavirus a public health emergency
Feb 01, 2020 06:24The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China.
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Many countries report new cases of coronavirus infection
Jan 31, 2020 14:07Russia has reported its first two cases of coronavirus that has killed over 200 people in China and prompted the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency.
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Finland confirms its first coronavirus case; France announces fifth case
Jan 30, 2020 03:19The director of Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare announces the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in Finland.
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Iran importing test kits to prevent coronavirus spread: Health official
Jan 28, 2020 03:23An Iranian health ministry official says the country is to be supplied with more coronavirus test kits as authorities tighten restrictions for the arrival of visitors from China to prevent any spread of the virus into Iran.
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Iran says suspected coronavirus case tested negative
Jan 26, 2020 03:22Iranian health authorities have dismissed reports that a new coronavirus outbreak that began in China and infected thousands of people, including some in other parts of the world, has spread to the country.
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China coronavirus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,000 infected
Jan 25, 2020 04:19China confirmed another 15 deaths in the province at the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has now infected more than 1,000 people globally, highlighting the challenges for health authorities around the world working to prevent a global pandemic.
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France confirms first two cases of coronavirus
Jan 25, 2020 04:04France confirmed on Friday its first two cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with one patient being hospitalized in Paris and the other in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.