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Stress, rumors, even violence: Virus fear goes viral
Feb 24, 2020 12:06You’ve probably got a better chance of winning a game than buying face masks in parts of Asia. Conferences have been disrupted from Beijing to Barcelona to Boston. Quarrels in Japan; riots in Ukraine. Rumors that napkins could be used as masks emptied East Asian store shelves of paper goods. Bernie Huang, a high school teacher in Taiwan said “Fear is a very strong emotion, and the prevailing fear over the new coronavirus drives people to do things irrationally without thinking straight.”
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IRGC ready to help in fight against coronavirus: Commander
Feb 24, 2020 10:53Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said the IRGC forces are fully ready to help Iranian health officials to control and fight against the outbreak of coronavirus.
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President Rouhani orders mobilization of all resources to ensure people’s health
Feb 24, 2020 10:43President Hassan Rouhani, in separate phone calls with the governors of Qom and Gilan Provinces, instructed that all resources in the provinces should be used to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus and ensure people’s health.
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Latest on coronavirus: China reports 150 more deaths, cases spike globally
Feb 24, 2020 05:44China has confirmed 150 more deaths from the novel coronavirus and more than 400 new cases as a spike in the number of infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran adds to fears of a pandemic around the world.
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Coronavirus China’s ‘largest health emergency’: President Xi
Feb 23, 2020 14:06Chinese President Xi Jinping says the coronavirus epidemic is China’s "largest public health emergency," warning that the country is still at a “crucial stage” of its battle despite Beijing’s “effective measures” to deal with the outbreak.
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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