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Trump says US has 'shut down' coronavirus threat; China shuns US help
Feb 03, 2020 10:54The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fast-moving coronavirus while offering help to China, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance.
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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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US maximum pressure campaign against Iran to continue as before: Official
Feb 02, 2020 04:09The United States’ recent de-listing of a Chinese tanker company from the long catalogue of its sanctions against Iran does not signal any policy change on the part of Washington, says a senior US administration official.
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Why US government needs a rethink of its China policy
Feb 01, 2020 12:28The huge amount of resources allocated by the US administration to “contain” China were not only wasted, but worsened America’s domestic economic and social problems.
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China virus toll passes 250 as travel curbs tightened
Feb 01, 2020 04:23The death toll from China's coronavirus outbreak has surpassed 250, the government said Saturday, as foreign nations tightened restrictions on travelers from China in response to the rapid spread of the illness.
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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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Iran health minister urges government to ban entry of travelers from China
Jan 31, 2020 12:43Iran's Minister of Health Saeed Namaki has demanded that the government prevent the entry of passengers from China amid the threat of coronavirus epidemic.
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The flu poses a far greater threat to Americans than the coronavirus from China
Jan 31, 2020 03:25Liz Szabo in his article says, "Influenza has already sickened at least 13 million Americans this winter, hospitalizing 120,000 and killing 6,600, according to the CDC. And flu season hasn’t even peaked. In a bad year, the flu kills up to 61,000 Americans".
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Over 6,000 trapped aboard ship at Italian port over virus fears
Jan 31, 2020 02:28Over 6,000 tourists have been trapped aboard a cruise ship at an Italian port as a Chinese couple on the giant ship is being tested for the coronavirus.