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South Korea raises virus alert to ‘grave’ as infections surge
South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level Sunday after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections. ...South Korea ups emergency response as viral cases surge
South Korea’s government banned major rallies in its capital and declared a health emergency in its fourth largest city as 100 new ...China announces biggest drop in new virus cases in almost a month
China reported the biggest drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak in nearly a month on Thursday. The National Health Commission ...China’s virus-hit industrial cities start to ease transport curbs, restore production
Big manufacturing hubs on the Chinese coast are starting to loosen curbs on the movement of people and traffic while local governments ...WHO urges calm as China virus death toll nears 1,900
The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose again on Tuesday but Chinese and international health officials sought to calm global ...Cruise passengers scatter, take Cambodia bus tours despite virus fears
The feel-good story of how Cambodia allowed a cruise ship to dock after it was turned away elsewhere in Asia for fear ...China virus cases pass 70,000 as WHO mission begins
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in China passed 70,000 on Monday as international experts began meetings with their ...40 US nationals infected on Japan ship as others fly home
Forty Americans are among hundreds with the new coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan, a US official said on Sunday, ...China virus death toll nears 1,400, six health workers among victims
The death toll from China’s virus epidemic neared 1,400 on Friday with six medical workers among the victims, underscoring the country’s struggle ...Virus death toll soars as China changes counting methods
China’s official death toll from the new coronavirus spiked dramatically on Thursday after authorities changed their counting methods, fuelling concern the epidemic ...