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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 ...Virus death toll soars as China changes counting methods
China’s official death toll and infection numbers from a new coronavirus spiked dramatically on Thursday after authorities changed their counting methods, fuelling ...China’s new virus cases fall again, deaths now exceed 1,100
The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 on Wednesday but the number of new cases fell for a ...WHO head sees chance to stop virus which poses ‘grave’ threat
Countries have a chance of stopping the global spread of the new coronavirus, the chief of the World Health Organization said Tuesday, ...China coronavirus death toll exceeds 1,000; officials removed
The two most senior health officials at the epicentre of China’s deadly virus outbreak have been sacked, state media said Tuesday, as ...