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19.04.2020 / 06:17

Coronavirus: China declares Wuhan low-risk area

BEIJING : China has classified coronavirus epicentre Wuhan as a low-risk area, days after it revised the city's death toll by 50 per cent, even as 16 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the country, health officials said on Sunday.

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Donald Trump warns of consequences if China is 'knowingly responsible' for coronavirus

US President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the coronavirus pandemic, as he ratcheted up criticism of Beijing over its handling of the outbreak. "It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn't, and the whole world is suffering because of it," Trump told a daily White House briefing.

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Trump warns China could face consequences for virus outbreak

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that China should face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the coronavirus pandemic.

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Researchers from Glasgow University to examine Chinese Government response to Covid-19

A team of researchers is to examine the response of the Chinese Government to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Chinese doctor, who alerted about Covid-19, recalls treating her first case

Beijing/Wuhan: The deadly coronavirus which has overwhelmed China and the world was discovered in an elderly couple in December last year in Wuhan through a CT scan done by Zhang Jixian, a woman doctor, the official media reported on Friday, hailing her for alerting the authorities about the vicious virus.

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Nations debate easing virus restrictions as economies falter

BEIJING – Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises and rent payments come due.

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Coronavirus outbreak twice as contagious as previously thought, study claims

Coronavirus could be twice as contagious as previously thought, a new study has claimed.

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China’s coronavirus death toll revised up sharply after review

Medical staff treat check a mobile phone as they treat COVID-19 coronavirus patients at a hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 19, 2020. - China on March 19 reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus for the first time

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At a glance: Latest global developments in Covid-19 fight

China raises death toll

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China’s coronavirus death toll revised up sharply after review

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Chinese epicenter Wuhan raises number of virus dead by 1,290

BEIJING – At least 50% more people died in China's virus epicenter of Wuhan than previously counted, with state media on Friday attributing the initial undercount to how overwhelmed the health system was coping with thousands of sick patients.

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The Latest: Coronavirus hits world's largest economies hard

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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Virus outbreak city Wuhan raises death toll by 50%

The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged raised its death toll by 50%, revealing the epicentre of the global pandemic had been much worse hit than Beijing had previously reported.

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Bleak figures from China and US show economic hit from virus

BEIJING – Bleak figures from the world's two largest economies underscore how quickly the coronavirus is delivering a massive economic blow.

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China revises Wuhan coronavirus death toll by 1,290 bringing total to 3,869

China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, has said it had revised up its total death toll by 1,290.

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Opinion | Futility of nukes

This new report is sure to worsen tensions between the two nations at a time when Beijing has been in the global glare over its alleged mishandling of the covid-19 outbreak.

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The futility of nukes

A US State Department report has said China may furtively be undertaking underground, low-level nuclear test explosions. If true, it would be a breach of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), an international pact that bans such blasts and which China claims to observe. The report, whose findings were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, offers no proof that Beijing has violated the CTBT, but cites hectic activity at China’s Lop Nur nuclear test site over much of 2019 that had raised American hackles.

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Hydroxychloroquine may not be effective against COVID-19: Chinese study

BEIJING : To treat people infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), many, including the US President Donald Trump, have supported the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). However, the antimalarial drug might not be effective in treating coronavirus (COVID-19), claims a Chinese study.

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6.50 lakh medical kits to fight coronavirus dispatched from China: Indian envoy

Beijing: The coronavirus medical test equipment being procured by India from China to combat the pandemic gathered pace on Thursday as 6.50 lakh Rapid Antibody Tests and RNA Extraction Kits were dispatched to the country.

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China, Europe show restarting virus-hit economies not easy

BEIJING – As countries consider how to restart their virus-halted economies, the early experiences in China and parts of Europe show it will be no easy task.

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Asian stocks slide after weak US data add to global gloom

BEIJING – Asian stocks were mostly lower Thursday after unexpectedly weak U.S. retail and other data added to gloom about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Donald Trump says US investigating if Covid-19 escaped from Wuhan lab

Donald Trump has said his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan.

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China sending Covid testing kits to India

NEW DELHI : A total of 6.5 lakh medical kits for rapid testing of COVID-19 has been despatched from Guangzhou Airport in China and is set to reach India later on Thursday, government sources said today.

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China tries to revive economy but consumer engine sputters

BEIJING – China, where the coronavirus pandemic started in December, is cautiously trying to get back to business, but it’s not easy when many millions of workers are wary of spending much or even going out.

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Coronavirus: China’s data on symptom-free cases shows most never get sick

Among 6,764 people who tested positive for infection without showing symptoms, only one fifth of them — 1,297 —have so far developed symptoms

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US ambassador: China not blocking medical supply exports

BEIJING – The U.S. ambassador to China said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe Beijing is deliberately blocking exports of masks and other medical supplies to fight the coronavirus, and that the shipment of 1,200 tons of such products to the U.S. could not have been possible without Chinese support.

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Renault closing main China business, will focus on electrics

BEIJING – Renault SA said Tuesday it will shut down its main China business and focus on electric and commercial vehicles.

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China's mask diplomacy a hit in virus-plagued Eastern Europe

BELGRADE – When China’s first shipment of coronavirus medical aid landed in Belgrade, the president of Serbia was there to kiss the Chinese flag. In Hungary, officials have played down assistance from the European Union and praised Beijing’s help. In the Czech Republic, its president says only China was there during the virus spread.

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China reports exports fell further in March amid shutdown

BEIJING – China’s exports fell further in March compared with February amid a global economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the government reported Tuesday.

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Coronavirus vaccines to be tested on humans as global cases reach two million

Two experimental coronavirus vaccines have been cleared for clinical trials on humans.

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3 coronavirus vaccines being tested in humans, says WHO

There are 70 coronavirus vaccines in development globally, with three candidates already being tested in human trials, according to the World Health Organization, as drugmakers race to find a cure for the deadly pathogen.

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Wuhan's lessons in containing Covid-19: Wear masks, no home quarantine for patients

Beijing: The head of a hospital involved in handling the coronavirus crisis in China's epicentre Wuhan on Monday said wearing masks and mandatory isolation of people with mild symptoms in special centres instead of their homes are essential to contain the spread of the vicious virus.

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China coronavirus cases hit highest spike in six weeks sparking fears of 'second wave'

China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks on Sunday, prompting fears a second wave of Covid-19 may be hitting.

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The U.S. vs. China: Who is Winning the Key Technology Battles?

China leads in 5G, but the U.S. has an edge in other crucial niches—for now

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Experts say coronavirus can spread twice as far as 6ft social distancing rule

Social distancing guidelines recommending people keep six feet away from each other could be inadequate for preventing the spread of coronavirus.

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China’s new coronavirus cases highest in nearly six weeks, many from overseas

China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travelers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID-19.

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China reports nearly 100 new coronavirus cases in 1 day, highest in recent weeks

BEIJING : China has reported 99 new coronavirus cases, the highest in a single day in recent weeks, and 63 fresh asymptomatic infections, taking the total number of patients in the country to 82,052, health officials said here on Saturday, amid concerns about a second wave of the pandemic.

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What factors did people who died with COVID-19 have in common?

Researchers have analyzed the records of 85 individuals who died with COVID-19 in the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan, China. The analysis revealed that the majority of those patients had a few consistent factors in common.

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UNSC meeting on covid-19 inconclusive as US, China engage in war of words

NEW DELHI: A special session of the UN Security Council (UNSC), the decision making body of the United Nations, on the novel coronavirus called overnight Friday seems to have ended inconclusively but not without the US demanding complete transparency and timely sharing of public data, seen as a swipe at China.

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China orders re-test of recovered Covid-19 patients, intensified screening of asymptomatic cases

BEIJING : China on Thursday unveiled a new trial protocol warranting re-testing of the recovered coronavirus patients besides intensifying the screening of asymptomatic cases as concerns grew over the second wave of virus infections in the country.

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China's Streamers Experienced Traffic Boom Amid Virus Crisis

China's television networks and streaming platforms benefited from an explosion of viewers after the world's most populous nation began practicing social distancing in late January to contain the new coronavirus, says a new report published Thursday by Beijing-based ticketing company Maoyan. The surging television and streaming consumption came amid reduced filmgoing, according to Maoyan.

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Indians in Wuhan: Strict lockdown, social distancing only ways to contain coronavirus

Beijing/Wuhan: A few daring Indians, who remained in Wuhan where the novel coronavirus first emerged and then became a global pandemic, have a word of advice for their compatriots back home: follow the strict lockdown and self-isolation measures to arrest the spread of the deadly disease.

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Robots may become heroes in war on coronavirus

SAN FRANCISCO : Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the deadly coronavirus. One team of robots temporarily cared for patients in a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began.

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'Chinese virus' no more: US and China reach truce amid coronavirus pandemic

'President Donald Trump, hardly known for the delicacy of his word choices, has dropped his provocative term "Chinese virus"

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VIRUS DIARY: In Beijing, finally, a tentative spring blooms

BEIJING – The coronavirus came first in the depths of winter. As with so many places afterward, the change seeped in gradually.

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China says no new coronavirus deaths for first time

BEIJING : China on Tuesday reported no new deaths from the deadly coronavirus for the first time since it started publishing figures in January but the number of imported infections increased to 983 with 32 new confirmed cases, health officials said.

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China faces new wave of coronavirus infections as number of imported cases rise

Beijing: China stepped up border control measures on Monday as the number of imported coronavirus cases rose sharply to 951 while the asymptomatic cases also surged, raising fears of a second wave of the COVID-19 infections, mainly from Chinese returning home from abroad despite drastic containment efforts.

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Asymptomatic coronavirus cases appear to be on the rise in China, report says

Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, partly reopened on March 28 after more than two months of near total isolation for its population of 11 million. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0