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China finds coronavirus on two imported frozen food packaging samples
Chinese health authorities said that two imported frozen food packaging samples have tested positiv…
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China knew the coronavirus would become a pandemic in mid-January, but for 6 days claimed publicly there was 'no evidence' it could spread between humans
If, on January 14, Chinese authorities had told people to stay home when possible, enforce social d…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Leaked documents reveal China severely underreported coronavirus cases as the pandemic spread
Documents leaked to CNN show that the real tally of coronavirus cases was significantly higher than…
Thomas Colson
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The Trump administration cut a CDC position in China meant to detect disease outbreaks months before the coronavirus pandemic
The role was discontinued, according to one expert, because US-Chinese politics trumped public heal…
Isaac Scher,Isaac Scher
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Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals discharge 10,844 patients after recovery
A total of 10,844 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital af…
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UK public health officials are searching for 2,000 people who flew from Wuhan after coronavirus reached Europe
Travel is at the center of efforts by public health authorities to contain the virus, as scientists…
Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley
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2 reasons China's mysterious respiratory illness outbreak isn't the new COVID, according to the WHO
Parts of China have seen a surge in respiratory illnesses in children. But health officials said co…
Kim Schewitz
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This map shows where China's mysterious, deadly Wuhan virus has spread across as Asia, as a 6th death is confirmed
The virus, called 2019-nCoV, was first detected in the city of Wuhan, central China, at the end of …
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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China confirmed that the deadly Wuhan virus sweeping the country can spread from human to human, increasing the risk of an epidemic
Health authorities across Asia are ramping up measures to spot and contain people carrying the dise…
Eliza Relman
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No increase in domestic Covid-19 patients says China
The Chinese health authority on Thursday said that no new domestically transmitted cases of the nov…
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6 people have now been killed by a mysterious virus in China, with authorities saying that almost 300 people are infected
The virus, called 2019-nCoV, was first detected in the city of Wuhan, central China, at the end of …
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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The last time China was hit by a deadly illness like the Wuhan virus, it covered it up and 774 people died. There are fears it could happen again.
The virus is considered to be a "novel coronavirus" because it is a new strain that has not previou…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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China's recent COVID-19 cases rise to 1,100 with 63 new infections
Beijing, Apr 9 () China has reported 63 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, including 61…
PTI
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More and more Chinese medics are dying from the coronavirus. Public-health experts say this could delay the country's fight against the outbreak.
More than 1,700 healthcare workers in Wuhan have contracted the coronavirus since its outbreak two …
Sophia Ankel,Sophia Ankel
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China is fighting to stop the spread of a mysterious, deadly virus as millions prepare to travel for Chinese New Year
Chinese officials have confirmed an illness, called 2019-nCoV, that has pneumonia-like symptoms, bu…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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China is reportedly making people download an Alibaba-backed app that decides whether they'll be quarantined for coronavirus
The app also is raising concerns among privacy advocates. The app reportedly sends users' location …
Aaron Holmes
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Scientists want to cut off Wuhan from the rest of the world to fight the spread of the deadly virus gripping the city
Authorities in Asia and the US have started to take precautionary methods to stop the virus spreadi…
Sahar Esfandiari
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The WHO changed its coronavirus timeline to say it got its first report about the virus on the internet, not from Chinese authorities
The agency says its China office found out about the "viral pneumonia" cases from reading an online…
Alexandra Ma
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Coronavirus Update: Death toll soars to 259 in China, thousands evacuated from Wuhan
Chinese health authorities on Saturday announced that the death toll has increased to 259 as 46 mor…