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Tokyo has no ‘Plan B’ for Olympics despite coronavirus
Tokyo, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Tokyo has no Plan B for this year’s Summer Olympics despite alarm over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan and elsewhere with under five months before the event, a senior official said on Friday. “There will not be one bit of change in holding the Games as planned,” Katsura Enyo, deputy director general of...
Belarus announces first case of coronavirus: TASS
Moscow, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Belarus registered the first case...
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Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
Sao Paulo, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Brazil confirmed the first...
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Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for the coronavirus
Feb 26 (Business Insider) - Iran's deputy health minister, and...
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Iran confirms two more dead of new coronavirus
Dubai, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Two more Iranians infected with...
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Afghanistan identifies first confirmed coronavirus patient – health minister
Kabul, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Afghanistan’s minister of public health...
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Lankan communist leader praises China’s “herculean” efforts to contain coronavirus
D.E.W Gunsekara said China is a "strong, sovereign and independent...
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US says Russia behind huge coronavirus fake news campaign
Washington, Feb 22 (AFP) - Thousands of Russian-linked social media...
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South Korea says coronavirus cases more than double, total now 433
Seoul, Feb 22 (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday...
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Sri Lankan Hindus pray for China’s victory over coronavirus
"China has always stood by us in times of need....
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Coronavirus patient re-hospitalized in China’s Chengdu after testing positive again
Beijing, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A coronavirus patient initially discharged...
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Too early to say whether Coronavirus threatens Olympics: WHO
Geneva, Feb 19 (AP) - Despite a virus outbreak spreading...
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Cured corona virus-infected Chinese lady given a warm send off by Lankan Health Minister
43 year old tourist was the first and till now...
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Mongolia to shut schools until March 30 to curb virus outbreak
Ulaanbaatar, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Mongolia will keep all its...
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Virus crisis has made Chinese develop new businesses and ways of marketing
On line shopping and home delivery have obviated need to...
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Coronavirus: James Bond cancels Beijing tour because this is No Time to Die
Feb 18 (Fox Business) - The latest James Bond movie,...
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Sri Lankans of all faiths pray for China’s victory over coronavirus
A famous Buddhist temple conducted "pirith", a large mosque conducted...
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Free hot coffee for over-worked medics in Wuhan
Seven baristas concoct 500 cups of coffee every day and...
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No peak in sight as China reports 5,000 new coronavirus cases
Beijing, February 14 (Reuters) - A new coronavirus has taken...
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Coronavirus death toll leaps, top provincial officials in China’s Hubei province sacked
Beijing, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Chinese province at the...
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COVID-19: WHO renames deadly coronavirus
Feb 12 (Al Jazeera) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has...
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Singapore bank DBS evacuates 300 staff at head office after coronavirus case emerges
Singapore, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Singapore’s biggest bank DBS (DBSM.SI)...
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18 recover from virus after treatment with TCM
Feb 12 (China Daily) - Eighteen patients with the novel...
Read moreCoronavirus: UN meeting ponders fast-track drugs, vaccines
Geneva, Feb 12 (AP): The World Health Organization convened outside...
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Coronavirus death toll surges as fears grow for Chinese economy
Shanghai, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The death toll from the...
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Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day – but number of infections stabilises
10th February - The total number of deaths from Coronavirus...
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WHO probes Singapore meet linked to spread of virus
Singapore, Feb 6th (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO)...
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10 passengers test positive for coronavirus on cruise ship anchored at Japan port
Tokyo, Feb 5th (Reuters) - Around 3,700 people have been...
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British scientist makes breakthrough in race for coronavirus vaccine
London, Feb 5th (Reuters) - A leading British scientist has...
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Malaysia confirms first citizen infected with virus, total cases now 10
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 4th (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on...
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Hong Kong records first virus death, Macau shuts casinos
Hong Kong/Beijing, Feb 4th (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported its...
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Scientists Find The First-Ever Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive
Feb 28 (Science Alert) - Some truths about the Universe and our experience in it seem immutable. The sky is up. Gravity sucks. Nothing can travel faster than light. Multicellular life needs oxygen to live. Except we might need to rethink that last one. Scientists have just discovered that a jellyfish-like parasite doesn't have a mitochondrial genome - the first...
