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China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall
World

China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall

BEIJING (AP) — China’s virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in…
UN medical relief flights continue from Yemen’s capital
Middle East

UN medical relief flights continue from Yemen’s capital

CAIRO (AP) — Flights transporting Yemeni medical patients from rebel-held areas continued Saturday when a second plane carrying 24 patients…
Egypt, China’s Foreign Ministers discuss cooperating to fight coronavirus
Egypt

Egypt, China’s Foreign Ministers discuss cooperating to fight coronavirus

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday stressed the importance of…
World currently ‘not in a pandemic’ of China virus: WHO
World

World currently ‘not in a pandemic’ of China virus: WHO

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to…
Medical flights start from Yemen’s Sanaa in diplomatic breakthrough
Middle East

Medical flights start from Yemen’s Sanaa in diplomatic breakthrough

DUBAI (Reuters) – Flights carrying patients needing urgent medical attention began from the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, the World…
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
World

China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed

BEIJING (AP) — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to…
Egypt evacuates its citizens from Wuhan, EgyptAir suspends flights as coronavirus death toll climbs
Egypt

Egypt evacuates its citizens from Wuhan, EgyptAir suspends flights as coronavirus death toll climbs

Egypt has started evacuating Egyptians residing in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has…
WHO declares global virus emergency as death toll hits 213
World

WHO declares global virus emergency as death toll hits 213

The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus, as China reported Friday the death toll had…
China sees deadliest day yet as global virus fears mount
World

China sees deadliest day yet as global virus fears mount

China reported its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as confirmation that three Japanese evacuated from the…
Foreigners airlifted from China virus epicentre, death toll hits 132
World

Foreigners airlifted from China virus epicentre, death toll hits 132

Hundreds of Americans and Japanese escaped the quarantined Chinese city at the centre of a coronavirus epidemic aboard charter flights…
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