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Medical flights start from Yemen’s Sanaa in diplomatic breakthrough
Middle East
February 3, 2020
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
January 31, 2020
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
January 31, 2020
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
January 31, 2020
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
January 30, 2020
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
January 29, 2020
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…
Yemen’s frontline port struggles to fight deadly fever
Middle East
January 24, 2020
Yemen’s frontline port struggles to fight deadly fever
HODEIDAH, Yemen (Reuters) — In the grounds of a bombed-out building in the port that has become the main front…
Egypt among first countries to implement plan to counter spread of new coronavirus: official
Egypt
January 24, 2020
Egypt among first countries to implement plan to counter spread of new coronavirus: official
Egypt is one of the first countries to prepare a comprehensive strategy to fight back against the spread of a…
China shuts down 13 cities as virus toll climbs
World
January 24, 2020
China shuts down 13 cities as virus toll climbs
Chinese authorities rapidly expanded a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion on Friday to 13 cities and…
Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China
World
January 17, 2020
Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China
A second person has died in China from a mysterious SARS-linked virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two…