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China logs more coronavirus cases imported from abroad
Beijing: China reported 12 more imported cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday as the capital tightened quarantine measures for international arrivals to prevent a new wave of infections. After declaring they…
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Efforts underway to develop COVID-19 vaccine in China: Report
Beijing: Efforts to develop a vaccine were underway in China in partnership with researchers from other countries, with work focusing on five main types, a media report said on Thursday. As of…
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China virus cases fall, but more imported from abroad
Beijing: The number of fresh infections at the epicentre of China’s coronavirus epidemic dropped to a new low on Thursday but the country imported more cases from abroad. Another 11 people died,…
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China allows some firms to resume work at virus epicenter
Beijing: China on Wednesday announced that key companies can resume work in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, in another sign authorities are confident the quarantined city is winning its battle against the epidemic. The decision…
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China to allow some firms to return to work in Wuhan
Beijing: Some companies in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new coronavirus outbreak emerged late last year, are to be allowed to return to work, provincial officials said Wednesday. Businesses involved in…
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Over 70% of coronavirus patients in China recovered: WHO
Beijing: The World Health Organization said that more than 70 percent of those infected with the new coronavirus in China have recovered, adding that the country was “bringing its epidemic under control”.…
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COVID-19: 10 killed after quarantined hotel collapses in China
Beijing: At least ten people were killed in the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China. Rescuers retrieved 48 people from the rubble, of whom 38 are…
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Is China’s multi-billion dollar project in Pak facing a crisis?
Hong Kong: Almost seven years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping had shared the planning of a massive China Pakistan Economic Corridor Projects (CPEC) linking its landlocked western region of Xinjiang to the…
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Coronavirus in China: Death toll crosses 3000
Beijing: The death toll of coronavirus in China has crossed 3,000 with 31 new fatalities and the total number of confirmed cases jumped to over 80,400, while Chinese President Xi Jinping has called…
- Technology
COVID-19: Apple sends care packages to its employees in China
Beijing: The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has sent gift packages that include an iPad, face masks, hand sanitizer and more, to its employees stranded in Wenzhou and Hubei due to the coronavirus.…
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Virus hammers China’s February economic activity: data
BEIJING: China’s manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level on record in February as official data on Saturday confirmed the massive damage the deadly coronavirus epidemic has caused to the world’s second-largest…
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China: Coronavirus toll rises to 2835, over 79000 persons affected
Beijing: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has risen to 2,835, health authorities said on Saturday, while the number of confirmed cases has increased to 79,251. Chinese health…
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Coronavirus toll mounts to 2,744 in China
Beijing: Coronavirus has claimed the lives of 29 more people in China on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 2,744, Chinese health officials said on Thursday. Many…
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Bill Gates warns the coronavirus can hit Africa worse than China
In a presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Seattle, Bill Gates reportedly warned that the coronavirus could overwhelm health systems on the African continent. “This disease,…
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Death toll of coronavirus in China reaches 2663
Beijing: The death toll from the novel coronavirus in mainland China has reached 2663, while the current number of patients is at 77,658, and more than 27,200 people have recovered, the country’s…
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China sentences bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison
Beijing: A court in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo has sentenced Chinese-born Swedish citizen Gui Minhai to ten years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets. A naturalized Swedish citizen, Gui…
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5.1-Magnitude earthquake strikes China’s Xinjiang
Beijing: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter’s scale hit Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 11:39 pm local time, the China Earthquake Networks Centre reported. The epicentre…
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China coronavirus toll rises to 2,345
Beijing: The overall death toll in mainland China due to the deadly coronavirus has increased to 2,345, while the number of confirmed cases reached 76,288, health authorities said on Saturday. The country’s…
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Coronavirus death toll in China’s Hubei province exceeds 2,100
Beijing: Chinese province of Hubei reported 115 deaths from novel coronavirus through Thursday, bringing the death toll from the deadly outbreak in the province to 2,114, health officials reported on Friday. The…
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Coronavirus toll in China rises to 2118
Beijing: The overall death toll in China due to the deadly coronavirus has increased to 2,118, with a total of 74,576 confirmed cases, health authorities said on Thursday. New confirmed cases The National…
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Hospital director at China virus epicentre dies
Beijing: A hospital director at the epicentre of China’s virus epidemic died Tuesday, state media said, the latest medical worker to fall victim to the new coronavirus spreading across the country. The…
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‘Uighur Muslims land in detention camps for having beard, veil’
Beijing: A document which delineates the lives of hundreds of Uighur Muslims currrently in internment camps across China, was allegedly leaked by a source inside Xinjiang showing how members of the community…
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Situation critical in China, say Indian students
Manesar: “How’s the Josh,” Lieutenant Colonel Manjunath asked the students camped in India Army quarantine base in Manesarand their reply was: “High Sir”. It resonated across 10 barracks they were kept in…
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Toll from coronavirus mounts to 1868 in China
Beijing: The death toll in mainland China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has increased by 98 over the past 24 hours to 1,868, the Chinese state health committee said on Tuesday. The…
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Pakistan, China skip 13th COP CMS hosted by India
Gandhinagar: Pakistan was absent on the opening day of the 13th ‘Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP13 CMS) hosted by India…
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China reports 2,048 new confirmed cases of coronavirus
Beijing: Chinese health authority on Monday said it received reports of 2,048 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 105 deaths on Sunday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production…
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Coronavirus: China virus death toll exceeds 1,600
BEIJING: The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic jumped to 1,665 on Sunday after 142 more people died, although the number of new cases dropped for a third consecutive day. According to…
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China smartphone sales may decline 20% in Q1: Counterpoint
Mumbai: In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, sales of smartphones in China may decline 20 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to an estimate by Counterpoint…
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World Bank not considering new China loans to battle virus
Washington: The World Bank is offering technical assistance to China to help battle the coronavirus epidemic but no new loans, the development lender’s president, David Malpass, said on Monday. Malpass told Reuters the bank…
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Coronavirus: Over 1000 died in China
Beijing: The Health Authorities in China’s Hubei province on Tuesday (local time) reported 103 more deaths and 2,097 newly confirmed cases of Coronavirus, reported South China Morning Post. Death toll in Hubei…
