Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Sunday stressed giving full play to the role of medical personnel sent to Hubei Province, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, in c
The Finnish government is setting up a coordination group and allocating an initial 8.9 million euros (9.79 million U.S. dollars) for the control of the novel coronavirus, government officials told
Finland reported the first case of Finnish national diagnosed with coronavirus infection Thursday. The patient is a working-age Finnish woman who had caught the disease while visiting Milan, Northern
South Korea confirmed 284 more cases of the COVID-19 on Wednesday, raising the total number of infections to 1,261, and the death toll rose to 12. As of 4:00 a.m. loca
A total of 152 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Italy, including three deaths and one recovery, said Angelo Borrelli, head of the country's civil protection department, on Sunday. The tota
TOKYO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday ordered his government to promptly draw up a basic policy to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in
A total of 23 passengers, who have disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship, did not undergo nucleic acid testing for the novel coronavirus during the medical inspection on the ship starting Febr
Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, will conduct nucleic acid tests for all elderly care institutions before Feb. 28 as some confirmed and suspected case
Fourteen new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, officials told a televised press conference Friday. The 14 confirmed cases include six anno
China Media Group (CMG) officially launched a public welfare project worth 3.1 billion yuan (about 441 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday to help central China's Hubei Province to combat the COVID-19.
BANGKOK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Thai army commander General Apirat Kongsompong on Thursday told the media that he will hand over the major army commercial businesses to the Ministry of Finance to ensure
By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA, Feb. 12 (APD) – U. S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said they just received the notification from the Philippine government last nig
By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaPresidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador S. Panelo said Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. has s
The White House on Monday unveiled a budget proposal for next fiscal year that would cut major domestic programs, claiming that solid economic growth would support substantial deficit reduction and
The White House on Monday unveiled a budget proposal for next fiscal year that would cut major domestic programs, claiming that solid economic growth would support substantial deficit reduction and
At least six more people on a cruise ship quarantined in a Japanese port tested positive for the coronavirus onSunday as thousands of passengers remained confined to their cabins, according to TV Asa
Britain is seeking far-reaching reductions in tariffs from a trade deal with the United States, trade minister Liz Truss said on Thursday, setting out the broad aims of