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Japan's Abe asks all elementary, high schools to shut amid COVID-19 outbreak

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the government will ask all elementary, junior-high and high schools to temporarily close beginning March 2, a

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New Malaysian PM to be decided by Parliament: Mahathir

The candidate of new Malaysian prime minister will be decided by the lower house of parliament next week, Malaysia's interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thurs

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Xi says China, Mongolia help each other in face of difficulties

Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday held talks with Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi said the Chinese government

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Senior Chinese diplomat to visit Japan

Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will visit Japan from Friday to Saturday at the invitation of th

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Official calls for global cooperation to curb COVID-19 epidemic

A Chinese health official Thursday urged strengthening cooperation with relevant international organizations and countries to jointly contain the spread of the coronavirus. According to the World He

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Expert: China to contain COVID-19 epidemic by end of April

China will contain the coronavirus epidemic by the end of April, the head of China's COVID-19 expert team, Zhong Nanshan, said in a press conference held in Guangzhou City on Thursday.Zhong added tha

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Chinese hospitals discharge 32,495 recovered patients of coronavirus infection

A total of 32,495 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Wednesday, Chinese health authority said

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Japan confirms 894 cases of COVID-19

At least 894 cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Japan as of Thursday morning.That figure includes 705 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, according to reports.

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Coronavirus forces Inter Milan to play Ludogorets behind closed doors

The second leg of Inter Milan's Europa League knockout tie against Ludogorets Razgrad on Thursday will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus, European football

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Over half of coronavirus patients discharged from hospital in SW China's Chongqing

More than half of the COVID-19 patients in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality had been discharged from hospital by Thursday after recovering from novel coronavir

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16 more COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital in Beijing

Sixteen more people were discharged from hospital in Beijing Thursday after they recovered from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia. Beijing reported one new confir

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ROK reports 2nd novel coronavirus death: Yonhap

The Republic of Korea (ROK) has registered a second death from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.The first death of a COVID-19 patient in the ROK was a

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Iraq closes border with Iran for 3 days over coronavirus: report

Iraq closed its ground borders with Iran for three days on Thursday after the detection of coronavirus illness, named COVID-19, in Iran, official IRNA news agency repo

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Virus-hit Wuhan sees more newly recovered coronavirus patients than new infections for 1st time

The daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients in Wuhan, the capital city of China's Hubei Province and the epicenter of the outbreak, has s

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NHC says positive trend is shown in curbing coronavirus epidemic

A positive trend is shown in curbing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic on the Chinese mainland as 28 provincial-level regions and theXinjiang Production and Construction Corps each reported l

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China reports 889 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 118 new deaths

Chinese health authority Friday said it received reports of 889 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 118 deaths on Thursday from 31 provincial-level

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Chinese hospitals discharge 18,264 recovered patients of coronavirus infection

A total of 18,264 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Thursday, Chinese health authority said F