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New Zealand reaffirms travel restrictions as precaution against COVID-19

The New Zealand government confirmed on Monday that travel restrictions currently in place for China and Iran will continue for a further week, while people entering t

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2 Indonesians found infected with COVID-19 domestically: president

Two Indonesian nationals have been infected with COVID-19 in the country, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday, marking the first confirmed cases in Indones

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'The Invisible Man' tops North American box office in opening weekend

Universal and Blumhouse's horror film The Invisible Man led ticket sales at the North American box office with a stellar 29 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend.The film also earned 20.2 mi

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California bracing for potential community transmission of coronavirus

California, which has had more coronavirus cases than any other state in the United States, is bracing for potential community transmission of the virus, as residents are stocking up on essentials a

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Lacalle Pou sworn in as new president of Uruguay

President Luis Lacalle Pou and vice president Beatriz Argimon are at the presidential swearing-in ceremony in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, March 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Nicolas Celaya) Lacalle Pou took

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Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Finland

Two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Helsinki, Finland, on Sunday, Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) announced in a press release. The new cases are persons who had contact wi

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 14 in Austria

Four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 here, taking the total number of the novel coronavirus cases in Austria to 14, announced the Ministry of Interior at the daily press conference on S

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Scotland reports first COVID-19 case; UK cases total 36

A patient has been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Scotland, local government said on Sunday evening in a statement. This is the first case confirmed in Scotland, and the patient has been admitted to hos

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Passenger from quarantined Diamond Princess reconfirmed COVID-19 infection in Taiwan

A passenger evacuated from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan was confirmed to be Taiwan's 40th case of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), accord

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98-year-old COVID-19 patient discharged from hospital

A 98-year-old woman patient of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), so far the oldest critical patient cured in China, has been discharged from a makeshift hospit

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Hong Kong reports new confirmed case of COVID-19, 96 in total

Hong Kong on Sunday reported one confirmed case of COVID-19, which was related to a Buddhist worship hall that had been suspected of multiple infections. The new confi

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Car ramming injures eleven in Germany

An 81-year-old woman drove into a crowd at a tram stop in Essen in western Germany Saturday evening, injuring 11 people including three in critical condition, local media quoted a police spokesperson

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Australia records 1st death, 1 new case of COVID-19

A 78-year-old man died in a hospital in Perth of West Australia overnight, recorded as the first death case of COVID-19 in the country. The man and his wife were evacuated from the Diamond Princess

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Hong Kong reports one more confirmed COVID-19 case

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported an additional confirmed COVID-19 case on Saturday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 95 in

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U.S. health officials predict more novel coronavirus infections in next few days

(Video by Xinhua Reporter Wei Ying) Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the United States has a total of 15 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with three cases of infect

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Ecuador confirms first case of COVID-19

Ecuadorian Minister of Public Health Catalina Andramuno speaks at a press conference in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Str) The patient left Madrid and arrived in Ecuador's port c

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First U.S. coronavirus death confirmed in Washington state

The director of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) Robert Redfield (R) testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on Corona