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China opens mental health hotline to relieve viral outbreak stress

A hotline has opened in China to help people relieve mental stress over the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak. Students, teachers and members of the public can call i

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New coronavirus spreads mainly by droplets, but also touch: Chinese health authorities

A woman helps a child wear a mask at the Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 25, 2020. (Photo by Pu Xiaoxu/Xinhua)Chinese

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APD | India: Over 400 people under observation for Coronavirus

By APD writer Rishika ChauhanNew Delhi, January 28, 2020According to recent reports, more than 400 people are currently under observation on suspicion of having caught

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East China's Anhui sends medical team to Wuhan amid virus outbreak

A medical team of 187 from east China's Anhui Province left for Wuhan on Monday night to aid the novel coronavirus control efforts there, according to the Health Commi

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China advises citizens postpone overseas travel amid virus outbreak

China's immigration authorities have advised Chinese citizens to postpone overseas travel to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The National Immigration Adminis

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WHO chief confident in China's ability to handle the epidemic

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is confident in China's handling of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The Director-Generalsaid on Monday WHO is fully

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Tibet activates second-level emergency response to prevent virus outbreak

The Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 27, 2020. The Potala Palace will be closed from Jan. 27 until further notice in an effort to

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Companies receive official licenses for coronavirus testing kits

Testing kits for the new coronavirus, developed by Liferiver Biotech. /CGTN Photo The streets of Shanghai are exceptionally quiet this Spring Festival. But this biotech company on the city's o

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APD | Chinese woman in Sri Lanka tests positive for coronavirus

By APD writer EaswaranCOLOMBO, Jan 27 (APD) -- A Chinese woman in Sri Lanka has tested positive for the coronavirus, heath officials said late on Monday night.The 43-ye

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Cambodia confirms first case of novel coronavirus: health minister

He said the Chinese man, 60, was tested positive for the virus by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia on Monday afternoon. "The patient is currently in a stable conditio

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Fifth novel coronavirus-related pneumonia case in Taiwan confirmed

Taiwan confirmed a fifth case of the novel coronavirus-related pneumonia, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said Monday. A woman in her 50s from Taiwan returned

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Chinese scientists provide support to control coronavirus outbreak

Chinese scientists are conducting research to help provide timely analysis of the epidemic situation and support to formulate targeted strategies for the prevention an

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German expert for coronavirus brings virus inhibitors to China: CMG

Rolf Hilgenfeld, a German coronavirus research expert and professor at the Lubeck University, brought two inhibitors developed for SARS-CoV to China to test their effects on the 2019 novel coronavir

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German expert for coronavirus brings virus inhibitors to China: CMG

Rolf Hilgenfeld, a German coronavirus research expert and professor at the Lubeck University, brought two inhibitors developed for SARS-CoV to China to test their effects on the 2019 novel coronavir

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Community-based prevention measures important to curbing pneumonia spread: Health authorities

Chinese health authorities on Monday stressed all-around community-based efforts to prevent and control the spread of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-n

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China allocates 300 mln yuan for coronavirus control in Wuhan

China's top economic planner has allocated a total of 300 million yuan (about 44 million U.S. dollars) to support Wuhan's battle against the novel coronavirus (2019-nC

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France to evacuate citizens from Wuhan by air

France said on Sunday it expected to evacuate hundreds of its citizens from the Wuhan area in China, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak. "French citizens will be repatriated by airplane to Franc