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Interview: Sinologist says blaming China over COVID-19 unfair, pointless

Blaming China for the COVID-19 pandemic is unfair and pointless, a sinologist has told Xinhua. Some countries "underestimated the seriousness of this virus and now when the situation is out of contro

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Hong Kong insurtech startup OneDegree launches its first product, medical coverage for pets

OneDegree, the Hong Kong-based insurance technology startup, launched its first product today, a line of medical plans for pets called Pawfect Care. The company will introduce other products, includin

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Chinese automaker makes donations to support Nigeria's COVID-19 fight

Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile (GAC Group) has donated about 51,000 U.S. dollars to Nigeria to support its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the company anno

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Erdogan, Rouhani discuss cooperation against COVID-19

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed cooperation against the COVID-19 during a phone conversation, Turkey's presidenti

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Indonesian capital extends partial lockdown amid COVID-19 spread

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Wednesday decided to extend the partial lockdown in the city as the COVID-19 virus continues spreading. Jakarta's Governor Anies B

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Chinese expert team holds discussions with Malaysian practitioners on TCM against COVID-19

A team of medical experts sent by the Chinese government to Malaysia held a discussion session with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) associations, practitioners and c

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Northwest China province donates medical supplies to Belarus

A batch of medical supplies donated by northwest China's Gansu Province has arrived in Minsk, capital of Belarus, to help fight against COVID-19, the Foreign Affairs Office of Gansu Province said on

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Norway reopens pre-schools after month-long closure

03:09 Norway has started to reopen its pre-schools as the country gradually eased the lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Despite a mixed response from parents, the a

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France's coronavirus deaths rise to 21,340, hospitalizations decline further

The number of people who have died from the coronavirus in France has climbed to 21,340, after a one-day increase of 544, higher than Tuesday's 531, Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon announce

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WHO declared COVID-19 a global emergency "at the right time": chief

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that the COVID-19 outbreak can be characterized as a "pandemic" as the virus spreads increasingly worldwide, at a pres

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China slams U.S. shifting blame amid COVID-19 pandemic

China on Wednesday slammed the practice of the United States shifting blame amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and said the U.S. is trying to cover up its own problems by doi

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First U.S. coronavirus death occurred in early Feb in California

Health officials in California's Santa Clara County have identified two people who died from the new coronavirus in early and mid-February, making them the earliest known victims of the outbreak i

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Gao Fu: 'I never said no human to human transmission in the public'

04:09 "I never said no human-to-human transmission in the public," Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), said in an interview with CGTN

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WHO official urges Lebanese to commit to general mobilization amid COVID-19 outbreak

Iman Shankiti, representative of World Health Organization in Lebanon, urged on Wednesday the Lebanese to seriously commit to the general mobilization imposed by the c

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S. Korea reports 11 more COVID-19 cases, 10,694 in total

South Korea reported 11 more cases of the COVID-19 compared with the previous day as of midnight Wednesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,694

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Nearly 200 Cuban children, adolescents test positive for COVID-19

A total of 192 children and adolescents have tested positive for COVID-19 in Cuba as of Monday, according to a senior Cuban health official. "So far, 11 percent of patients infected with the vir

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U.S. experts develop treatment guidelines for COVID-19

A panel of U.S. physicians, statisticians, and other experts has developed treatment guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a release of the National Insti