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Europeans in lockdown cheer for health workers from their balconies

01:09 "We need everyone to motivate the nurses," shouts a French resident from his balcony in Paris.Several countries across Europe are under lockdown or imposing strict curfews on cit

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Ohio postpones democratic primary, but 3 other states go ahead

03:41 As the U.S. steps up measures to contain COVID-19, voters in three U-S states are casting ballots in the democratic presidential primary. The state of Ohio made a last-minute dec

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Chinese mainland reports zero new domestic virus cases for first time

A total of 34 new cases of the novel coronavirus, all imported, were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Wednesday.It's the first time that zero domesti

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NYSE to shift to e-trading from Monday after two coronavirus cases

The New York Stock Exchange. /VCG The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will temporarily close its trading floors and move fully to electronic trading from Monday, its owner, Intercontinental Exc

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S.Korea reports 152 more COVID-19 cases, 8,565 in total

South Korea reported 152 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Thursday local time, raising the total number of infections to 8,565. The newly confirmed cases rose abo

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1st U.S. Congress member tests positive for coronavirus

Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican House representative, said Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. congressman to contract the virus. His office said in a s

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Say "NO" to racism & stigma in fight against #coronavirus

Medical, media professionals say "NO" to racism stigma in fighting #coronavirus: -CDC chief: "Chinese virus" inaccurate, racist -BBC reporter: Blame Canadian iceberg for Titanic's fall -The Economist

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Say "NO" to racism & stigma in fight against #coronavirus

Medical, media professionals say "NO" to racism stigma in fighting #coronavirus: -CDC chief: "Chinese virus" inaccurate, racist -BBC reporter: Blame Canadian iceberg for Titanic's fall -The Economist

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Chinese cloud infrastructure market generated $3.3B in Q42019

Research firm Canalys reports that the Chinese cloud infrastructure market grew 66.9% to $3.3 billion in the last quarter of 2019, right before the COVID-19 virus hit the country. China is the second

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Coronavirus testing to be ramped up to 25,000 a day: UK PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that health authorities in Britain are planning to carry out more testing of the novel coronavirus by increasing it to 25,000 a day. During the

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Oxford scientists develop new coronavirus test that provides results in just 30 minutes

Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed a new coronavirus test that produces results around three times faster than the current fastest testing methods, and that requires only relatively

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MLB teams to donate 30 million U.S. dollars to help seasonal employees

A glove, a ball and a bat of baseball. /VCG The MLB on Monday again announced the postponing of the opening of new season – for another two weeks, because of the spread of COVID-19. This is de

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National Protect Liver Day: Be aware of liver damage from COVID-19

For most patients, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) begins and ends with the lungs as it's transmitted through the respiratory tract. But lungs are not the only organ that can be attacked

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Six people at Wu Lei's Espanyol test positive for Covid-19

Spanish Liga Santander club, RCD Espanyol have confirmed that six members of the club staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. The club, which is the home of Chinese international Wu Lei, p

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Communication, cooperation needed for coronavirus fight: health expert

More communication and cooperation are needed for the fight against the coronavirus, said Zhong Nanshan, renowned Chinese respiratory specialist, at a press conference Wednesday. "We hope that c

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President Rajapaksa calls on Sri Lankans to halt travel, gatherings, celebrations due to COVID-19

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called on Sri Lankans to temporarily halt travel, public gatherings or celebrations as this would enable the government to completely control the spread of the COVID

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Vlog: Rome under lockdown

ROME, March 18, 2019 (Xinhua) -- It has been about a week since Italy was under anti-coronavirus lockdown. What does Rome look like? Follow the photographer Cheng Tingting of Xinhua to have a look. I