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Coronavirus cases top 8,000 in Switzerland, death toll at 66

Switzerland reported 1,046 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total cases in the country to 8,060, while death toll increased from 60 to 66, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health sai

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Volunteers offer support for Brits who need to isolate

02:56 The British government is telling anyone with symptoms to stay indoors for up to 14-days. Those older than 70, or at high risk, are also urged to self-isolate. CGTN's Michael Vos

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Insurgents attack police post, raise flag in northern Mozambique

The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) announced Monday the occurrence of an armed attack by insurgents on the barracks of the Defense and Security Forces in the village of Mocimboa da Praia

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Downtown Wuhan remains high-risk area for coronavirus

The downtown of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, remains a high-risk area for coronavirus, showed an evaluation by the provincial government on Sunday

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China rolls out measures to further ensure employment against COVID-19 impact

The State Council, China's cabinet, has released a guideline to expedite the recovery of employment and keep it stable to counter the impact from the novel coronavirus

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Indian state to close shops, offices in financial capital Mumbai

India’s westerly state of Maharashtra on Friday decided to close all shops and offices except those providing essential services in India’s financial capital Mumbai, Pu

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Beijing has 149 concentrated observation sites for people from overseas

Beijing has set up 149 concentrated medical observation sites for people entering the city from overseas to undergo a 14-day medical observation as imported cases of t

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China to improve intellectual property work in central SOEs

China has set a goal for central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to establish an intellectual property work system in line with the requirement of high-quality developm

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Malaysia reports 110 new cases of COVID-19, 900 in total

Malaysia on Thursday announced 110 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 900, said the Health Ministry. Of the new cases, 63 had been traced to a large scale rel

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Concentrated observation required for people arriving in Beijing from other countries

Beijing municipality has required people arriving in the city from other countries to undergo a self-paid 14-day concentrated medical observation from Thursday, as imp

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China to help teachers enhance online teaching ability amid COVID-19 outbreak

China will launch an online program to help teachers in middle and primary schools and kindergartens improve their online teaching ability amid the novel coronavirus d

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Global confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 150,000, says WHO

A total of 152,428 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported globally as of Sunday morning, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Fadela Chaib

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Washington State to shut down restaurants, expand group restrictions to combat coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. State of Washington will shut down restaurants and expand gathering restrictions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, said Governor Jay Inslee on Sunday. "Given the explosion of C

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WHO says confirmed COVID-19 cases outside China exceed those inside

A total of more than 83,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported outside China as of Monday morning, exceeding the cumulative number of infections in China, W

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Kazakhstan declares emergency due to coronavirus

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency on Sunday due to the coronavirus outbreak, barring almost all travel to and from the Central Asian

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Equatorial Guinea reports first case of COVID-19: official

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea confirmed on Saturday the country's first case of COVID-19. It is an 42-year-old Equatoguinean woman who arrived on Friday in Malabo fro

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Hong Kong issues travel alert on Europe's Schengen Area

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government issued the red outbound travel alert on Europe's Schengen Area on Friday in its latest effort to curb th