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Epidemic in Italy began 'much earlier' than Feb 20, new study suggests

A grocery in Rome, Italy March 28, 2020. /Reuters The COVID-19 epidemic in Italy started long before February 20 when the first case was confirmed in the country, according to a study submitte

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Finnish parliament approves gov't proposal for closure of restaurants amid COVID-19

Finnish parliament on Saturday eventually approved the government's proposal for "temporary restrictions on restaurant businesses" in order to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19. Although th

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Heartwarming: ICU nurse back from frontline reunited with family from distance

Yang Zaiyu, a nurse at the Fourth People's Hospital of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, is also a member of the fourth batch of medical team from Guizhou t

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COVID-19 cases in Germany rise to 42,280

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany increased by 5,780 within one day to 42,288, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Friday. The death toll from the novel coronavirus incr

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Trump pledges to protect Chinese nationals in U.S.

The United States will protect Chinese nationals on its soil, including Chinese students, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Friday

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Trump says China's experience on COVID-19 fight illuminating

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that China's experience on combating the COVID-19 epidemic is very illuminating to him. Trump made the remarks in a phone conversation with Chinese President X

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IMF chief asks G20 countries to help double financing capacity as COVID-19 grips global economy

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the challenge posed by COVID-19 is enormous and demands strong action, asking Group of Twenty (G20) coun

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Inside Udaan’s push to digitize India’s B2B retail market

During a recent visit, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella reiterated his company’s commitment to India and revealed a new fund to help SaaS startups in the country.And then Nadella and Anant Mahe

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Answer Bank: How to prepare raw food safely amid COVID-19 pandemic

"The chance of the coronavirus contaminating vegetables, meat and fruit by direct contact, or droplets is very low," Feng Luzhao, a researcher of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevent

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Declining ad rates may signal a reset for startup SEM strategies

With limited prospects for growth, one of the iron laws of economic downturns is that advertising is among the first budgets to be cut. Advertising revenues have already cratered at many alt-weekly ne

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IOC chief Bach says Olympic flame can become light at end of "this dark tunnel"

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Tuesday that the Olympic flame can become "the light at the end of this dark tunnel" in which the wo

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US Has Potential to Become Epicentre of Pandemic Amid 'Large Acceleration' of COVID-19 Cases - WHO

According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre, 43,214 people have contracted COVID-19 in the United States, and 533 people have died.The United States has

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LetsBeatCOVID.net launches to track the spread of the Coronavirus in the UK/US

A startup behind one of the world’s most successful tech platforms for doctors has launched a new initiative to try and track the spread of the Coronavirus, initially in the UK but soon in the US.Deve

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Autopsy results show virus remains in COVID-19 patient bodies, damages immune system

Chinese research groups have conducted autopsies on 29 COVID-19 patient bodies and found the novel coronavirus remains in their lungs after death, a Chinese expert said

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AU extols medical equipment donated by Jack Ma Foundation in fighting COVID-19

The African Union (AU) on Monday said that Africa's response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has received a major boost, after the donation of medical equipment by the Jack Ma F

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The Latest: UK introduces stricter measures to fight COVID-19

LONDON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday evening a series of measures that aim to restrict social contact in the country in a bid to curb the spread of COVID

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AD | Kweichow Moutai pledges to keep its "plans, tasks, targets and incomes" unchanged for 2020

In the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, China’s top alcohol brand Kweichow Moutai Group has sent a very important signal by pledging to keep its “plans, tasks, targets and incomes” unchanged for 2020.