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COVID-19 cases hit 66,220 in Iran amid slowdown trend

The number of COVID-19 cases in Iran reached 66,220 on Thursday, with an increase of 1,634 in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education said. Wit

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Germany reports over 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

Confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, increased by 4,003 within one day to 103,228 in Germany, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Wednesday. The number o

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Iranian president says COVID-19 shows "downward trend" in Iran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the novel coronavirus infection has taken "downward trend" in the country, Tasnim news agency reported. "All th

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Official: 12,298 health workers test positive for coronavirus in Spain

A man walks past the closed San Miguel market during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Madrid, Spain, March 29, 2020. /Reuters Some 12,298 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus

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Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to suspend all cross-border flights

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport will suspend all international flights and flights to and from Hong Kong, Macao and the Taiwan from Wednesday to buck the risin

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Iran says pace of COVID-19 outbreak slows down

The pace of COVID-19 outbreak is slowing down in almost all provinces of the country, Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi was quoted as saying by the state TV o

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China's finance ministry enhances credit support for hog production

China will ramp up its financial support to secure hog production and pork supply, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Thursday. By the end of January, China's financia

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China records continuous decline in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

The numbers of locally transmitted confirmed and suspected cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the Chinese mainland have been continuously falling for

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Google recommends Washington State employees work from home, citing coronavirus risk

Google this week issued a recommendation for all Washington State employees to work remotely, citing growing fears around the spread of COVID-19. A spokesperson confirmed the recommendation in an ema

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Expert: Wuhan hopefully reports no new COVID-19 cases at end of March

Medical staff check a patient's condition at a temporary hospital called the Wuhan Livingroom in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, February 10, 2020. /Xinhua Central China's Wuhan, the ep

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Treatment of COVID-19 shows continuous effectiveness in China: official

Treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has continuously shown effectiveness in China as more patients are discharged from hospital after recovery, a hea

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China to boost precise prevention, care for frontline community workers in COVID-19 fight

A leading group of China's COVID-19 response on Monday called for efforts to improve precise prevention and control, as well as solid measures to care for community st

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Single-digit trend signals progress in China's COVID-19 fight

The numbers of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hubei outside Wuhan and outside Hubei have both dropped to single-digit figures for the first time, indicating a posit

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MOFCOM: Production and supply chains not move to other countries

01:26 China's Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) said on Thursday that it has not seen a major relocation of production and supply chains to other countries because of the coronavirus outbreak

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Over half of coronavirus patients discharged from hospital in SW China's Chongqing

More than half of the COVID-19 patients in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality had been discharged from hospital by Thursday after recovering from novel coronavir

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Xi says positive trend of China's epidemic control is expanding

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the positive trend of containing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is expanding. The COVID-19 outbreak is a

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NHC says positive trend is shown in curbing coronavirus epidemic

A positive trend is shown in curbing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic on the Chinese mainland as 28 provincial-level regions and theXinjiang Production and Construction Corps each reported l