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Commentary: China's zero increase in coronavirus infection a positive sign for world

China's report of no new local infections of the novel coronavirus in the mainland for the first time is a positive sign amid the news of sharply increasing infections

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Chinese messaging platforms find global market amid COVID-19 outbreak

While “lockdown” is not a technical term used by most public health officials openly, it means everything - in almost every country hit by COVID-19 - from travel restrictions to mass gathering bans,

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Britain shuts down all schools from Friday amid COVID-19 pandemic

Britain ordered the closure of all schools in a fresh response to the worsen COVID-19 epidemic on Wednesday, one of the last countries in Europe to do so.Following a ho

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Indonesia highly appreciates China's achievements in fighting COVID-19: official

Indonesia highly appreciates China's outstanding achievements in fighting COVID-19, said the Indonesian government's Coordinator for Cooperation with China Luhut Binsa

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UK to close all schools from Friday as confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 2,600

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that all schools in the country will close from Friday after health authorities confirmed a death toll of 104 and a total of 2,626 infected case

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Roundup: Israel strives to boost COVID-19 testing capacity

Israel is endeavoring to enhance its ability to 10,000 COVID-19 tests per day for its 9-million population while the current ceiling is about 2,000. Israeli Prime Mini

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Europe surges past Asia with Covid-19 death toll of 3,421

Europe has now suffered more deaths from coronavirus than the whole of Asia, according to a new AFP tally, signalling that the pandemic could be spiralling out of contr

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COVID-19 cases top 200,000 globally, death toll over 8,000: WHO

More than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally to the World Health Organization (WHO), among which more than 8,000 people have lost their lives, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhano

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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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APD | World aviation industry faces “unprecedented crisis”

By APD writer AliceThe global aviation industry is facing a serious crisis due to the sharp decline in passenger numbers due to the increasingly widespread COVID-19 out

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COVID-19 impact on aviation goes 'beyond' worst-case scenario

A flight schedule board shows numerous canceled flights due to the coronavirus at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, March 18, 2020. /AP On March 4, Brian Pearce, chief economist at the In

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WhatsApp unveils $1M grant, info hub to fight coronavirus rumors

WhatsApp has long grappled with its platform being used to spread misinformation. In the latest move, today it announced two initiatives to fight specifically against fake news and other misinformati

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How did the coronavirus start? Scientists on conspiracy theories

Analysis of the entirety of the genome of the virus has found two key features which rule out any laboratory manipulation.

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Euro 2020 is postponed for a year as COVID-19 takes a sporting toll

Euro 2020 has been postponed for 12 months amid the worsening COVID-19 situation. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP UEFA, European football's governing body, took the unprecedented step of postponing its

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Listening to the pandemic

Activists stage a protest outside 10 Downing Street against the British government's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in London, Britain on March 16, 2020. /Xinhua Editor‘s Note: Federica Mog

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Daily COVID-19 updates on March 18

Countries around the world were rolling out more measures to combat the growing threat of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the novel coronavirus has killed at least 7,400 people worldwide. The globa

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CPC praised by foreign parties over sharing China's anti-virus experience

A number of overseas political parties have recently expressed gratitude to the Communist Party of China (CPC) for sharing China's experience and practices in its combat against COVID-19. While makin