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China sees 120,000 daily border entries since COVID-19 declared pandemic

China has seen about 120,000 daily border entries via land, sea and air transport since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

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Public places safe in Beijing, protection still needed

The risk of contracting the novel coronavirus through exposure to the environment in crowded public places in Beijing is relatively low, a local official said Sunday.

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Australia will impose self isolation on all international arrivals due to coronavirus

Australia will impose a 14-day self isolation on all international passenger arrivals from midnight Sunday to try and contain the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister

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Beijing reports 5 imported COVID-19 cases

Beijing reported five newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) imported from other countries Saturday, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission sai

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China policy bank issues over 50 bln yuan of loans for epidemic control

The Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), an agricultural policy bank, has issued more than 50 billion yuan (about 7.14 billion U.S. dollars) of loans for ente

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Colombia expands trade to China

00:56 Colombia wants the world to know they have more to offer than just coffee.By signing a deal with China, Colombia aims to diversify their trade and expand to new markets.

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U.S. stocks plunge after Trump speech

U.S. stocks plunged on Thursday with all the three major indexes declining more than 7 percent shortly after opening as an address from U.S. President Donald Trump failed to calm markets on potential

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CDC director: Some COVID-19 deaths misdiagnosed as influenza in U.S.

The headquarters for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown on March 6, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. /AP RobertRedfield, the director for the U.S. Centers for Disease

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Poland's army commander tests positive for coronavirus: MoD

General Jaroslaw Mika, the general commander of Poland's armed forces, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on Twitter Tuesday. The general's aides h

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Beijing reports one imported COVID-19 case

Beijing reported a new confirmed case of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) imported from Britain on Monday, bringing the total number of imported cases in the capit

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China's inflation up 5.2% in February

Packed pork in a supermarket in Shanghai, February 12, 2020. /VCGChina's consumer inflation rose by 5.2 percent in February year on year, edging down from the 5.4-perce

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Urgent: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in UK rise to 319

As of 9 a.m. (0900GMT) on Monday, 319 people in Britain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, up from 273 at the same point Sunday, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Ea

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Urgent: U.S. stocks plunge amid oil shock

U.S. stocks plunged in early trading on Monday with all three major indexes declining more than 7 percent amid anxieties for a possible all-out oil price war and economic slowdown from the spreading

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Giving birth in Wuhan under quarantine

Since the lockdown of Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, more than 3,200 babies were born in the Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital

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'Rumors and misinformation' as global COVID-19 cases exceed 107,000

02:51 The number of COVID-19 cases in China appears to be stabilizing but there are 26-thousand cases in more than 100 countries outside China. The Austrian chancellor said earlier tod

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Iran says U.S. sanctions "more dangerous" than COVID-19

The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council on Saturday said "sanctions are more dangerous to international security than COVID-19," Tasnim news agency r

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COVID-19 cases jump to 716 in France

France has detected 716 cases of coronavirus infection and 11 patients have died of the virus, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The two new deaths have be