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How a U.S. choir practice became a 'superspreader event' for COVID-19

Disease trackers are calling a choir practice in Washington state a superspreader event that illustrates how easily the coronavirus can pass from person to person.The act of singing may have sprea

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Thailand tourist arrivals may fall by 65% in 2020 due to coronavirus

The number of foreign tourists in Thailand may plunge by almost two-thirds to 14 million this year, the lowest level in 14 years, as the coronavirus pandemic hits global travel, estimates from the

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France starts to ease restrictions on movement

LILLE, France, May 11 (Xinhua) -- France started to ease restrictions on movement from Monday through "a very gradual process" which would stretch over several weeks. People go shopping at a store in

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Merkel: We must stick to basic rules even as coronavirus lockdown eases

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday stressed that people needed to continue keeping their distance from one another and covering their mouths and noses even as Germany e

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Over 90% of Tokyo's hospital beds for COVID-19 patients filled

People wearing protective face masks walk on the street under a nationwide state of emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2020. /Reuters More than 90 percent of the hospi

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Beijing school students trial temperature-tracking bracelets

Some senior students and staff at Beijing's middle and high schools began wearing temperature-monitoring bracelets on Monday as schools reopen across the city, according to Beijing Daily.Several scho

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France registers 70 new COVID-19 deaths, lowest daily toll since mid-March

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in France rose by 70 to 26,380, the lowest daily toll in nearly two months, while the number of patients in intensive care keeps falling, the Health Mi

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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases fall

People wearing face masks walk along the beach as Italy begins to ease some of the restrictions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy May 9, 2020. /R

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Why Pence and Trump so reluctant to wear a mask?

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump often opted to go bare-faced, repeatedly flouting the official advice on wearing a mask in public. To wear a mask or not is testing how the U

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Reported COVID-19 cases in Egypt jump by nearly 500

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask withdraws money from an ATM at the Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro station as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus disease COVID-1

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U.S. COVID-19 cases top 1.3 mln -- Johns Hopkins University

The death toll from the disease in the country hit 78,320. NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 1,300,079 as of 3:32 p

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Asia-Pacific Coronavirus News: India reports 3,320 new COVID-19 cases, 59,662 in total

A migrant laborer walks to a railway station to take a special train for migrant laborers during the lockdown in New Delhi, India, May 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar) -- India reports 3,320 new COVID-19

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Expert: 5-15% recovered COVID-19 patients tested positive in China

Preliminary data shows the overall incidence of recovered COVID-19 patients who tested positive after discharged from hospital in China is between five and 15 percent, Wang Guiqiang, director of t

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American epidemiologist says revised U.S. death toll forecast 'low'

03:02 "Unfortunately, I think that estimate is low."That's how epidemiologist Dr. Devra Davis described a revised U.S. death toll forecast released by the Institute for Health Metrics

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Bank of England holds off on fresh stimulus, sees historic slump

The Bank of England (BoE) held off further stimulus measures but said it was ready to take fresh action to counter the coronavirus hammering which could cause the country's biggest economic slump in

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Germany eases lockdown as Merkel hails end of pandemic first phase

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after an online meeting with German state governors on the loosening of the restrictions to reduce the spread of the coronavirus disease

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UK has drawn up three-stage plan for easing coronavirus lockdown

People, some wearing protective face masks, walk through the City of London, as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide continues to grow, in London, Britain, March 16, 2020. /Reuters The Un