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48 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows cured patients waving goodbye to medical workers before leaving the Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province,

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Spanish mayor resigns after drunk driving, breaking lockdown rules

Photo taken on March 18, 2020 shows a cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Gosa/Xinhua) The mayor of the Spanish city of Badalona resigned on Wednesday after he was found breaking the lockd

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What happens to foreigners under quarantine in south China's Guangdong

Simpara Dianquine, an international student from Mali, and other 36 foreigners are under quarantine at a hotel in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong province.Simpara said the hotel has

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Mutianyu Great Wall in spring

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) --Enjoy visitingthe well-preserved Mutianyu Great wall in this floweryspringtime. Mutianyu is one of the famous sections of the Great Wall in

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British PM moved from intensive care after continued improvement

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Thursday moved from intensive care back to the ward days after he was admitted to hospital with coronavirus infection. A No. 10 spokesman said the prime mi

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Dramatic bridge collapse injures two in Italy

00:50 A bridge on a main road in Italy has collapsed into a river, injuring two truck drivers.The incident happened shortly before 10:30 local time but the normally busy route was almo

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China ramps up land border control to prevent infection importation

China has scaled up border control measures, including along its land border, to prevent the importation of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, an official

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China publishes timeline of COVID-19 information sharing, int'l cooperation

A timeline of China's response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was released Monday by Xinhua News Agency, chronicling the main facts and measures China has

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COVID-19 cases in Portugal top 5,000

The number of confirmed infections with the coronavirus has risen by 902 to 5,170 in Portugal, with 100 deaths associated with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, 24 more than Friday, the d

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Sierra Leone declares state of emergency to prevent COVID-19

File photo of Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, May 12, 2018. (Xinhua/Shi Song) Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday declared a state of p

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Senior official stresses efforts to ensure epidemic control, social stability

Guo Shengkun, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Tuesday said targeted measures should be taken in response t

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Egypt president urges all necessary preventive measures against coronavirus

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday assigned the government to take all necessary preventive measures to fight the novel coronavirus. "In the light of the continuous follow-up of all p

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Pandemic Watch: Tougher restrictive measures taken across U.S.

#PandemicWatch: Tougher restrictive measures have been taken across the U.S. to combat #coronavirus outbreak. At least 8 states have issued stay-at-home orders, asking people to stay at home as much

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Syria confirms 1st COVID-19 case

The Syrian Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed the first novel coronavirus case in the country, state TV reported. The person who was infected with coronavirus came fr

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Syrian gov't orders closure of marketplaces amid coronavirus spread

DAMASCUS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian government on Saturday ordered the closure of marketplaces as of Sunday as part of the measures taken against the novel coronavirus, according to the state n

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Pakistan suspends int'l flight operations amid COVID-19 pandemic

ISLAMABAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has decided to suspend international flight operations for two weeks starting from 8:00 p.m. local time on Saturday in a bid to control the spread of coronavi

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France's Macron says only at start of coronavirus crisis

France is only at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and is in a race to curb its progress, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.“We are at the start of this c