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Answer Bank: Why use forehead thermometers amid outbreak?

CGTN Infographic by Li Yueyun Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus, temperature checks have become routine in neighborhoods and workplaces. And staff prefer to use the forehead thermometer,

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Answer Bank: Can novel coronavirus spread by aerosol transmission?

Aerosol transmission refers to the situation when the respiratory droplets lose water in the air, and the leftover proteins and pathogens form nuclei or dust floats far away in the form of aerosol

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Chinese and Harvard experts have 2nd concall on coronavirus

Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan. /CCTV Photo The Chinese team led by renowned Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan had a video conference with medical experts from Harvard Univers

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Expert: Novel coronavirus may be as persistent as flu

It's possible that the novel coronavirus pneumonia could be a chronic disease, that persists for a long period of time like influenza, said Wang Chen, a Chinese respiratory expert and vice preside

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Expert: Only one novel coronavirus case had a 24-day latent period

Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan during interview with a CCTV reporter. /CCTV Screenshot A study led by Zhong Nanshan, head of the high-level expert group appointed by the National Hea

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Nucleic acid testing lab a leader in battling coronavirus epidemic

Samples of novel coronavirus. /CCTV Screenshot Viral nucleic acid testing plays an indispensable role in epidemic prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak. With the number of s

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Official: 2019-nCoV fatality rate 2.1% in China

The fatality rate for confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus-caused pneumonia in China is 2.1 percent as of Monday, according to National Health Commission (NHC) at a press conference on Tuesday

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Wuhan: Pathogen biosafety lab built in five days

The new biosafety lab under construction in Wuhan. /Photo via cctv.com To fight against the escalating novel coronavirus-caused pneumonia outbreak, Wuhan is building a 2,000-square-meter biosa