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New York : China’s experience in containing the spread of the new coronavirus could serve as a lesson for other countries now facing the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has told UN News in an in-depth interview. more
Death toll From COVID-19 in mainland China rises by 7 to 3,176 – Health Commission

Beijing/Sputnik: The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has increased by eight to 80,813, with the death toll having risen by seven to 3,176 ...

Five things you should know now, about the COVID-19 pandemic

New York: On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the status of the COVID-19 outbreak from epidemic to pandemic. Here are five important pieces of information on what t ...

Beijing hospital confirms nervous system infections by novel coronavirus

Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese doctors have proved for the first time that the novel coronavirus can cause damage to patients' central nervous system.

Cure rates of COVID-19 patients in China climb for 19th consecutive day

Beijing/Xinhua: The proportion of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the virus-hit city of Wuhan, other places in Hubei Province, and other provincial-level regions in China out ...

Number of people infected with novel coronavirus outside of China exceeds 10,000 - WHO

Moscow/Sputnik: The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered over 1,700 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside of China, whereas the total numb ...

No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring COVID-19: Tedros

New York : All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and none should make the “fatal” mistake of assuming that it won’t be affected,&nbs ...

Novel Coronavirus death toll in mainland China rises to 2,788 : Health authorities

Bejing/Sputnik/UNI: The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has risen by 44 to 2,788, the number of confirmed cases has increased by 327 to 78,824, ...

Kuwait suspends flights to SKorea, Thailand, Italy amid COVID-19 outbreak

Doha/Sputnik: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended flights to and from South Korea, Thailand, and Italy in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 c ...

China reports 508 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 71 new deaths

Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 508 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 71 deaths on Monday from 31 provincial-level region ...