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Moscow/Sputnik: New Zealand has extended its travel ban on foreign citizens from mainland China for a further eight days but will review the restrictions every two days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. more
Coronavirus-hit Hubei greenlights 23 virus-related research projects

Wuhan/Xinhua: Central China's Hubei Province, the center of COVID-19 outbreak, launched 23 projects on the research of the novel coronavirus, the provincial science and technology dep ...

Mainland China's death toll from coronavirus outbreak rises to 1,868

Moscow/Sputnik: The death toll in mainland China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has increased by 98 over the past 24 hours and has reached 1,868, the Chinese state health committee s ...

Beijing to build mask factory in 6 days

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Beijing will convert an industrial building into a new mask factory in six days to meet the surging demand amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Death toll from coronavirus in China’s Hubei province approaching 1,700

Moscow/Sputnik: The number of people who have died from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Chinese province of Hubei has gone up to 1,696, regional health authorities report, ...

Over 25,000 doctors from all parts of China arrive in Hubei to fight coronavirus –Official

Beijing/Sputnik: More than 25,000 doctors from all parts of China have arrived in the province of Hubei to help their colleagues fight the outbreak of a new coronavirus, Deputy Director o ...

China reports 2,641 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 143 new deaths

Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority Saturday said it received reports of 2,641 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 143 deaths on Friday from 31 provincial-level re ...

Outside China, Coronavirus transmission ‘iceberg’ may not be as big as feared

New York : As infections from COVID-19 coronavirus continue to rise, a senior UN health expert on Thursday said that there were some indications that disease transmission outside China mi ...

Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 1,380: Authorities

Beijing/Sputnik: The number of people, who have been infected with a new coronavirus across China, has reached 63,851, with 1,380 patients having died, the National Health Commission said ...

China's Hubei reports over 14,000 new cases of COVID-19 after method adjustment

Wuhan/Xinhua: China's Hubei Province, center of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, reported 14,840 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, local health authorities said Thursday.