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Tokyo/Xinhua: The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said it will use reserve funds amounting to 10.3 billion yen (about 93.8 million US dollars) to cover measures to combat the novel coronavirus. more
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 ...

UN health agency developing COVID-19 virus treatment master plan

New York : The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a master plan for coordinating clinical trials that could lead to potential therapies for patients infected with the COVID-19 ...

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.

Second coronavirus case confirmed in California city of San Diego

Washington/Sputnik: A second case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in San Diego, California, local NBC 7 news reported.

Meeting of top scientists underway to slow coronavirus spread

New York  : Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have surpassed 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, as hundreds of health experts began meeting at its he ...

Pakistan Senate passes resolution to support China against novel coronavirus

Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan's upper house of parliament passed a resolution unanimously here on Monday evening to express solidarity with China over its fight against the novel coronav ...

Novel coronavirus vaccine starts animal trials

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report Monday on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese ...

First novel coronavirus patient in the Philippines discharged from hospital

Manila/Xinhua: The first novel coronavirus patient in the Philippines has been discharged from the hospital after testing negative for the virus, the country's Health Undersecretary E ...