January 30, 2020: Senator Cotton Urges China Travel Ban in Wake of Coronavirus
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WHO raises coronavirus threat assessment to its highest level
KEY POINTS WHO officials said they are increasing the risk assessment of the coronavirus to “very high” across the world. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials are seeing “linked epidemics of COVID-19 in several countries, but most cases can still be traced to known contacts or clusters of cases.” World Health Organization officials said…
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Facts about what coronavirus is, where it came from and how it spreads
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Series of earthquakes at Turkey, Iran border leaves at least 9 dead
Nine deaths have been reported after strong earthquakes struck near the border between Turkey and Iran on Sunday. The first earthquake was reported to be a 5.7 on the Richter scale by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was located in Iran, west of Khoy, and affected villages across the border in the Turkish…
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South Korea as virus kills at least 8 in Iran
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Italy and South Korea leaped upward on Sunday, spurring authorities to take new steps in an effort to fight a soaring viral outbreak now blamed for at least eight deaths in Iran. Italian authorities announced they were shutting down carnival events in Venice as at least 133 people have been reported to have been infected with COVID-19 in the…
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Coronavirus Cases Triple In South Korea; WHO Keeps Eye On Africa, Iran
A medical worker takes a look outside a preliminary testing facility at the National Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, where people suspected of having contracted the novel strain of coronavirus are being tested. –Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images The number of new coronavirus cases nearly tripled in South Korea on Saturday, the fourth consecutive day that tally…
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Live Updates: Over 150 Million Chinese Are Under Coronavirus Lockdown
More than 10 percent of the country’s population faces restrictions on how often they can leave their homes. Here’s what you need to know: –Half of China’s population is facing new travel restrictions. –Japan says 500 people will be released from cruise ship after more cases confirmed. –Britain prepares to evacuate citizens from cruise ships….
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Coronavirus cases rise to more than 64,000 globally
What we’re covering here Infections top 64,000: Mainland China has recorded 5,090 more cases of the novel coronavirus, under its new broader definition, bringing the global total to 64,435. The death toll from the coronavirus has now risen to at least 1,383. Death toll revised down: Earlier higher numbers of reported infections and deaths were revised down by China’s National…
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Strong earthquake hits off northeast Japan, no tsunami threat
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands off northeastern Japan, seismologists and residents say. Shaking was felt in parts of Hokkaido island but officials said there was no threat of a tsunami. The earthquake, which struck at 7:33 p.m. Japan time on Thursday, was centered near Etorofu, one of the islands in the…
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Top Hong Kong medical expert predicts more than half the global population will contract coronavirus
‘Sixty percent of the world’s population is an awfully big number.” The rapidly spreading coronavirus may infect more than 60% of the global population, a top Hong Kong medical expert said this week. Epidemiologist Gabriel Leung, the chair of public health medicine at Hong Kong University, told The Guardian on Tuesday that experts believe each infected person…