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Trump signs $8.3 billion bill to fight coronavirus, expand testing
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill on Friday allocating $8.3 billion to bolster the country's capacity to test for the new coronavirus and fund other measures to stem an outbreak that has now infected some 100,000 people worldwide.
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Factbox: How we die: coronavirus in perspective
As the new coronavirus spreads and worldwide deaths linked to it top 3,400, global alarm is growing and has caused everything from consumer runs on face masks to mass school closures.
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U.N. cancels key meetings ahead of climate summit due to coronavirus
The United Nations has canceled meetings in Bonn, Germany, and elsewhere planned in the run-up to a crucial U.N. climate summit to be held in Glasgow in November due to the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Friday.
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Iraq puts France and Spain on coronavirus entry ban list
Iraq has banned entry to travelers coming from France and Spain, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, bringing the total number of countries on its entry ban list to 11 as it tries to stem the spread of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus impact is overwhelming, Spain's hotels association says
Hotel bookings have fallen by as much as 40% in some areas of Spain, the country's hotel federation said and flagged an overwhelming impact for the eurozone's fourth largest economy as anxiety about the coronavirus outbreak takes hold.
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U.S. telehealth companies brace for demand spike as coronavirus spread accelerates
The U.S. telehealth industry, including market leader Teladoc Health Inc, is preparing for a surge in demand as public health officials aiming to contain the fast-spreading new coronavirus encourage use of alternatives to clinic visits and patients seek to avoid public spaces.
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Another victim of coronavirus: Spain's religious statue-kissing
A Spanish pre-Easter tradition, where Catholics flock in droves to kiss statues of Jesus and Mary, fell victim to the coronavirus epidemic this week as churches with some of the most sought-after statues told worshippers not to touch or kiss them.
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Across Asia, countries race to boost face mask supplies
At a face mask factory just outside the South Korean capital of Seoul, workers are churning out 300,000 masks a day - and it's still not enough.
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Bhutan bars tourists after first coronavirus case, India total hits 31
Bhutan said on Friday it would bar arriving tourists for two weeks after confirming its first case of the coronavirus, a tourist who spent several weeks in neighbouring India.
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Keep calm and climb on: Tokyo holds test event despite coronavirus woes
Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics pushed on with the test event for sports climbing on Friday even as a raft of matches and tournaments were being canceled or postponed worldwide due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
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Rationing and robbery: Coronavirus outbreak sparks toilet roll panic
In Australia, major grocers have restricted supplies to one pack per person. In Japan, rolls are chained to the wall in public toilets. In Hong Kong, armed robbers carried out a heist as supplies were delivered to a supermarket.
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Germany reports 134 new coronavirus cases - Robert Koch Institute
Germany on Friday reported 134 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, the Robert Koch Institute said.
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Coronavirus cases surge across U.S. as Americans face looming outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday, surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than $8 billion to fight the outbreak.
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Coronavirus infections rise above 100,000 worldwide as outbreak wreaks financial havoc
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling.
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EU may waive state-subsidy rules to bolster virus-hit economy
European Union officials are considering temporarily suspending its rules on state subsidies and financial support to economic segments hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Friday.
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Swiss report 210 diagnosed cases of coronavirus, one death
The number of people diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Switzerland has risen to 210, Daniel Koch, head of infectious diseases at the national public health agency, told a news conference in Bern.
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Twelve asymptomatic coronavirus cases registered on Nile cruise ship
Twelve asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus have been registered on board a Nile cruise ship, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Egypt's health ministry said on Friday.
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Cameroon, Togo confirm first cases of coronavirus
Cameroon and Togo confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa hit by the epidemic to five.
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Trump approves $8.3 billion to fight coronavirus, cancels visit to CDC
U.S. President Donald Trump called off a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, saying he did not want to "interfere" as the agency races to stem the coronavirus that has infected more than 100,000 people globally.
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EU fails to persuade France, Germany to lift coronavirus health gear controls
EU officials sought in vain on Friday to persuade France, Germany and other European countries to lift controls on the export of protective medical gear, which officials said could hurt the bloc's collective effort to fight the coronavirus.
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