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Miners avoid handshakes at Toronto meeting over coronavirus fears
Miners in Toronto for an annual industry dealmaking event slathered on hand sanitizer and avoided handshakes, while Chile's mines minister doled out masks as coronavirus concerns overshadowed buyout buzz and prompted delegates to scrap some events.
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Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
Coronavirus is now spreading much more rapidly outside China than within the country, leading the world into uncharted territory, but the outbreak can still be contained, the World Health Organization said.
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France says it now has 191 confirmed cases of coronavirus
France has 191 confirmed cases of coronavirus, the head of the public health service, Jerome Salomon, said on Monday, raising the total from 130 a day earlier.
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UAE evacuating its citizens in Iran: WAM
The United Arab Emirates announced it will evacuate its citizens from Iran, state news agency (WAM) reported on Monday.
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Italy's lockdown: just rockin' the quarantine away
Teenagers with bottles of beer in their hands listen to loud music on a patchy lawn as a train speeds by the northern Italian town of San Fiorano, in a "red zone" - one of the areas placed under quarantine at the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak.
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Pharmaceutical firms asked to speed up coronavirus vaccine work: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration has asked pharmaceutical companies to accelerate work on the development of a coronavirus vaccine, but provided no details.
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Brazil's Hypera Pharma to acquire drugs from Japan's Takeda for $825 million
Brazil's Hypera Pharma said on Monday that it has signed a contract to buy a portfolio of 18 products from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co for $825 million.
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Oman bans entry of visitors from countries where coronavirus has spread
Oman banned entry of visitors from countries where coronavirus has spread, the foreign ministry said on Twitter on Monday, without specifying countries.
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Italy coronavirus deaths jump to 52, cases climb above 2,000
The death toll from coronavirus in Italy jumped to 52 on Monday from 34 the day before and the total number of confirmed cases in Europe's worst affected country climbed past the 2,000 mark.
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Online pharmacy Valisure says tests show carcinogen in diabetes drug metformin
Online pharmacy Valisure said on Monday its tests showed high levels of a probable cancer-causing impurity in diabetes drug metformin.
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PM Johnson says 'very significant' expansion of UK coronavirus cases on the cards
A very significant expansion of the number of cases of coronavirus in Britain is "clearly on the cards", Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
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South Korea seeks coronavirus murder charges, over 3,000 dead worldwide
South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the heart of its ballooning coronavirus outbreak on Monday as the global death toll rose above 3,000 and the Chinese province at the epicentre reported a fall in new cases.
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Tunisia confirms first coronavirus case: health minister
Tunisia has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, the health minister said on Monday at a news conference.
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EU ready to loosen purse strings as coronavirus bites economy
The European Union is considering measures to protect its economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, top officials said on Monday, as health risks in Europe were raised to high after the virus spread to most countries in the bloc.
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U.S. prepares for more coronavirus cases, Trump to meet with drugmakers
Authorities across the United States prepared for more cases of the new coronavirus after a second fatality over the weekend as U.S. President Donald Trump and his task force on the outbreak will meet with drug company executives on Monday.
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Tajikistan shuts border to nationals of 35 countries: sources
The government of Tajikistan has instructed airlines and travel agencies to stop selling tickets to nationals of 35 countries including the United States, Britain, China, Japan and Iran, industry sources said on Monday.
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Democratic bid to defend Obamacare
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a politically explosive case on whether Obamacare is lawful, taking up a bid by 20 Democratic-led states including New York and California to preserve the landmark healthcare law.
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Coronavirus outbreak will spread, British PM Johnson says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the country needed to be prepared for the new coronavirus to spread further.
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UK says four more confirmed cases of coronavirus
British health authorities said on Monday there had been four more confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 40.
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Two patients die of coronavirus in northern France: Le Parisien
Two patients died of coronavirus in northern France, bringing the death toll in the country to four, Le Parisien newspaper said on Monday, citing the mayor of the city of Compiegne and other sources.
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