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Jack Ma to donate test kits, masks to U.S. in fight against coronavirus
Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma said he will donate 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and 1 million masks to the United States and urged international cooperation to fight the health crisis.
Categories: Health
Cloud firms turn to long nights, employee health checks to survive work-from-home rush
Italian IT shop owner Simone Merlini joined a 2 p.m. call on Wednesday to do something that sounded fairly straightforward: demo three Amazon.com Inc cloud services to a new client.
Categories: Technology
Poland to close borders to foreigners from Sunday
Poland will ban foreigners from entering the country from Sunday and impose a 14-day quarantine on its citizens returning home in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday.
Categories: Health
Azerbaijan bans wedding celebrations, public events after coronavirus death
Azerbaijan has banned wedding celebrations and other public events, the authorities said on Friday, a day after it recorded its first death from the coronavirus.
Categories: Health
Trump to declare emergency as coronavirus chaos spreads
U.S. President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more federal aid to combat a disease that has infected 138,000 people worldwide and left more than 5,000 dead.
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Canada ramps up measures to combat virus, promises 'significant' stimulus
Canada on Friday dramatically ramped up its measures to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, advising citizens against non-essential foreign travel and promising "significant" financial aid for Canadians in coming days.
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Europe is epicenter of coronavirus pandemic: WHO
Europe has now become the epicenter of a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed 5,000 lives around the world, "a tragic milestone", the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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U.S. summoning Chinese ambassador over Beijing coronavirus comments, U.S. official says
The U.S. State Department on Friday summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States to protest against comments by a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman who had suggested the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan.
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Coronavirus cases in Germany rise by 671 to top 3,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen by 671 to reach 3,062, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Friday.
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Saudi Arabia detects 24 cases of coronavirus, bringing total to 86: SPA
Saudi Arabia detected on Friday new 24 cases of coronavirus, including 14 Egyptians, state news agency (SPA) said citing the health ministry.
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Denmark shutting its borders to curb spread of coronavirus, prime minister says
Denmark will temporarily close its borders on Saturday for non-citizens in a move to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Danish prime minister said on Friday.
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Trump to declare coronavirus a national emergency
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday will declare a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus, opening the door to providing more federal aid to fight the disease under the Stafford Act, according to a source familiar with the declaration.
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Coronavirus study finds children with COVID-19 show milder symptom pattern
A study looking at 10 Chinese children who were infected with the novel coronavirus has uncovered evidence that COVID-19, the respiratory disease it causes, can appear as a less-serious infection, illustrating how difficult the infection can be to detect based only on symptoms.
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India reports second death from coronavirus
India reported its second death from coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1606408 on Friday.
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Montenegro bars gatherings, closes schools, ports and border crossings
Montenegro barred public gatherings, closed schools for at least two weeks and adopted an array of other measures on Friday, including a ban on arrivals of ships at its Adriatic ports, in an effort to pre-empt the onset of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Venezuela confirms coronavirus cases amid public health concerns
Venezuela on Friday confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus amid concerns that the economically struggling South American nation is unprepared to confront a pandemic that has proven challenging for even the world's wealthiest nations.
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Libya closes schools over coronavirus
Libyan schools in areas controlled by both the Tripoli government and a rival administration in Benghazi will close for two weeks, both have announced.
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Coronavirus hits politicians, sports and showbiz stars as it spreads across globe
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife, Australia's minister for home affairs and a Chelsea soccer player are among new cases of the coronavirus that has infected almost 135,000 people and killed more than 4,900 worldwide.
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Russia to limit flights to and from EU, Switzerland and Norway over coronavirus
Russia will limit passenger flights to and from the European Union, Switzerland and Norway, starting on March 16, except for flights through Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, the authorities said on Friday.
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Taiwan school uses dividers during lunch to counter coronavirus
A school in Taiwan's capital Taipei is going to unusual lengths to protect its students from the coronavirus - putting up bright yellow dividers on their desks during lunch to reduce their risk of infection while eating.
Categories: Health