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Coronavirus outbreak: How bad will the epidemic get? When will a vaccine be ready?
• 6 years agoOn 30 January, the WHO declared the outbreak a global health emergency, acknowledging that the disease is a risk beyond China.
Chinese man in Philippines is first death related to coronavirus outside of China
• 6 years agoThe 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan was hospitalized with a fever, cough, sore throat and died after developing severe pneumonia.
Google search for coronavirus will now provide safety tips, latest updates and more from WHO
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoThe death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak on Friday climbed to 213 with the number of confirmed cases totaling to 9,692.
WHO declares global emergency as China's coronavirus outbreak toll reaches 213; about 100 cases reported in at least 18 other countries so far
• 6 years agoThe death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency
Do masks really work to keep coronavirus at bay? Health experts, around the world, are not too sure
• 6 years agoWith the virus spreading, demands for masks are increasing and UNICEF sent 6000 kgs of masks and protective suits to China.
Coronavirus outbreak in China: From emergency flights to isolation; here's what India, USA, Japan, Australia, EU, and others are doing to evacuate citizens
Abigailb • 6 years agoMany Asian countries – Hong Kong, Thailand, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia – have people who have been infected.
Coronavirus causes 25 new fatalities in China, taking the death toll to 132 people
• 6 years agoFever and weakness are the typical symptoms of the infection along with ten to 14 days as the incubation period.
Australian scientists grow coronavirus in the lab — game-changing tool to diagnose, develop vaccines
• 6 years agoChinese released genome sequence of the virus to help in diagnosis but the real virus help verify all test methods.
Coronavirus death tally jumps to 106 in China, confirmed cases of pneumonia stand at 4,515
• 6 years agoBarring Tibet, all Chinese provinces have confirmed virus cases, posing a major challenge for the health authorities to contain.
36-year-old man in Mumbai has been admitted to the hospital due to possible coronavirus exposure
• 6 years agoThe man, a resident of Tardeo in south Mumbai, is currently kept under observation at Kasturba Hospital.