The Chinese embassy in Guinea on Monday condemned and dismissed rumor reports claiming that the Guinean government had arrested Chinese nationals. The online reports said that the Chinese nationals in the West African country were arrested in retaliation to alleged discrimination against Africans in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The report claimed that the…
By Agencies The US has become the first country to exceed 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases as Donald Trump signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in US history, a $2.2tn bill designed to rush federal assistance to workers and businesses. The number of confirmed US cases rose by 15,000 on Friday, fewer than the 16,000…
Mainland China saw a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases, reversing four straight days of gains, as the country’s capital Beijing ramped up measures to contain the number of infections arriving from abroad. China had 39 new confirmed cases on Sunday, the country’s National Health Commission said, down from 46 a day earlier. All of them…
By Agencies Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country, after deaths there rose by 427 in a day. The number of deaths now stands at 3,405, which is more than in China where the virus originated last year. There have been 3,245 reported deaths in China, but there have been…
By Agencies The novel coronavirus disease was first detected in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province in late December 2019 and has since spread worldwide. The number of people infected globally has surpassed 98,700, with more than 3,300 fatalities. Over 55,400 people have recovered. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said on Friday, as quoted…
Iran has reported eight deaths and 43 infections from the new coronavirus, prompting neighbouring states to cut travel links with Tehran amid concerns authorities failed to respond fast enough to the rapidly-spreading epidemic. Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Armenia closed their land borders with Iran on Sunday as officials in Tehran reported three new deaths and 15…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the window of opportunity to stem the deadly coronavirus epidemic was “narrowing” amid concern about a surge in cases with no clear link to China, including in a range of countries in the Middle East. Lebanon and Israel confirmed their first cases on Friday, while Iran’s health ministry reported two…
Hundreds of Americans who had been in Wuhan as the outbreak worsened arrived in California on Wednesday on two evacuation flights arranged by the United States government. It was a second wave of American evacuations after an earlier flight arrived last week. Days in quarantine on military bases were expected as part of a strict…
By AFP China: Asian countries on Tuesday ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases surpassed 300, raising concerns in the middle of a major holiday travel rush. Nations across the Asia-Pacific region stepped up checks of passengers…
