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WHO chief: China virus situation 'is serious'
A viral illness in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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WHO delays decision on China virus outbreak
The Chinese city of Wuhan shut down outbound flights and trains as the world's most populous country battled the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and killed 17, Chinese state media said early Thursday.
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CLEAN : WHO comments on mystery coronavirus outbreak in China
Members of the World Health Organization comment on the so called coronavirus that has been reported in China and Thailand saying that investigations in the outbreak that has so far given rise to 41 pneumonia like cases and one death are...
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China to hold emergency talks on virus outbreak
China confirmed Tuesday it will take part in emergency talks led by the United Nations over the coronavirus outbreak that's infected more than 200 people.
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China halts all transit to, from Wuhan amid virus
China said Thursday that all transit within the city at the epicenter of an outbreak of anew coronavirus has been suspended as well as all flights and trains out of the city, home to over 11 million people.
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WHO official in China on Wuhan lockdown
The World Health Organization's representative in China on Thursday said trying to contain a city the size of Wuhan was "new to science" after the cancellation of departing trains and flights amid a viral outbreak.
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WHO: too early to declare emergency on new virus
A viral illness in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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Tsai thanks nations for WHO bid support
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday thanked countries including the US, Japan and Canada for their support in its bid to join the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the outbreak of a new virus from China.
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WHO on virus repatriation, masks and airline talks
The World Health Organisation is to talk to travel and tourism industry representatives later this week to discuss how airline companies can introduce preventative virus measures that would enable them to resume flights to China.
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Xi Jinping Makes First Public Appearance Since Death of Doctor From Virus
Feb.10 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a hospital in Beijing, Monday, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose past 900. State television showed Xi, wearing a mask, having his temperature taken as he arrived at the...
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WHO chief: Advance team has arrived in China
The director-general of the World Health Organization on Monday said that a team of experts had arrived in China, to liaise with local officials on the virus outbreak and lay the groundwork for the arrival of a larger international team.
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VOICED : El mundo tiene una oportunidad de parar el avance del nuevo coronavirus
Las medidas extraordinarias que ha adoptado China ante el avance del nuevo coronavirus han contribuido significativamente a detener su propagacion fuera del pais lo que abre una oportunidad para controlar la transmisin anuncio el martes...
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WHO rejects reports of 'super-spreading event'
The World Health Organisation's emergencies chief says a Singapore conference where a British man allegedly picked up a case of a virus based in China and reportedly infected other people back in Europe was not a "super-spreading" event.
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Deciphering the Market Fallout From China's Deadly Virus
Jan.31 -- Jane Foley, head of FX strategy at Rabobank, and Peter Schaffrik, global macro strategist at RBC Capital Markets, discuss the economic and market impact of the spread of a deadly virus from China. They speak on "Bloomberg...
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Virus Cases Top 20,000; Hong Kong Confirms Death
Feb.04 -- Hong Kong reported a death from the coronavirus, confirming the second fatality outside mainland China, where almost 20,500 cases have been reported. China’s death toll from the virus rose to 425 as of Feb. 3, according to the...
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CLEAN : WHO says travel restrictions are not recommended amid new coronavirus outbreak
The World Health Organization WHO cautions that closing borders is probably ineffective in halting the transmission of the deadly novel coronavirus and could even accelerate its spread (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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UN agency declares virus outbreak global emergency
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week.
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CLEAN : Passengers arriving at Kathmandu airport screened for coronavirus
Passengers arriving at Kathmandu's international airport are screened for coronavirus using thermal imaging as the World Health Organization warns all governments to take action over the SARS like virus spreading from China (Footage by...
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VOICED : OMS declara emergencia internacional ante nuevo coronavirus
La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud declaro el jueves la emergencia internacional ante el brote del nuevo coronavirus en China aunque senalo que no hay razones para limitar los viajes o el comercio con ese pais (Footage by AFPTV via...
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WHO update latest virus casualty figures
World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday the organisation was "shadow boxing" as it tries to stop the spread of a new virus which it says has now killed more than 560 people.
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VOICED : La OMS considera contraproducente cerrar fronteras por coronavirus
La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud advirtio el viernes que el cierre de fronteras con China donde aparecio un nuevo coronavirus seria contraproducente y podria incitar a la gente a viajar de forma ilegal lo que favoreceria la...