Tag: #Hubei
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Chinese city, Wuhan to test ‘all residents’ as COVID-19 returns
City where COVID-19 first emerged in late 2019 reported at least seven locally transmitted cases among migrant workers
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Storm in China wreaks havoc as more than 200 injured
A storm in China’s Hubei region has wreaked havoc, injuring 218 people while six lives have been lost. 7 Killed, Over 230 Injured After 2 Tornadoes Strike Chinese Cities According to reports of the official Xinhua news agency, the storm with winds of nearly 23.9 meters per second, wreaked havoc n Chai Dian district at…
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The world’s largest HEP dam predicted to flood
21st August: China’s Three Gorges Dam has been hit with the greatest flood it has seen so far. Ever since it has been made, it has never come across such a high volume of water. It is the world’s largest Hydro-electric dam, yesterday it reached a level where 75m liters of water were inflowing per…
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PIA flight carrying 274 Pakistani students departs from Wuhan
A special flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) departed from Wuhan, China on Monday to bring back 274 Pakistani students back home. It is the first special flight of PIA from China to transport Pakistani nationals. The returning students have been studying in several universities of Hubei and continued staying in China after the outbreak of…
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Pandemic: ‘Queen of Comedy’ provides comic relief amidst nation-wide lockdown
Female comedian and founder of comedy-troupe, The Khawatoons, provides public with comic relief amidst threat of Coronavirus in Pakistan. According to reports of Baaghi TV, Pakistani comedian, Faiza Saleem, is fully utilizing the social media platform to provide some much needed comic relief as the nation exercises social distancing and self-isolation to help combat the…
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Coronavirus: China epicentre starts to reopen, security talks off
Hong Kong, March 28 (AFP/APP): Here are the latest developments from Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: – Wuhan eases travel rules – Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, partly reopened on Saturday after more than two months of near-total isolation for its population of 11 million. People…
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China closes makeshift hospitals as virus cases plunge
Beijing, March 9 (AFP/APP): China has closed most of the makeshift hospitals opened to receive coronavirus patients in the epidemic’s epicentre as the number of new infections in the country hit a record low. There were 40 new cases nationwide, the National Health Commission said Monday, the lowest number of fresh cases since it started…
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China reports 150 more virus deaths
Beijing, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): China’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 2,592 on Monday, after the National Health Commission reported 150 more fatalities, all but one in the epicentre of Hubei province. Monday’s death toll was a jump on the 97 deaths reported Sunday. The commission also confirmed a total of 409 new…
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Drop in new China virus cases as toll reaches 2,345: govt
Beijing, Feb 22 (AFP/APP): The death toll in China from the new coronavirus outbreak rose by 109, the National Health Commission said Saturday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,345. Another 397 new cases were reported nationwide, down from nearly 900 officially reported Friday, bringing the total number of cases to over 76,000. The…
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Coronavirus: a war fought by 1.4 billion people of China
BEIJING, Feb. 21 (APP): There is no other thing that could ease the string of the Chinese nation than the alleviation of the encroachment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) now. More than 16,000 patients contracting the COVID-19 have been discharged from hospitals in China up to February 19, with new cured cases increasing for…