Tag: #SARS
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China’s virus death toll spikes, more than SARS
Beijing, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): China’s death toll from a new coronavirus jumped above 360 on Monday to surpass the number of fatalities of its SARS crisis two decades ago, with dozens of people dying in the epicentre’s quarantined ground-zero. The 57 confirmed new deaths was the single-biggest increase since the virus was detected late last…
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China virus death toll rises to 170, more than 1,700 new cases
Wuhan, China, Jan 30 (AFP/APP): The nationwide death toll from China’s viral epidemic has leapt to 170, the government said on Thursday, with more than 1,700 new infections confirmed. Thirty-seven of the 38 new deaths came in hard-hit Hubei province, the epicentre of a contagion that is causing mounting global fear. Another death occurred in…
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Foreigners prepare to flee as China virus toll tops 100
Wuhan, China, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): The United States and other nations raced to get their citizens out of the locked-down Chinese city at ground-zero of a virus epidemic on Tuesday, as the death toll surged to 106 and the number of confirmed infections doubled to over 4,500. The deadly virus, which experts believe emanated from…
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PM for precautionary measures, strategy to tackle Coronavirus threat
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan, in view of the danger of Coronavirus spread in the country, Monday directed for taking necessary precautionary measures, and formulating a comprehensive and coordinated strategy to tackle the threat. According to a letter sent by the Prime Minister’s Office to various ministries and divisions, the outbreak of…
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Canada reports second ‘presumptive’ coronavirus case
Montreal, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): The wife of a man hospitalized in Toronto with a suspected Chinese coronavirus infection has herself contracted the virus, making her Canada’s second “presumptive” case of the contagious disease. The province of Ontario had announced Saturday that Canada’s first suspected case involved a man in his 50s who had been in…
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China extends holidays, strengthens control of coronavirus epidemic
BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua/APP): China extended the Spring Festival holiday and postponed school openings on Monday, while transport restrictions have been adopted in various areas to further contain the coronavirus epidemic. The seven-day Spring Festival vacation, scheduled to end on Jan. 30, was extended to Feb. 2. Universities, primary and middle schools and kindergartens across…
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Virus death toll spikes to 80, over 2,700 cases confirmed
Wuhan, China, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly viral outbreak spiked to 80 as the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei suffered 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744. While there were no new deaths confirmed outside of Hubei, the national tally of…
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Oil, equities hit by fears over economic impact of deadly virus
Hong Kong, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): Fears over the global economic impact of the deadly China virus sent oil prices plunging more than two percent on Monday to extend last week’s sell-off, while safe-haven assets including the yen and gold rallied. As the death toll from the epidemic jumped to 80 with those affected worldwide…
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Arrangements finalized at all airports for Coronavirus: Ghulam Sarwar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan said arrangements have been made at all airports of the country for diagnosis and screening of Coronavirus. He said the situation is under control in Pakistan, reported a TV channel on Sunday. During a media talk at the inauguration of new Media and IT…
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China bans wild animal trade until viral outbreak eases
Beijing, Jan 26 (AFP/APP): China on Sunday ordered a temporary ban on the trade in wild animals as the country struggles to contain a deadly virus believed to have been spawned in a market that sold wild animals as food. Raising, transporting or selling all wild animal species is forbidden “from the date of the…