Health & Science

Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Xi Jinping says China is sure of defeating “a devil coronavirus”, but the disease continues to expand to other countries

President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating a “devil” coronavirus that has killed at least 106 people, but the international alarm was rising as the outbreak spread across the world.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:14 UTC
Beer, wine and spirits companies agree to put clear age restriction labels on drinks

Twelve leading beer, wine and spirits companies have pledged to put clear age-restriction labels on their drinks and set tighter controls on access to their online content in a bid to reduce underage drinking.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
WHO admits several mistakes in assessing the severity of the coronavirus

The World Health Organization said on Monday that it remained unclear if the deadly virus is contagious during its incubation period before symptoms appear. It did not immediately confirm assertions made by Chinese authorities that people who are infected can spread the disease before they show any symptoms of fever or respiratory difficulties.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 07:24 UTC
China reports 106 dead from the rapid spreading coronavirus and 4.500 confirmed cases

China said on Tuesday that 106 people had died from a new coronavirus that is spreading across the country, up from the previous toll of 81. The number of total confirmed cases in China rose to 4,515 as of Jan 27, the National Health Commission said in a statement, up from 2,835 reported a day earlier.
Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:17 UTC
China expands travel restrictions and prolongs Luna Year holiday to contain coronavirus epidemic

China expanded drastic travel restrictions on Monday and prolonged a public holiday to contain an epidemic that has killed 80 people and infected more than 2,300, as several countries prepared to evacuate their citizens from a quarantined city at the outbreak's epicenter.
Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Deadly China virus impacts on oil prices while safe havens assets rally

Fears over the global economic impact of the deadly China virus sent oil prices plunging more than on Monday to extend last week's sell-off, while safe-haven assets including the yen and gold rallied.
Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Coronavirus deaths piling in China; health authorities scramble to prevent a global pandemic

The official death toll from the coronavirus in China jumped on early Saturday to 41 from 26 a day before, as local media reported a doctor on the frontline of the battle to contain the virus in Wuhan city had died.
Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:46 UTC
Coronavirus outbreak has become a global health emergency; WHO cautious, “it's a bit too early”

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was “a bit too early” to declare a new coronavirus a global health emergency as China put millions of people on lockdown amid an outbreak that has killed 25 people and infected more than 800.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:04 UTC
Coronavirus from China could have reached Mexico; professor who visited Wuhan under home monitoring

A man who fell ill in Mexico on Monday following a December trip to Wuhan, China, is under observation as a potential case of the coronavirus, the respiratory virus that has killed at least 19 people worldwide.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Coronavirus outbreak in China: WHO could declare global health emergency

China said it was halting flights and trains from Thursday out of Wuhan, the city of 11 million people at the centre of a deadly SARS-like virus outbreak, as the UN extended emergency talks on the disease.