Tag: virus

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  China reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in poultry farm with 7.850 chickens

  

  China reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Shaoyang city of the southern province of Hunan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Sunday.

• 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.

• 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, December 28th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Outbreak of chicken pox among migrants returned to Mexico from US

  

  An outbreak of chicken pox has forced the temporary closure of a shelter housing Central American migrants sent to Mexico from the United States, Mexican authorities said on Friday, as officials sought to contain the highly contagious virus.