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Make ban on Chinese wildlife markets permanent, says environment expert
Temporary ban to curb coronavirus is not enough, says environmental leader Jinfeng Zhou
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New study an eye-opener on how coronavirus is spreading and how little we know
A study published Friday in the medical journal JAMA found that 41% of the first 138 patients diagnosed at one hospital in Wuhan, China, were presumed to be infected in that hospital.
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Study: To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing
Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral disease, researchers estimate.
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China orders instant cremation for coronavirus dead
Chinese authorities have ordered all coronavirus fatalities to be cremated “close by and immediately” as infection rates soar.
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Aussie couple ordered wine via drone on quarantined coronavirus cruise ship
An Australian couple quarantined on a cruise ship due to the deadly coronavirus kept the party flowing by getting a drone to deliver wine straight to their cabin. Jan and Dave Binskin, from Queensl…
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Coronavirus latest: WHO officially names disease COVID-19
Updates on the respiratory illness that has infected tens of thousands of people.
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The world’s biggest phone show has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns
MWC is no longer taking place due to health concerns over the coronavirus spread.
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Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam's capital were placed under quarantine Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. In the first mass quarantine outside of China since the virus emerged there in late December, the Son Loi farming region about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi will be locked down for 20 days, the health ministry said.
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Televangelist sells $125 'Silver Solution' as cure for Coronavirus
The product contains chemicals known by the state of California to be dangerous, according to Bakker's website.
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Wuhan virus in 1981 Dean Koontz novel a coronavirus coincidence
Thriller writer’s 1981 book The Eyes of Darkness features a Chinese lab in Wuhan that makes a virus to be used as a biological weapon. Civilians contract it and become terribly ill. He wasn’t prophesying anything, was he?
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North Korea’s Bizarre Strategies for Tackling the Coronavirus Outbreak
Pyongyang claims there have been no cases of the virus in the country. So why it is taking increasingly desperate measures?
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Small businesses drive China's economy. The coronavirus outbreak could be fatal for many
The small companies that drive China's economy are worried about how much damage the novel coronavirus outbreak will cause. Without help or a reprieve from the disease, many may have only weeks to survive. While some larger companies are reopening their doors after weeks of lockdowns designed to contain the epidemic, small businesses often can't comply with the strict health rules now required in many regions and many don't have the option of letting employees work from home.
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Can wearing masks stop the spread of viruses?
One of the abiding images of any virus outbreak is people in surgical masks. Using them to prevent infection is popular in many countries around the world, most notably China during the current coronavirus outbreak where they are also worn to protect against high pollution levels. Virologists are sceptical about their effectiveness against airborne viruses.
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Nvidia trims earnings outlook by $100 million over coronavirus concerns
In brief: Nvidia in its latest earnings report this week said it generated $3.11 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 that ended on January 26. That’s an increase of 41 percent over the $2.21 billion brought in during the same period a year ago and a three percent hike quarter-over-quarter.
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2,000 iPhones given for free by Japanese gov’t to passengers stuck on ship due to coronavirus
The Japanese government gave away 2,000 free iPhones to passengers stranded on a cruise ship due to the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. The country’s health minister stated that 355 people onboard the ship have tested positive for the virus. The smartphones were handed to each cabin so passengers could access an app made by the government, as per Macotakara via 9to5mac last Friday, Feb.14.
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Did coronavirus originate in Chinese government laboratory?
A new bombshell paper from the Beijing-sponsored South China University of Technology says that the Wuhan Center for Disease Control could have spawned the contagion in Hubei.
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Kuo: iPhone SE 2 Launch Still Planned for First Half of 2020 Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
We've been hearing for some time that Apple is planning to launch a new low-cost iPhone based on the iPhone 8, but with upgraded internals. This device has been referred to in rumors as the "iPhone SE 2" or "iPhone 9," although concerns over the impact of the Wuhan coronavirus on production have raised some questions about timing for the launch.
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Very few infants seem to be getting sick with the new coronavirus
As the outbreak of a new coronavirus continues, infants appear to be largely spared. A new study that tallied cases of infants hospitalized with the virus in China from December 8 to February 6 found only nine. The children, aged 1 to 11 months old, had fevers, cough or other mild respiratory symptoms. None developed severe complications from the disease, now known as COVID-19, Zhi-Jiang Zhang of Wuhan University and colleagues report online February 14 in JAMA.
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Can anything stop the coronavirus from popping the US stock bubble?
China’s manufacturing sector will take quite some time to get back to normal. The global supply chain is being disrupted, triggering production stoppages in other industrial centres. China will at least struggle through this month. The odds are high, and rising, that the coronavirus crisis will last through March, which may be enough to push the global economy into recession.
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Apple warns sales to fall short of target due to coronavirus impact
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) warned on Monday it was unlikely to meet its March quarter sales guidance set just three weeks ago as the world’s most valuable technology firm became one of the biggest corporate casualties of China’s coronavirus epidemic.
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