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Italy overtakes China with most virus deaths, California goes on lockdown
China for its part reported on Friday a second day with no new domestic cases since the virus appeared in the central city of Wuhan in December, before spreading worldwide.
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US fast-tracking antimalarials to treat coronavirus: Trump
The announcement follows encouraging research into chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in France and China, but many in the wider scientific community have cautioned more work is needed to prove they really work for COVID-19.
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UK 'can turn tide' of virus spread 'within 12 weeks': PM
The government earlier this week called for more people to work from home, and avoid public transport, pubs, clubs and restaurants, to try to slow infection rates.
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Millions could die if virus allowed to spread unchecked: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the need for a coordinated global response to contain a 'health catastrophe' that already has claimed the lives of more than 9,000 people and infected more than 217,500 around the world.
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FACTBOX: Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
Reuters has gathered the latest information on all COVID-19 developments from across the globe.
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Pandemic glossary: Common COVID-19 terms
This graphic explains key terms being used during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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SA to be part of international study on treatment regimen for COVID-19
The solidarity trial as it’s named will also see countries including Argentina, Canada, and France participate.
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US suspends routine visa services: State Dept
It said embassies and consulates in 'most countries worldwide... will cancel all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments as of 18 March 2020'.
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China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus infections
China reported its first day of no new domestic cases since the outbreak started all new cases were imported from abroad.
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Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, zero China transmissions
It was the first time since the virus took hold late last year in Hubei province - including the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak - that China has recorded no locally transmitted cases.
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Africa must 'wake up' and 'prepare for worst' over virus: WHO
'In other countries, we have seen how the virus actually accelerates after a certain tipping point, so the best advice for Africa is to prepare for the worst and prepare today,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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Merkel calls coronavirus 'biggest challenge since WW2'
In a dramatic appeal, Angela Merkel urged everyone to play a part in slowing down a virus that has raced across the globe and triggered unprecedented peace-time lockdowns.
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Let them eat bread! French hoard baguettes in virus lockdown
Bakers are among the few essential-service businesses allowed to stay open in France under strict anti-virus confinement measures that took effect on Tuesday.
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With love from China - a letter to coronavirus-hit South Africa
Tonye Stuurman is in the midst of the coronovirus pandemic in China. She sends us a love letter on what it's like there, and what she's learnt that can help us in South Africa.
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Apple brings back 'scissor' keyboards in latest MacBook Air
With prices starting from $999, the new laptops will be available for orders on the company’s online store from Wednesday and will be available in stores next week.
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WHO chief says COVID-19 'enemy against humanity'
The head of the World Health Organisation on Wednesday said the new coronavirus was an 'enemy against humanity', as the number of people infected in the pandemic soared past 200,000.
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US sanctions Chinese, SA companies over Iran, petrochemicals
The United States has targeted a number of Chinese, Hong Kong and South African companies in a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions regarding petrochemicals, according to the US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Schools close as UK govt announces emergency virus plans
Boris Johnson on Tuesday said the government was on a war footing, as he escalated measures to limit the human and economic cost of the outbreak.
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As world cowers, China glimpses coronavirus aftermath
As the rest of the world runs for cover, China - where the virus first emerged - is moving, guardedly, in the opposite direction as domestic infections fall to nil following unprecedented lockdowns and travel restrictions.
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Q&A with Tinyiko Maluleke: The ironies of the impact of coronavirus on Africa
The are ironic results for Africa since the coronavirus outbreak - but will they last after the pandemic is over?
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COVID-19: The symptoms and risk factors
This graphic outlines the main known symptoms of COVID-19 and the people most at risk from the virus.
