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China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since 3 April
The new cases according to data published on Sunday represent a jump from the single case reported for the day before.
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Coronavirus death toll passes 275,000 worldwide
In total, 275,018 deaths have been reported from 3,955,631 confirmed cases.
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China says it backs WHO in tracing COVID-19, denounces US 'lies'
Most experts believe COVID-19 originated in a market selling wildlife and jumped from animals to people, but Pompeo and US President Donald Trump have said there is evidence it came from a laboratory, without elaborating.
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A war of words: China tells US to stop misleading world about origin of COVID-19
China said recent accusations by United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump that the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan were part of a political strategy ahead of the 2020 US presidential election.
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China province launches anti-racism push after outrage
Authorities in the provincial capital Guangzhou had started mass testing its African community shortly after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was found in a neighbourhood with a large migrant population, and a wave of reports about discrimination and xenophobia followed.
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China warily takes a holiday from virus anxiety
Caution reigned at sites like the Forbidden City imperial palace in the heart of Beijing, which reopened for the first time in three months.
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WHO wants invite to China's probe into virus origins
WHO has faced scathing criticism from US President Donald Trump, who earlier this month suspended Washington's funding after accusing the WHO of downplaying the seriousness of the outbreak and of kowtowing to China.
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Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs
The virus is believed to have originated late last year in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that sold wild animals for human consumption, but speculation has swirled about a top-secret lab in the ground-zero city.
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Australia says COVID-19 inquiry is 'reasonable', not targeted at any country
Australian-Chinese bilateral relations have soured in recent weeks after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for the inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus.
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Trump angers China by warning US may seek damages over virus
Beijing and Washington have clashed repeatedly over the outbreak as tensions have soared between the world's two biggest economic powers.
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Global coronavirus cases pass 3 million as lockdowns begin to ease
It comes as many countries are taking steps to ease lockdown measures that have brought the world to a standstill over the past eight weeks.
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Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease worldwide
Europe's four worst-affected countries all reported marked drops in their daily death tolls, offering hope that the outbreak may have peaked in some places -- at least for now.
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Australia says all WHO members should participate in a coronavirus inquiry
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday spoke with several world leaders including US President Donald Trump to canvass support for a review into the origins and spread of coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year.
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Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation - WHO
US President Donald Trump said last week that his government was trying to determine whether the virus emanated from a lab in Wuhan in central China.
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Trump says China coronavirus toll 'far higher' than admitted
Trump's latest accusation is in line with an increasingly hostile atmosphere between Washington and Beijing over blame for the coronavirus and ensuing economic chaos.
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China says 'seriously concerned' by US freeze of WHO funds
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused the Geneva-based body of putting political correctness above life-saving measures as he ordered the funding freeze for "mismanaging" the pandemic.
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Trump halts WHO funding, with world on edge over virus lockdowns
US President Donald trump accused the Geneva-based agency of propagating 'false information' and charged that its reliance on Chinese data had 'likely caused a 20-fold increase in cases worldwide.'
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Chinese economy contracts for first time in decades: AFP survey
The world's second-largest economy tanked in the first three months of the year as factories closed, consumers were compelled to stay home, and the virus spread to other countries.
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Nigeria says treatment of nationals in China 'unacceptable'
Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said the situation was 'unacceptable' to Nigeria's government and people, and needed 'immediate action' from the Chinese authorities.
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China tightens Russia border checks, approves coronavirus vaccine trials
Russia has become China’s largest source of imported cases, with a total of 409 infections originating in the northern neighbour.
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COVID-19: EFF condemns China’s ‘inhumane treatment’ of Africans
This after unconfirmed reports recently emerged that African communities in the Chinese city of Guangzhou were being subjected to forced evictions and arbitrary quarantining over suspicions of having coronavirus.
