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Why China’s wildlife trade ban will help, but not stop, coronavirus
China’s decision to ban the trade and consumption of wild animals is the country’s latest bid to win the coronavirus…
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Brazil confirms COVID-19 case, first in South America
Brazil’s government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America’s first…
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COVID-19: Remaining Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton released
The remaining Canadians quarantined over a novel coronavirus at a Canadian Forces Base have been released, the Public Health Agency…
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‘Nowhere to go, no one to ask’: Canadians in Iran ask for help amid COVID-19 outbreak
Canadians in Iran say they have no way to leave the country now that it is dealing with an outbreak…
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Watch a Chinese SWAT team practice taking down a coronavirus-infected man
A Chinese SWAT team was filmed tackling people while practicing how to deal with an uncooperative coronavirus-infected patient. In video…
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COVID-19 tests will start for people flying from Iran to Lebanon, health minister says
Some in Lebanon are casting blame on Iran, the supporter of the country’s powerful Hezbollah group, after the country’s first…
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COVID-19: Canadian hospital space a concern despite lessons from SARS, experts say
Canadian medical experts say the country’s already overstretched emergency rooms would find it difficult to cope if a true outbreak…
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South Korea sets ’emergency’ measures as coronavirus outbreak swells
Schools were shuttered, churches told worshipers to stay away and some mass gatherings were banned as cases of a new…
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New virus cases in China drop as authorities modify detection method again
New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count…
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Iran confirms its first 2 coronavirus cases
Iranian authorities confirmed on Wednesday two cases of the new coronavirus, the first in the country, the semi-official ISNA news…
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COVID-19: Death toll tops 2,000 while new cases in China decrease for 2nd day
Protective suit-clad inspectors in the epicenter of China’s viral outbreak went door-to-door Wednesday to find every infected person in the…
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Officials say currently ‘no evidence’ that pets can be infected with COVID-19
As global health officials continue in their endeavour to contain the new coronavirus, a number of questions remain, including whether…
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