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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
China embarks on clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine
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BEIJING: China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine, records show, as the world’s scientists race to find a way to combat the deadly pathogen. It comes after US health officials said last week they had started a trial to evaluate a possible vaccine in Seattle. Advertisement Advertisement The Chinese effort
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, all but one imported
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BEIJING: China on Sunday (Mar 22) reported 46 new cases of coronavirus, the fourth straight day with an increase, with all but one of those cases imported from overseas, according to the country’s National Health Commission. While China has drastically reduced the number of reported domestically transmitted cases – the one reported on Sunday was
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
China sees zero local coronavirus cases for third day, imported infections rise
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SHANGHAI: China reported zero locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus for a third day running, while the daily log of infections involving travellers arriving from other countries continued to rise. Mainland China had 41 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Friday (Mar 20), the country’s National Health Commission said, all imported from abroad. That brought
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
China sends medical supplies to hospital in Malaysia state hit hardest by COVID-19
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KUALA LUMPUR: China on Thursday (Mar 19) sent its first batch of medical supplies to the Sungai Buloh Hospital in the Malaysian state of Selangor. Malaysia on Friday reported 130 new COVID-19 cases, taking the national total to 1,030 and making it the country with the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia. Advertisement Advertisement Selangor has
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
South Korea, China, Japan to discuss COVID-19 response
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SEOUL: The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will hold a video conference on Friday (Mar 20) to discuss cooperation on the COVID-19 pandemic, Seoul’s foreign ministry said, amid growing concerns about a global spread and imported cases. The ministers are expected to share information on the outbreaks in their countries and discuss ways to prevent
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
China sees zero local coronavirus cases for second day, imported infections rise
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BEIJING: Mainland China reported zero locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus for the second straight day, while the daily tally for infections involving travellers arriving in the country surged to a new record, authorities announced on Friday (Mar 20). Mainland China had 39 new confirmed cases on Thursday, the country’s National Health Commission said, all
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
China ready to step up coronavirus cooperation, Xi tells Putin
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BEIJING: China is prepared to “work with all other countries” to intensify the global fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, state media on Friday (Mar 20) quoted President Xi Jinping as saying. Xi made the comments in a late-night telephone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Xinhua news agency reported. Advertisement Advertisement READ: As coronavirus moves west, China
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
Slovakia gets face masks, coronavirus test kits from China
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BRATISLAVA: A Slovak government plane with a million surgical face masks and 100,000 rapid-result test kits for the new coronavirus arrived in Bratislava on Thursday (Mar 19) to alleviate the shortage faced by local authorities, social and health workers. Slovakia, a country of 5.5 million, has reported 124 cases of the virus and has taken
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
China eyes end to COVID-19, plays down warnings of ‘second wave’
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SHANGHAI: Chinese scientists and health experts involved in the country’s fight against the coronavirus believe the worst is now over, downplaying warnings that the disease could become seasonal or that a deadlier “second wave” could hit later in the year. As the pandemic continues to spread overseas, a growing number of countries are bracing themselves
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
China reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for first time, but 34 imported
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BEIJING: China on Thursday (Mar 19) reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus for the first time since it started recording them in January, but recorded a spike in infections imported from abroad. There were 34 cases that were brought in from abroad, the biggest daily increase in two weeks, according to the National Health
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
As coronavirus moves west, China offers medical kit to Europe
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BRUSSELS: China will send 2.2 million masks and 50,000 testing kits to the EU to cope with the spread of coronavirus, reciprocating similar assistance Europe provided Beijing when it was at the centre of the pandemic, the bloc’s chief executive said on Wednesday. The support from China is timely as the European Union has been
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 18, 2020
China expels US journalists in biggest crackdown in years
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BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Mar 18) expelled American journalists at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in the Communist government’s most severe move against foreign media in recent memory. The drastic move came as the two powers are feuding over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, with President Donald Trump provocatively branding
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 18, 2020
US man gets four-year prison sentence for spying for China
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SAN FRANCISCO: A San Francisco tour operator who handled dead drops of sensitive information on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security was sentenced on Tuesday (Mar 17) to four years in prison for spying for China. Edward Peng Xuehua, a naturalise US citizen, was arrested in Hayward, California, in September for arranging transfers of money
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 16, 2020
China Jan-Feb industrial output shrinks 13.5%; investment plunges 24.5%
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BEIJING: China’s industrial output contracted at the sharpest pace in 30 years in the first two months of the year as the fast spreading coronavirus and strict containment measures severely disrupted the world’s second-largest economy, data showed on Monday (Mar 16). Urban investment and retail sales also fell sharply and for the first time on record, reinforcing
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