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Sun, March 29, 2020 | 06:49

China confirms hantavirus outbreak, 1st death reported

China confirms hantavirus outbreak, 1st death reported

Hantavirus is an extremely rare virus that infects humans through dust contaminated by the saliva, urine or feces of a rodent. It causes a disease that attacks the heart and kills about 36-40 percent of patients, but it doesn't spread from person to person.

Park Si-soo | 2020-03-25 15:31

India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus

India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus

India will begin the world's largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address, warning citizens to stay inside or risk inviting the pandemic into their homes, and pledging $2 billion to bolster the country's beleaguered health care system.

2020-03-25 09:45

Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

The International Olympic Committee and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed, and held no later than the summer of 2021, the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Tuesday.

2020-03-24 22:18

Mask dilemma troubles Koreans in US

Mask dilemma troubles Koreans in US

Michelle Kwak wants to wear a mask, especially considering how badly COVID-19 is hitting her immediate suburb of Seattle. But she finds herself dealing with a significant - to wear or not to wear - struggle every time she ventures out of the house to the grocery store.

2020-03-19 13:51

China's Wuhan reports no new infections for first time, imported cases surge

China's Wuhan reports no new infections for first time, imported cases surge

The central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the country's coronavirus outbreak, reported no new infections for the first time, while imported cases surged by a record, led by new infections in the capital of Beijing

2020-03-19 11:10

Japanese PM pledges Olympics to go ahead despite pandemic

Japanese PM pledges Olympics to go ahead despite pandemic

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday resisted pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Abe pledged Japan would host the Games as planned in July and said he had no immediate intention to declare a state of emergency over the virus outbreak, which has now seen more than 140,000 peop...

2020-03-15 10:35

More than 40 rescued from China hotel collapse

More than 40 rescued from China hotel collapse

More than 40 people have been rescued following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday, state media reported. Officials said around 70 people were initially trapped when the building first crumbled. Footage circulating on microblogging platform Weibo showed rescue workers combing through the rubble of the 80-room Xinjia ...

2020-03-08 09:51

Panic buying follows coronavirus across the globe

Panic buying follows coronavirus across the globe

Shelves are being stripped bare of toilet rolls, hand sanitizer and surgical masks everywhere from Japan to France to the United States as panic buying crisscrosses the globe with the coronavirus, defying repeated calls for calm and disrupting supply chains.

2020-03-05 16:18

China coronavirus infections up in Wuhan

China coronavirus infections up in Wuhan

Mainland China reported a rise in new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday, reversing three straight days of declines, because of a spike in new infections in Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak. Mainland China had 139 new confirmed cases as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said, bringing the total accumulated number of cases to 80,409. Autho...

2020-03-05 15:41

Government to ban export of face masks

Australia to impose entry ban on people from Korea on Thursday

Australia to impose entry ban on people from Korea on Thursday

The Australian Embassy said that the entry ban will go into effect at 7 p.m. (Korea time) and that the country will review whether to continue the ban in the next seven days. It explained the measure "affords best protection to slow the rate of transmission in Australia."

2020-03-05 13:37

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