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The new confirmed case of coronavirus in the US, diagnosed in a California woman, is of “unknown origin” and was found in a patient who had not traveled overseas or had contact with any known travelers, said local health officials on Friday. According to Dr. Sara Cody, Chief Health Officer for Santa Clara County, the patient, described only as an …

Cebu authorities are tracking seven of Daegu City’s 26 South Korean citizens, the 2019 coronavirus disease epicenter in South Korea, who allegedly had gone missing after arriving in town. Earlier reports indicated that 26 Koreans were placed under quarantine in Cebu by the Department of Health (DOH) area 7. According to the paper, an emergency meeting with the handling of …

The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had planned to host on March 14 due to worries about the coronavirus outbreak, two US officials familiar with the matter said on Friday. US President Donald Trump had invited leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to meet in Las …

Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos confirmed a case of new coronavirus on Friday, stirring memories of the fears sparked six years ago when West Africa’s Ebola epidemic hit the chaotic megacity of 20 million. The health minister said the first confirmed case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa was an Italian citizen who had returned from Milan earlier this week. “The …

According to a study compiled by AFP from official sources, the number of new coronavirus cases in the world grew to 82,560 including 2,813 deaths across 50 countries and territories by 1700 GMT on Thursday. Advertising 1 296 new contaminations were found in the 24 hours following the previous count at 1700GMT on Wednesday. China— excluding the territories of Hong …

Two Thai women convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into Bali have escaped a possible death sentence on the Indonesian holiday island after a court sentenced them to 16 years in jail. The verdict Wednesday comes four months after the pair were arrested by suspicious airport officials who found nearly a kilogramme of methamphetamine hidden under their clothes after arriving on a …

Two days after police cleared an indigenous blockade of a key Canadian rail artery east of Toronto, protesters were back Wednesday lighting fires on tracks and throwing rocks at passing trains. “It is extremely concerning to see people endangering their lives and the lives of others by trying to interfere with the trains, but we’re working hard to resolve this,” …

Senior US Democrats have said that the Trump’s administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after US intelligence officials reported Russian attempts to influence the US presidential election this year. Three Senate Democrats, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez and Sherrod Brown, wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin calling on the administration to impose …

There are every sign the world is about to be hit by a coronavirus pandemic, said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday, as Canberra kicked off emergency measures to curb the spread of the disease. Coronavius infected about 80,000 people worldwide and killed over 2,700, the vast majority of whom were in China. While the spread within China has …

Russia warned on Wednesday against traveling to Italy, South Korea and Iran to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading. Advertising Noting the spike in cases in the three countries, consumer safety regulator Rospotrebnadzor urged Russians to avoid traveling there’ until the epidemiological situation has stabilized.’ More than 1,100 people were infected in South Korea— the hardest-hit area outside China— and …