A scientific team affiliated with the Iraqi company “Biomade” announced the production of a decisive treatment for the emerging coronavirus. The company said in a statement obtained by a copy of it, “Al-Ghadeer”, that it can put the medicine within the reach of patients in Iraq within a period of …
Read More »China produces large-scale first drug approved to fight Covid-19
China is currently producing large amounts of favipiravir, a first antiviral drug approved to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, from which about 1,770 people have already died and the other 70,548 have been infected. According to China Daily, this is a generic version of the anti-catarrhal fapilavir and the National Medical …
Read More »France reports first COVID-19 death in Europe
France’s health minister has announced the first coronavirus death in Europe. Minister Agnes Buzyn says Saturday that “I was informed last night of the death of an 80-year-old patient who had been hospitalized … since Jan. 25.” The patient, a Chinese tourist from the province of Hubei, had a lung …
Read More »Latest on coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
-China reported 121 new deaths on Friday, bringing the toll to 1,380. Another 5,090 new cases were confirmed, pushing up the number of infected patients to 63,851. -In Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, daily new cases jumped by 4,823, while the number of new deaths rose by 116. …
Read More »Coronavirus: First Death in Japan; China Cases Jump by 15,000
The Chinese province at the center of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands of more infections using a broader definition on Thursday, while Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality. The epidemic has given China’s ruling Communist Party one of …
Read More »China’s new coronavirus cases drop, but the world still on alert
China reported on Wednesday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly two weeks, lending weight to a forecast by its foremost medical adviser for the outbreak to end by April – but a global expert warned it was only beginning elsewhere. The 2,015 new confirmed cases took China’s …
Read More »China virus deaths top 1,000 as WHO warns of ‘very grave’ global threat
The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak surged past 1,000 in China on Tuesday as the World Health Organization warned that the epidemic poses a “very grave” global threat. The WHO is holding a conference in Geneva on combatting the virus as Beijing struggles to contain a disease that …
Read More »Coronavirus cases outside China may be ‘tip of the iceberg’: WHO
People across China trickled back to work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government eased restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus, but the World Health Organization said the number of cases outside China could be just “the tip of the iceberg”. The death toll from …
Read More »Coronavirus deaths top 800, surpassing SARS, as China heads back to work
China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break. Many of China’s usually teeming cities have almost become ghost …
Read More »Latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll in China rose on Tuesday by a new daily record to more than 420. ** First case of coronavirus confirmed in Belgium. …
Read More »China accuses US of overreacting to coronavirus.
The Chinese government has accused the US of causing “panic” in its response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. It follows the US decision to declare a public health emergency and deny entry to foreign nationals who had visited China in the past two weeks. There are more than 17,000 confirmed …
Read More »Coronavirus hits a new record of Worldwide victims
China’s death toll from the coronavirus rose to at least 259 people Saturday as the number of cases worldwide rose to nearly 12,000. The National Health Commission said that among those infected by the disease, which began in December, were 10 in Taiwan. Officials said the number of suspected cases …
Read More »China Then & Now: Why Coronavirus Is A Bigger Threat To Global Economy Than Previous Outbreaks.
Sixteen years after the SARS virus infected over 8,000 people and killed 77, a new respiratory virus from China is again sparking fears across the globe as the disease spreads with no vaccine in sight. The coronavirus, however, is likely to have a bigger economic impact than previous outbreaks thanks …
Read More »Iraqi Airports Denies Entry to Passengers from China for Coronavirus
Basra International Airpot in the south of Iraq has taken new measures that deny entry to all passengers traveling from China to Iraq. Samer Younis, director-general of Basra airport, confirmed the decision which has been put in place on Saturday. The decision is part of Iraq’s precautions against coronavirus. Earlier …
Read More »Many countries tighten curbs on travel to China, virus toll hits 213
The United States and other countries tightened travel curbs on Friday and businesses said they were facing supply problems because of the coronavirus in China, a day after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. With the death toll rising to 213, all of them in China, the …
Read More »Coronavirus: WHO sets the record straight on facts and misinformation.
There’s no shortage of information when it comes to the novel coronavirus that was first reported among infected individuals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. But the amount of information — and the speed in which it’s produced — is outpacing investigations and what authorities truly know about the virus. Over …
Read More »Death toll from new coronavirus rises to 106 in China as outbreak spreads
The death toll from the novel coronavirus has continued to climb in China as the outbreak spreads, with now at least 106 people dead and over 4,500 confirmed cases. The number of dead from the new viral disease includes the first death in the Chinese capital, Beijing, along with two …
Read More »UK will allow Huawei to supply 5G — with ‘tight restrictions
The UK government will allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to play a limited role in supplying the country’s 5G networks, it has been announced today. The government said the package of restrictions being announced on “high risk” 5G vendors will allow it to “mitigate the potential risk posed by the …
Read More »US warns Britain’s sovereignty in jeopardy over Huawei deal
Britain’s sovereignty will be in jeopardy if it allows Chinese tech giant Huawei to build its 5G network, Donald Trump’s Secretary of State has warned. In an escalation of pressure on Boris Johnson, Mike Pompeo said the UK had a “momentous” decision to make this week over whether to allow …
Read More »Iraqis Airports announces measures taken for travelers from China
Baghdad International Airport administration has taken a series of preventive measures for travelers coming from China to the country through a preventive medical examination to ensure that travelers are not infected with Coronavirus. The airport administration indicated that in agreement and coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment, …
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