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New virus has infected more than 45,100 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 45,100 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
Coronavirus has infected more than 37,500 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 37,500 people globally.
'We're definitely not prepared': Africa braces for new virus
At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were not placed in isolation. A doctor tending to those patients has stopped coming to work, and health workers have been ordered not to speak publicly about the new virus that has killed hundreds around the world.
Coronavirus death toll reaches 636, infects over 31,400 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 31,400 people globally.
New virus has infected more than 24,500 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 24,500 people globally.
New virus has infected more than 20,600 globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 20,600 people globally.
Coronavirus kills 361, infects over 17,300 globally
The novel coronavirus, which spread from China’s Wuhan, has killed 361 people and infected more than 17,300 people globally until Monday.
New virus has infected more than 14,400 globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 14,400 people globally.
WHO says prepare for local outbreaks; China slams US control
China's death toll from a new virus rose to 259 on Saturday and a World Health Organization official said other governments need to prepare for"domestic outbreak control" if the disease spreads in their countries.
U.S. evacuees 'relieved' about quarantine on military base
Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus are "very relieved' to be quarantined at a military base in Southern California for two weeks, one of them said Friday.