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  • France helps Mexican citizens flee Wuhan: Mexico

    Date: 2020-02-02 08:23:33 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:17 - ID:8294375

    MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - France is helping evacuate 10 Mexican citizens from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and the city where the coronavirus outbreak started, CNN reported on Sunday. The 10 Mexican nationals are first flying to France ....

  • US troops returning from China quarantined in S. Korea

    Date: 2020-02-02 07:58:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8294349

    WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - The U.S. military command in South Korea said it has instituted a 14-day self quarantine effective Sunday for any troops who recently traveled to China, adding that an outbreak in that country of a new coronavirus could ....

  • Former WTO leader, New Zealand premier Mike Moore dies

    Date: 2020-02-02 07:29:51 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:11 - ID:8294338

    WELLINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - Mike Moore, who served as New Zealand's Prime Minister before leading the World Trade Organization during a tumultuous time when thousands protested in Seattle riots, died early Sunday at the age of 71, ABC News ....

  • New Zealand bans travellers from China to 'protect New Zealanders' from deadly virus

    Date: 2020-02-02 07:09:27 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:9 - ID:8294315

    WELLINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - The Government of New Zealand is placing temporary entry restrictions into the country on all foreign nationals travelling from, or transiting through mainland China to assist with the containment of the novel coronavirus ....

  • Coronavirus death toll rises to 304 in China

    Date: 2020-02-02 06:52:33 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:8294291

    BEIJING, Feb 2 (MENA) - The number of people who have died from the coronavirus in China has risen to 304, The Hill reported. The country's National Health Commission reported Saturday that the total number of cases is now over 14,000, eclipsing ....

  • Philippines reports first death case of new Coronavirus

    Date: 2020-02-02 06:38:30 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:6 - ID:8294284

    MANILA, Feb 2 (MENA) - A 44-year-old man in the Philippines has died of the coronavirus, health officials said on Sunday, making him the first known death outside China. The man, a resident of Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the virus, died on ....

  • Australia confirms new cases, bringing total to 12

    Date: 2020-02-01 10:59:46 GMT - Australia - World - SN:24 - ID:8293339

    CANBERRA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Australia reached 12 on Saturday after South Australia confirmed its first two cases and Victoria confirmed its fourth, CNN reported. A woman and a man, both aged ....

  • Coronavirus outbreak kills 259 people, infects about 11,821 in China

    Date: 2020-02-01 09:34:44 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:8293183

    BEIJING, Feb 1 (MENA) - The coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 259 people and infected about 11,821 people in China until Friday, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said. The number of confirmed cases in China grew by about 2,102 on ....

  • Germany confirms seven cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2020-02-01 09:05:03 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:8293181

    BERLIN, Feb 1 (MENA) - Germany confirmed that two more people have tested positive for the coronavirus, DW reported on Saturday. There are now seven confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany, according to the Bavarian Ministry of Health, In a ....

  • Arizona resident accused of being leader of Iraq Al-Qaeda group arrested

    Date: 2020-02-01 07:13:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8293088

    WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - Officials with the US Department of Justice said a Phoenix-area resident accused of having ties to Al-Qaeda has been arrested. According to a statement, a warrant was issued for the arrest of 42-year-old Ali Yousif ....

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