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CORONAVIRUS is spreading rapidly through a hotel in the Canary Islands with a fifth guest testing positive for the highly contagious disease. Guests at the hotel are being told to remain in quarantine for two weeks, with travel firms refusing to fly them home. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
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COVID-19 outbreak: Here’s what’s happening around the world Saturday
An Iranian health ministry official says the Islamic Republic is preparing for the possibility of “tens of thousands” coming to test for the novel coronavirus as nearly 600 cases have been confirmed. CBC | World News
Read More »Coronavirus WARNING: New figures show COVID-19 has 23 times higher death rate than the flu
CORONAVIRUS has killed 2,858 worldwide, as reported by the World Health Organisation . It’s not even been three months since the outbreak began, and the death toll is mounting up. But are you more likely to die from coronavirus or the flu? Daily Express :: Health Feed
Read More »Coronavirus: Are you more likely to die from COVID-19 or flu? The major difference
CORONAVIRUS has killed 2,858 worldwide, as reported by the World Health Organisation . It’s not even been three months since the outbreak began, and the death toll is mounting up. But are you more likely to die from coronavirus or the flu? Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »COVID-19 outbreak: Here’s what’s happening around the world Friday
The world prepared for a coronavirus pandemic on Friday as hopes the disease could be contained to China vanished and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession. CBC | World News
Read More »COVID-19 outbreak: Here’s what’s happening around the world Thursday
Countries with their first confirmed cases of coronavirus should “move swiftly” to contain the virus, WHO’s director-general said Thursday, noting that the concern over cases outside of China is growing as the number of people infected mounts. CBC | World News
Read More »WHO reluctant to declare COVID-19 pandemic as coronavirus spreads to more countries
The sudden rise in cases of novel coronavirus in Italy, Iran and South Korea is “deeply concerning,” but the virus can still be contained and does not amount to a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief says. CBC | World News
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Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including the first U.S. soldier to be infected, as outbreaks in Italy and Iran spread to more countries. CBC | World News
Read More »Shares in U.S. drug maker Moderna soar after possible COVID-19 vaccine deemed ready for testing
Shares in U.S. drug company Moderna Inc. surge by more than 16 per cent after the company announced it has shipped its first batch of a possible coronavirus vaccine for humans to the government department in charge of testing its safety and effectiveness. CBC | World News
Read More »Pound US Dollar exchange rate slumps as opportunity to contain Covid-19 ‘narrowing’
The pound slumped against the US dollar as investors flocked to the safe haven currency, leaving the pairing trading around $ 1.289. The dollar was buoyed after the rapid spread of coronavirus increased fears that the outbreak of Covid-19 could become a pandemic. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
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