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Colorado state lab now able to test for coronavirus

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China reported an increase on Tuesday in cases of the new coronavirus coming from overseas, as the country where the disease first emerged now worries about ...

119 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reported on Chinese mainland

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British Airways And Ryanair Cancel Hundreds Of Flights Because Of Coronavirus

Ryanair, which is based at Stansted, said it was reducing its short haul flights, mostly to and from Italy, program by up to 25% for a 3 week period from Tuesda...

China urges overseas Chinese to stay away as imported virus cases rise

The vast majority of cases have been in China, but South Korea , Italy and Iran have all emerged as hotspots. The global death toll from the coronavirus ...

Two cases of Coronavirus confirmed in Georgia

Georgia became the 12th USA state to report confirmed coronavirus infections. "Georgians should remain calm". Total U.S. cases have topped 100. Health offic...

San Antonio patient released from quarantine tests positive for coronavirus — CDC

Just after 5 p.m. the patient took a hotel shuttle to visit North Star Mall, where they visited a few stores and went to the food court, ordered food from a Chi...

Two positive cases of coronavirus in Delhi, Telangana

The person from Delhi has a travel history from Italy, and one from Telangana has a travel history from Dubai. "Both patients are stable and closely monit...

China predicts coronavirus victory as new cases hit six-week low

Officials in southern Guangdong province announced Tuesday they would implement similar measures, without confirming specific countries, while state media re...

Coronavirus could put 20% of United Kingdom staff off work, says govt

Good morning and thank you for coming along, and I am very glad to be joined this morning by the government's Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Advisor...

Covid-19: Wash your hands. No really. Wash your hands

Official services like the NHS London, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital SF and health secretary Matt Hancock are suggesting you wash your hands to the tune of...

New coronavirus testing kits to be available in Oklahoma in coming weeks

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement late Sunday that once FDA learned of the issue, it worked with CDC. Up until now, the United States testing ...

World Health Organization Joins TikTok To Fight Coronavirus Misinformation

World Health Organization has additionally made strides to submit correct novel coronavirus data to its different social media accounts like Instagram. Both...

China reports rise in imported virus cases

Another 31 deaths were reported, all of them in the hardest-hit province of Hubei. China remains the epicenter of the outbreak, with the vast majority of conf...

Coronavirus Facts: What Floridians Can Do To Prevent The Spread

Washing your hands-not only regularly, but correctly. According to Centres for Disease Control and Prevention , washing your hands correctly is one of the be...

CDC: San Antonio patient released from quarantine tests positive for coronavirus

The US has reported more than 85 coronavirus cases, including 44 passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Japan. Bexar Cou...

Supreme Court to Hear Case that Could Scrap Obamacare

In what was seen as a GOP victory, however, the high court last month chose to take the case in its normal rotation for the next term, starting in October, mean...

Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 6 in Washington State

Hubei had 196 new confirmed cases on Sunday, the National Health Commission said on Monday, sharply down from 570 cases a day earlier and the lowest since J...

Trump to Meet With Drugmakers as US Sees More Coronavirus Cases

Shortly before Trump spoke, health officials confirmed that a person in Washington state had died from the virus , the first death from the virus in the U.S. F...

More cases of coronavirus in Ontario

The patient was wearing a mask on arrival. "Due to the low severity of symptoms and the condition of the patient, the patient was not admitted to hospital". K...

Virus Outbreak: Global virus death toll tops 3,000 as European Union raises alert

As of 4 p.m. local time, the number of infected patients totaled 4,335, up 599 from the previous day. However, those in the Hubei province, the epicenter of t...

RI Health Announces Second Presumptive Positive Coronavirus Case; Testing a Third Individual

Dozens of countries are working to contain a coronavirus outbreak as the global death toll as surpassed 3,000, including two in the United States. Two of the ...

First coronavirus cases confirmed in Florida

The governor's order also directs the Department of Health to make its own determinations for quarantines, isolation and "other necessary public health interven...

Australia's first coronavirus death reported from Perth

A male doctor who treated a woman who arrived on a flight from Iran in Sydney last week has contracted the virus, according to Nine News. "If you have any d...

Coronavirus: Two new cases confirmed in UK

Guidance published by ministers says face masks are only recommended to be worn by "symptomatic individuals" to reduce the risk of transmitting the infection to...

China reports 573 new COVID-19 cases

In Europe, Italy has reported more than 1,000 coronavirus cases and 29 deaths, the most in Europe. A majority of the cases have been linked to a secretive rel...

Italian coronavirus deaths rise to 34, number of cases hits nearly 1,700

The US on Saturday recorded its first death, a man in his 50s in Washington state who had underlying health problems but who hadn't travelled to any affected ...

COVID-19: Churches close, military assists as South Korea surpasses 3000 cases

Seoul's city government asked prosecutors to press murder charges against him. It urged countries to stock up on ventilators, saying "oxygen therapy is a majo...

Sanders goes after Warren's own turf

Sanders ended the rally by telling his supporters that he plans to be their Democratic presidential nominee. MA is among the states that hold its primaries th...

Washington state investigating possible coronavirus outbreak at a nursing facility

The World Health Organization has reported that 85,000 people have been sickened and more than 2,800 have died worldwide. Stores such as Costco sold out of to...

New York State Lab Approved For COVID-19 Testing

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) on Sunday also confirmed their state's first presumptive positive case of the COVID-19 disease. As state and big...

New US Guidelines Will Allow Faster Coronavirus Testing

Coronavirus is spread primarily through tiny droplets coughed or sneezed directly from an infected person into the face of someone nearby, as opposed to the mor...

First American has died from coronavirus, health officials confirm

The man was a patient at EvergreenHealth, a hospital in Kirkland, Washington , a suburb of Seattle . The two cases at the Kirkland facility were a health ca...

Coronavirus toll in China touches 2870

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What We Know About The Coronavirus Death In Washington State

In a call with members of the media on Friday, February 14, 2020, the CDC said they will begin to test individuals with influenza-like-illness for the novel...