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China women's football team quarantined in Australia over virus fears: reports 29 Jan 2020 - 02:04 pm
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4 Pakistani students in China contract coronavirus 29 Jan 2020 - 01:57 pm
Doctor Zafar Mirza, special assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister on health, briefs media representatives on the novel coronavirus, a virus similar to the SARS pathogen, in Islamabad on January 29, 2020. A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 106
Indonesia cuts ties with WWF over ethics breach claims 29 Jan 2020 - 01:44 pm
File picture of Indonesian fire. Reuters
Airlines halt, reduce China flights 29 Jan 2020 - 12:55 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 28, 2010, British Airways planes are grounded at Heathrow Airport, on the second day of a four-day strike. British Airways on January 29, 2020 said it had suspended all its flights to and from China owing to the d
Indian ministries buy more air purifiers as capital battles toxic air 29 Jan 2020 - 10:55 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a mask runs past the India Gate on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, October 28, 2019 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
FactBox - Countries evacuating nationals from China virus areas 29 Jan 2020 - 10:34 am
China Southern Airlines employees wear a surgical mask as a preventive measure in light of the coronavirus outbreak in China, as they wait for customers behind the counter at Benito Juarez international airport in Mexico City, Mexico January 28, 2020. REU
Australia to quarantine Wuhan evacuees on asylum-seeker island 29 Jan 2020 - 10:07 am
(L-R) The Royal Melbourne Hospital's Dr Julian Druce, Virus Identification Laboratory Head at the Doherty Institute and Dr Mike Catton, Deputy Director of the Doherty Institute address media to announce having successfully grown the Wuhan coronavirus from
Japan evacuation flight from Wuhan lands, 5 reported ill 29 Jan 2020 - 09:30 am
The first charter flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which was arranged by Japan's government to evacuate its citizens, lands at Haneda airport in Tokyo on January 29, 2020. A plane carrying Japanese nationals evacuated from Wuhan, the Chinese city at
Papua New Guinea bans travellers from all 'Asian ports' 29 Jan 2020 - 09:05 am
A general view of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center is seen during a virus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 24, 2020.
China wants Danish daily to apologize for virus cartoon 28 Jan 2020 - 07:14 pm
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U.S. recovers remains from Afghanistan plane crash, verifying identities 28 Jan 2020 - 06:32 pm
The wreckage of a US Bombardier E-11A jet is seen after it crashed in mountainous territory of Deh Yak district in Ghazni Province.   AFP
India's railways to use facial recognition amid privacy fears 28 Jan 2020 - 05:28 pm
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Online dashboard tracks Coronavirus on a daily timescale 28 Jan 2020 - 04:32 pm
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India, Bangladesh eye evacuating citizens from China coronavirus epicentre 28 Jan 2020 - 03:46 pm
An aerial view shows residential and commercial buildings of Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 27, 2020, amid a deadly virus outbreak in the city. AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Hong Kong to cut rail links as virus from China spreads 28 Jan 2020 - 02:49 pm
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam wears a mask following the outbreak of a new corona virus during an news conference, in Hong Kong, China January 28, 2020. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)
Facebook, others restrict business travel to China as warnings grow 28 Jan 2020 - 10:49 am
Officials monitor thermal scanners as passengers walk past upon arrival of a flight from Hangzhou, China at Changi Airport, Singapore January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yiming Woo
New Zealand PM Ardern calls September election 28 Jan 2020 - 09:09 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smiles as she attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Japan to send evacuation plane to Wuhan: minister 28 Jan 2020 - 08:53 am
A woman wearing a mask walks past a quarantine notice about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China at an arrival hall of Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo