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Turkey to export COVID-19 detection kits: minister
Turkey will export to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan locally-produced COVID-19 detection kits that can get results in 90-120 minutes, Turkish Health Minister said on Friday.
New virus has infected more than 64,000 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 64,000 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.
Health concerns meet politics amid Taiwan's WHO exclusion
Taiwan's exclusion from the World Health Organization is pitting health concerns against geopolitics during the current crisis over the new illness known as COVID-19.
Japan reports 44 more cases of virus on quarantined ship
Japan's health ministry said Thursday 44 more people on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo have tested positive for the virus that causes the new disease known as COVID-19.
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 disease named Covid-19
The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19, reports BBC.
China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000
The daily death toll in China from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total fatalities above 1,000 Tuesday as the World Health Organization announced a new name for the disease caused by the virus.
China's daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time
China's daily death toll from new virus has topped 100 for first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday, as the spread of the contagion shows little sign of abating while exacting an ever-rising cost.
A world race against coronavirus: science and technology
Scientists around the world are working together to neutralize a menacing enemy to mankind this year -- the novel coronavirus.
WHO says novel coronavirus not pandemic, fighting misinformation crucial
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that the novel coronavirus epidemic has not become a pandemic but an outbreak with multiple foresides, and that fighting against the "epidemic of information," rumors or false information, is crucial.