One new confirmed case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported Monday in Wuhan after the former hardest-hit city had seen zero new reports for five consecutive days.

In an extraordinary exchange, President Donald Trump and the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly sparred Friday on whether a malaria drug would work to treat people with coronavirus disease.

The Chinese mainland reported 16 newly imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 111, according to the National Health Commission.

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A total of 1,661 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospital after recovery Saturday on the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

A 98-year-old woman patient of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), so far the oldest critical patient cured in China, has been discharged from a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Sunday after recovery.

With only around 15 books sold per day and half of them purchased by employees, OWSpace recently released a letter on social media platform WeChat seeking crowdfunding to support its operation.

Iraq on Thursday announced a new case of novel coronavirus disease in the country's northern province of Kirkuk, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Iraq to seven.