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Another China-returnee hospitalised with fever: IEDCR
Another Bangladeshi national who along with 311 others returned home from China and kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona Hajj Camp was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Sunday night after his temperature was found high.
WHO working with Google to combat virus misinformation
The World Health Organization is working with Google to ensure that people get facts from WHO first when they search for information about the new virus that recently emerged in China.
Scientists say virus may have come from bats
Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that genome sequences from several patients in Wuhan show the virus is closely related to the viruses that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
China's Israel envoy compares virus travel bans to Holocaust
China's acting ambassador to Israel apologized on Sunday after comparing the closure of several national borders to Chinese citizens amid fears of a new virus from China to the turning away of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.
Europeans flee China, France urges help for poor nations
A second French-chartered airliner carrying 300 evacuees from China flew to Europe on Sunday as more foreigners fled the rapidly spreading new virus.
Built in 10 days, China's virus hospital takes 1st patients
The first patients arrived Monday at a 1,000-bed hospital built in 10 days as part of China's sweeping efforts to fight a new virus that is causing global alarm.
Pompeo, in Kazakhstan, warns of China's growing reach
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday pressed Kazakhstan to be wary of Chinese investment and influence, urging the Central Asian nation and others to join calls demanding an end to China's repression of minorities.
Over 900 ancient items discovered in China Buddhist temple site
Chinese archeologists in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality have unearthed more than 900 pieces of cultural relics in a local stone Buddhist temple.
China compiles digital publications on new coronavirus prevention
China's publishing sector has completed the compilation of a batch of digital publications on the prevention of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus to address public concerns amid the epidemic.
Philippines reports 1st coronavirus death outside of China
The Philippines has reported the first death related to a new virus outside of China.