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The global release of the new James Bond film “No Time to Die” was postponed on Wednesday by seven months amid the coronavirus disruption that has closed movie theaters in China and caused widespread headaches for other Hollywood productions. The release of Daniel Craig’s last outing as agent 007, being...
Egypt became the first country in Africa to record a case of the coronavirus when it confirmed an infection in February. The country's health ministry confirmed it informed the World Health Organisation, after the case was detected on February 14. Its government said it had taken all necessary preventative measures such as placing the individual, who has not been identified, in quarantine.
The Democratic presidential candidate is criticizing President Trump for how his administration is responding to the coronavirus outbreak. See the interview, tonight at 7 p.m. ET/PT
The emergency room at the Medical Center, Navicent Health sees thousands of people on a weekly basis, but what's the protocol if someone were to walk in with some of the potential symptoms of the coronavirus? "Generally speaking, when there is an infectious outbreak, whatever it might be, whether it's previous SARS, ebola, corona, whatever it might be, we follow the recommendations that are put out by the department of public health," says...
“The main thing is no one got hurt tonight and we’ve been able to save quite a lot of toilet paper,” fire officials said.
Should I stay or should I go? It's the question that seems to be dominating all others as the coronavirus sweeps the globe.
China has stepped up the alert in case swarms of locusts that have laid waste to agricultural land in Pakistan, India and East Africa find their way across its borders, a government agency said on Monday.“Although experts believe that the risk of swarms entering the country and causing disaster is relatively
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The Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee will discuss SCR8, a concurrent resolution in support of the Chinese people regarding the coronavirus outbreak that acknowledges the serious public health risk of COVID-19.
Indonesia is considering expanding a fiscal stimulus to fight the impact of the coronavirus on the same scale as huge spending introduced after the 2008 global financial crisis, its finance minister said on Thursday.
Wipro said any employee who has travelled to an affected place in China in the last few days has been advised to work from home for 14 days.Wipro said it had no employees in Wuhan, the epicentre of coronavirus
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A case of the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan City, China, has been confirmed by New Hampshire health officials for the first time. >> Download the FREE WMUR app Sign up for our Newsletters New Hampshire data: -- Number of positive COVID-19 tests: 1 -- Number of people tested since mid-January: 4 >> Latest worldwide coronavirus data PATIENT(S) IN NEW HAMPSHIRE One confirmed case was announced Monday, March 2....
Governor Cuomo stated that a woman who traveled to Iran tested positive for Covid-19 and is “isolated in her home,” which is reportedly in Manhattan.
Kahoot!, the game-based learning platform, announced today that the company is offering free access to all features to schools and higher education institutions in Hong Kong affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus, hoping to facilitate self-learning with fun and ease.
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"There is no reason for undue anxiety—the general risk remains low in New York," Cuomo said.
Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners.
The Olympics governing body said it remained committed to ensuring the 2020 Games will go ahead as planned this summer.
On Tuesday, New York State officials announced two families from Buffalo were being tested for coronavirus following a recent trip to Italy. Governor Cuomo said Wednesday morning that their test results have come back negative. Governor Cuomo also updated the case in Westchester County. He says the immediate family of the Westchester man who tested positive for COVID-19 also tested positive. The man's wife, 20-year-old son, his 14-year-old...