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Governments boosted measures on Thursday to battle the fast-spreading coronavirus as the number of infections outside China, the source of the outbreak, for the first time surpassed those appearing inside the country.
As the coronavirus reached the soil of a sixth continent, countries around the globe have stepped up measures to contain the spread of the infectious disease.
Shares in global banks fell into correction territory this week, reflecting fears that financial institutions could take a hit if coronavirus continues to spread.
Hopes the coronavirus would be contained to China vanished on Friday as infectio...
China's stocks were among the first hit by fears of the coronavirus outbrea...
Bank accused of ‘waiting for people to die’ as bonds designed to provide fast funding for pandemics are censured as ‘obscene’
The United Kingdom is already seeing an economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, the outgoing Bank of England governor told Sky News.
Coronavirus panic sent world share markets crashing again on Friday, compounding their worst week since the 2008 global financial crisis and bringing the wipeout in value terms to $5 trillion.
London market heading for its worst week since 2008, as US suffers biggest ever one-day fall
The number of daily new COVID-19 cases outside China exceeded those inside the country two days in a row this week, the WHO announced Thursday.
The WHO has reaffirmed its warning that the fast-spreading coronavirus could soon reach most, "if not all" countries around the world.
"We need to keep this virus slowed down, because health systems around the world, and I mean North and South, are just not ready," a top WHO officials said.
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Its first video shows ways people can protect themselves
As more workers are relegated to working from home, the economic consequence of the disease caused by the Wuhan coronavirus could become more severe.
The coronavirus outbreak's impact on the world economy grew more alarming on Saturday.
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, sendi...
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Editor's note: The video above is a fact-check of claims making their rounds on the internet. It's difficult to keep up with what's going on with the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. That's where this interactive map provided by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering comes in handy -- really handy. The map shows confirmed coronavirus cases as well as how many people have tested positive, died, recovered and how many...