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China COVID outbreak grows with millions under lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 16 03:22 PM

China is the last major economy still pursuing the goal of eliminating outbreaks, even as the strategy takes a heavy toll on the economy. Read more »

Oil prices up as traders weigh demand and supply issues

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 01:37 PM

Oil began inching upward on Thursday after a day of losses over demand concerns linked to the Covid-19 lockdown in China. Read more »

China’s latest COVID outbreak ‘developing rapidly’: gov’t

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 02 03:05 AM

Authorities are demanding high vigilance at ports of entry amid growing infections in a northeastern border city caused by virus arriving from abroad. Read more »

How thousands in China got infected by brucellosis in one single outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 02:09 PM

Brucellosis, a bacterial disease with flu-like symptoms, has infected more than 6,000 people in a single outbreak in northwestern China.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 30, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 01:06 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Mass testing in Beijing after new COVID-19 outbreak

Thomas Peter, Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 02:18 PM

People line up to receive nucleic acid tests at a temporary testing site after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China Tuesday.  Read more »

US questions new China virus figures, seeks observers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 01:13 AM

The United States Thursday questioned China's credibility on reporting fresh coronavirus cases in Beijing and called for neutral observers to assess the extent of the outbreak. Read more »

Remote Chinese city hit by coronavirus after weeks of feeling safe

Huizhong Wu, Reuters
Posted at Apr 16 02:28 PM

SUIFENHE, China - A timber mill on China's northeastern border with Russia was buzzing with activity this week as dozens of workers sorted, cut and stacked logs. Read more »

'It's humiliating': China's virus controls raise hackles

Ludovic Ehret , Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 02:06 PM

BEIJING, China – An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a public toilet without wearing a compulsory face mask. The next thing he knows, police are ordering him into a van to be taken into quarantine. Read more »

Coronavirus survivor recounts fear, confusion

Qian Ye, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 01:00 PM

BEIJING, China – Xiao Yao doesn't know when or where he caught the new coronavirus. Read more »

China asks former patients to donate blood for coronavirus treatment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 09:43 PM

BEIJING, China - Chinese health officials Monday urged patients who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to treat others who are critically ill. Read more »

Another 70 test positive for virus on ship in Japan, total now at 355

Reueters
Posted at Feb 16 05:43 PM

Another 70 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 355, Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday.  Read more »

Big love: Thai students, elephants send Valentines to virus-hit China

Jiraporn Kuhakan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 04:37 PM

BANGKOK - Some 3,000 students gathered on Friday in Thailand's Ayutthaya province to send Valentine's Day well-wishes to China, which is facing an ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Read more »

Adidas closes 'considerable' number of stores in China due to coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 10:25 PM

The company said the fast-spreading virus was having a negative impact on its business but added that it could not yet assess to what extent. Read more »

TIMELINE: The new coronavirus outbreak

Research by Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 04:17 PM

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness that has spread from China and 24 other countries. Read more »