Saturday marks the second day the number of new COVID-19 cases fell since a spike Thursday.
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Fall in new cases raises hopes about virus outbreak in China
But the head of the World Health Organization says it’s ‘way too early’ to predict the beginning of the end to the crisis.
Economic toll mounts as world hunts for vaccine against coronavirus
Several existing medications will be tested to see if they can be used to treat Covid-19, as the disease is known, the World Health Organization says.
Most coronavirus cases are mild, but number shoots up in China
On Thursday, health officials reported more than 14,000 new cases in Hubei Province alone. A change in diagnostic criteria may be the reason.
Global experts study promising drugs, vaccines for new coronavirus
In at least two studies, patients are being treated with a combination HIV drug and another experimental drug.
China’s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time
More than 1,000 total deaths have been recorded, and 42,638 people had been diagnosed as of 9 p.m. Monday.
Coronavirus cases on quarantined cruise ship nearly double
A famed Chinese epidemiologist co-authors a study saying that the incubation period for coronavirus could be less than 1 day or as long as 24 days – 10 days longer than previously suggested.
Outrage grows in China over doctor’s death from coronavirus
In a remarkable but short-lived digital uprising, millions seek to bypass censors to protest the death of the ‘whistleblower doctor,’ Li Wenliang.
Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about coronavirus dies
The outbreak, centered in Wuhan, China, has now infected over 28,200 people globally and killed more than 560.
Virus deaths rise to 563 in China; 2 cruise ships isolated
The ships in Japan and Hong Kong are caught up in a global health emergency that seems to worsen by the day.