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The number of cases of COVID-19 has surged nearly 10-fold from the previous day in China’s Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak. The number of new deaths also increased dramatically, to 242..... Read more via TIME – https://ift.tt/2SEa6rQ Get more World News

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has renamed the new coronavirus as Covid-19. WHO announced the new name in its tweeter handle at @WHO that “we now have a name for 2019nCov disease.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2utYsrz Get more World News

The price of food has risen in China as the country continues to battle the scourge of the coronavirus which has been ravaging the country since December, CNN has reported. A large part of the country has been under lockdown since January when the coronavirus was first … Read more via Premium...

The Football Association has written to Dele Alli to ‘seek his observations’ about a social media post in which he appeared to joke about the coronavirus. Alli, 23, has been contacted concerning a Snapchat video he posted on Saturday.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/38kAvBu Get...

Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and had his temperature checked Monday while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people. The Chinese president, who has called the virus.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo will be able to travel with Manchester United for their Europa League tie in Bruges next week despite having to miss the club’s training camp in Marbella over the coronavirus alert.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Sxf4q8 Get More Nigeria Sports News

An American has died of the virus in Wuhan. A United States citizen has died from the new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak.... Read more via The New York Time – https://ift.tt/2uoYHDW Get more World News

The world is running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization chief warned on February 7. “The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said..... Read more via The Hindu –...

The deadly Coronavirus has claimed the life of a US national in China. He is believed to be he first foreign national to die of the virus in China.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2tGLhmu Get More Nigeria Metro News

The family of deceased Wuhan whistleblower, Dr. Li Wenliang, who was investigated for “making false comments” when he posted about coronavirus, was awarded $117,400 (821,000 Chinese yuan) in compensation after he died from the very virus early the.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

A new report compiled by LearnBonds.com has revealed that the CoronaVirus is projected to be the costliest epidemic since 2000. This is because by February 14, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/375aAMR Get More Nigeria Metro News

With increasing concern mounting on the deadly Coronavirus across the world, Nigerian businessmen within and outside the country have continued to lament over the impact of the scourge on their business activities.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/31CRFrx Get more: Nigeria...

A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warnings about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said. Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital..... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/37bJeoo Get...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has declared that it will immediately commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This commitment is inclusive of the $10 million that the foundation committed to the outbreak in late January.... Read more...

The FDA has given emergency authorization to a new test that promises to help public health labs meet a potential surge in cases. On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency authorization of a diagnostics test for the... Read more via Wired – https://ift.tt/392g2Bk Get...

Zhou Pingjian, the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, says the embassy has suspended the issuance of visas to Nigerians. This, he said, is part of efforts being carried out to contain the coronavirus outbreak in the Asian country.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2RRCBmC Get More...

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he is not afraid to work with the Chinese because coronavirus is not a killer disease. Amaechi said this Monday when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. As of today, Coronavirus… Read more via Naijaloaded –...

AN EMERGENCY 1,000 bed hospital set up specifically treat coronavirus patients in China has been completed. Huoshenshan, which was constructed in just eight days, was finished today and it will be able to receive patients from tomorrow, state media said... Read more via The Sun –...

African countries are scrambling to avert an outbreak of the rapidly spreading coronavirus strain, as health officials warn that the poorest countries are ill-equipped to combat the deadly disease..... Read more via BusinessLIVE – https://ift.tt/2UpIppf Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Chinese government has slammed the US' decision to ban people who have been in China for the last two weeks from travelling into the country from China in order to stop the coronavirus disease from spreading.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2ROyrMm Get more World News