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China's Xi says Wuhan has 'turned the tide' againt virus epidemic 10 Mar 2020 - 02:59 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about the hospital's operations, treatment of patients, protection for medical workers and scientific research at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China
Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of trying to 'thwart' MH17 investigation 10 Mar 2020 - 02:34 pm
District Court of The Hague Dutch press judge Yolande Wijnnobel (L) speaks past Dutch press judge Paul Rouwen about the first session of the international MH17 trial in Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands, on March 9, 2020. Netherlands Out / AFP / ANP / Remko D
Mom, son safe after 52 hours trapped in China hotel rubble 10 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
A man (C) is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on March 8, 2020. At least four people were killed following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, the
Lebanon records first novel coronavirus death: health ministry 10 Mar 2020 - 01:32 pm
Sanitary workers disinfect the entrance of the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut on March 10, 2020, amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Dutch king apologises for 'excessive violence' in colonial Indonesia 10 Mar 2020 - 01:25 pm
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 10: The Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima (R) visit the National Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 10, 2020. ( Anton Raharjo - Anadolu Agency )
WHO: More than 70% of COVID-19 Patients in China Have Recovered 10 Mar 2020 - 01:01 pm
People who have recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection leave Wuchan makeshift hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. / AFP / STR
China to ease travel curbs within locked-down province 10 Mar 2020 - 12:39 pm
A mask-clad passenger looks on from his seat as others (background) alight from their train at the railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020./ AFP / Noel Celis
Italy wakes up to deserted streets in unprecedented coronavirus lockdown 10 Mar 2020 - 12:10 pm
General view of the Rome's Spanish Steps, virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Two US lawmakers exposed to virus before meeting Trump 10 Mar 2020 - 11:29 am
US President Donald Trump (C) gestures during a tour of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as US Representative Doug Collins (2L) and US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar (L) look on in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 6, 2020./ AF
8 new coronavirus cases reported in Pakistan 10 Mar 2020 - 11:11 am
A boy wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, rides on a motorbike along with others in Rawalpindi on March 4, 2020. AFP / Farooq NAEEM
India's celebration of festival of colours muted amid coronavirus fears 10 Mar 2020 - 10:54 am
A reveller smeared in colour powder celebrates the Holi, the spring festival of colours, in Mumbai on March 10, 2020. / AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
First passengers leave virus-hit cruise ship at California port 10 Mar 2020 - 10:33 am
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 09: Passengers disembark from the Princess Cruises Grand Princess cruise as it sits docked in the Port of Oakland on March 09, 2020 in Oakland, California.Justin Sullivan/AFP
Passengers sue over coronavirus-hit Grand Princess cruise ship 10 Mar 2020 - 10:19 am
Tents begin to appear as workers tend to passengers disembarkingf from the Grand Princess cruise ship at the Port of Oakland in California on March 09, 2020. The cruise ship carrying thousands of people who were stranded for days due to a coronavirus outb
China's President Xi visits Wuhan as number of new coronavirus cases tumbles 10 Mar 2020 - 09:43 am
A general view shows an empty street in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan on March 10 for his first visit to the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic since the crisis erupted in January
The Philippines has just 2,000 virus testing kits and cases are rising 10 Mar 2020 - 09:14 am
Workers wear hazmat suits as they disinfect and sanitize as a precautionary measure against coronavirus at a public school in the City of San Juan in the Philippines on March 09, 2020. DANTE DIOSINA JR - Anadolu Agency
Singapore charges visitors for coronavirus treatment after imported Indonesian cases 10 Mar 2020 - 09:04 am
Passengers arriving from Batam, Indonesia, pass a temperature screening station at the Singapore Cruise Center, following the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Serie A, all sport in Italy halted because of coronavirus crisis 10 Mar 2020 - 08:51 am
Photographers take pictures of the empty Juventus stadium before the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan which will be played behind closed doors, in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Blockaded Gaza free of coronavirus, but stepping up precautions 09 Mar 2020 - 11:44 pm
A Palestinian worker wearing a mask sanitizes the hands of a customer amid coronavirus precautions, in a supermarket in Gaza City March 8, 2020. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
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