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U.S. holds off urging face-mask use but virus fears fan sellout 28 Feb 2020 - 02:43 pm
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 26: Amidst fears of a growing Coronoavirus pandemic, signs for sold out facemasks are posted in a Manhattan pharmacy on February 26, 2020 in New York City. Scott Heins/AFP
Pakistan halts Iran flights over coronavirus 28 Feb 2020 - 02:32 pm
Pakistani soldiers wearing facemasks stand guard at the closed Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on February 25, 2020 as fears over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus escalate following an outbreak in neighbouring Iran. / AFP / Banaras KHAN
German states report total of 20 new coronavirus cases 28 Feb 2020 - 01:13 pm
The members of the coronavirus crisis management group
Nigeria confirms coronavirus case, first in sub-Saharan Africa 28 Feb 2020 - 01:01 pm
A view of the central business district is seen from a rooftop in Lagos, Nigeria, February 10, 2016. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
Japan school closure plan stuns parents, officials 28 Feb 2020 - 12:55 pm
Elementary school students walk toward their school in Tokyo, Japan, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
EasyJet to cancel flights as coronavirus hits demand 28 Feb 2020 - 12:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: EasyJet planes pictured at Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Mongolian president placed under quarantine after returning from China - state media 28 Feb 2020 - 12:34 pm
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California monitoring 8,400 people for possible coronavirus 28 Feb 2020 - 12:20 pm
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: A video monitor inside the Medical Health and Coordination Center at the California Department of Public Health shows the number of Coronavirus COVID-19 cases around the world on February 27, 2020 in Sacramento, Calif
Oman confirms sixth coronavirus case 28 Feb 2020 - 12:07 pm
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South Korea coronavirus cases surge to 2,337; BTS cancel gigs 28 Feb 2020 - 12:00 pm
People wearing masks after the coronavirus outbreak wait in a line to buy masks as it rains in front of a department store in Seoul, South Korea, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Indian police arrest over 500 for Delhi sectarian violence 28 Feb 2020 - 11:06 am
Student members of the Campus Front of India stage a protest in front of the Karnataka Governor's house, also known as the Raj Bhavan, in Bangalore on February 27, 2020. / AFP / Manjunath KIRAN
Canada to end security assistance for Prince Harry, Meghan 27 Feb 2020 - 05:29 pm
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watch a performance by a Welsh choir in the banqueting hall during a visit to Cardiff Castle, Britain, January 18, 2018. Reuters / Ben Birchall
Iran coronavirus deaths jump to 26; vice president, top officials infected 27 Feb 2020 - 05:28 pm
In this file photo taken on January 29, 2019, Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, Massoumeh Ebtekar, speaks to reporters during a press conference in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran. AFP / Atta Kenare
Germany eyes tax breaks to counter coronavirus impact 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
A sign of the village of Gangelt is seen near Heinsberg, western Germany, on February 27, 2020. AFP / Ina Fassbender
Spain probes first local coronavirus transmissions 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
Children run along the beach as people look over the sea into the haze created by a sand storm known locally as La Calima in Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands Spain, February 23, 2020. Reuters / Russell Boyce
Battle rages over strategic Syrian town of Saraqeb as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter fires a truck-mounted gun toward the town of Saraqeb from the outskits of the villages of Afis and Salihiyah situated near the regime-controlled town, in the eastern part of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria, on Febru
Islanders who suffered 1940s war atrocities on Guam get paid 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
Photo of Agana taken before World War II.
Shiv Vihar schools were first targets of Delhi rioters 27 Feb 2020 - 03:38 pm
A man is seen through a hole on a classroom wall after the school building was attacked by a mob in a riot affected area following clashes between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/R
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