Fewer new infections, more cured
[2020-February-12]
The number of new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia on the Chinese mainland outside Hubei province, the heart of the epidemic, has been decreasing for seven consecutive days, the National Health Commission said, adding that more patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals due to improved treatment.
WHO gives official name for novel coronavirus
[2020-February-12]
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday gave the official name for the latest novel coronavirus as being Covid-19, which stands for coronavirus disease starting in 2019.
Xi vows to win people's war against novel coronavirus
[2020-February-11]
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday stressed resolutely winning the people's war against pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus.
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Novel coronavirus not a type of SARS, experts say
[2020-February-11]
Experts debunked the claim that the novel coronavirus is a type of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, which has caused unnecessary panic on Chinese social media.
In pics: temporary hospital in Wuhan
[2020-February-11]
In face of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, Wuhan authorities have transformed public venues such as exhibition centers and gymnasiums into temporary hospitals. The hospitals have a large capacity of treating patients with mild symptoms and play an important role in isolating the source of infection and cutting off the routes of infection during epidemic prevention. The first batch of patients was hospitalized on Feb. 5.
Coronavirus latent period up to three weeks, 'super-spreaders' possible
[2020-February-11]
The incubation period of the novel coronavirus can be as long as 24 days, and the existence of super-spreaders can't be ruled out according to a study led by Zhong Nanshan, leader of the high-level expert group created by the National Health Commission to fight the virus.
World leaders support nation's anti-virus fight
[2020-February-10]
World leaders have continued voicing support for China's fight against NCP, novel coronavirus pneumonia, as the country continues its all-out efforts to curb the spread of contagion.
New coronavirus cases outside Hubei fall by over 42 percent in six days
[2020-February-10]
The rate of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus outside of Hubei Province has decreased in the last few days, said Mi Feng a spokesperson for the China's National Health Commission (NHC) at a regular press briefing on Sunday.
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Novel coronavirus vaccine: Animal tests started
[2020-February-10]
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, scientists from various pharmaceutical companies and other institutions have tried to create a vaccine to stop its spread. Recently, a Shanghai company produced samples of a new vaccine which has just been tested on animals.
First group of critically ill patients arrives at new Wuhan field hospital
[2020-February-10]
Huoshenshan Hospital, an emergency field hospital built in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, to treat novel coronavirus pneumonia, received its first group of critically infected patients on Sunday.
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