Saturday, 1 February 2020

'I've never felt so alive'

Alex Smith has a muscle-wasting condition which means he uses a wheelchair. So how did he take to skiing?

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More Britons to be evacuated from Wuhan, China on Sunday: Liverpool Echo

Britain will evacuate more citizens from the center of the new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, on Sunday, according to a message sent to staff at the hospital in northwest England where the first 83 evacuees are being quarantined.


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U.S. confirms its eighth case of coronavirus; Pentagon to provide quarantine housing

U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fast-spreading new coronavirus in the United States and the Pentagon said it would provide housing for people arriving from overseas who might need to be quarantined.


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China's Hubei province reports rise in coronavirus deaths to 294

The number of deaths in China's central Hubei province from the new coronavirus outbreak had risen by 45 to 294 as of the end of Feb. 1, Chinese state television reported on Sunday.


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Thailand to evacuate nationals from China virus centre 'in matter of days': government

The evacuation of Thai nationals from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China could take place "in a matter of days", Thailand's government said on Saturday.


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Coronavirus: US bars foreigners who recently visited China

US citizens returning from Hubei province, where the coronavirus outbreak began, face quarantine.

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Friday, 31 January 2020

Apple to shut down all official stores in Chinese mainland due to virus outbreak

Apple Inc on Saturday said it has decided to shut down all of its official stores in mainland China until Feb 9., as fears over the coronavirus outbreak mounted and the death toll more than doubled to over 250 from a week ago.


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