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2 patients in Russia with COVID-19 have fully recovered

February 12, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Two Chinese nationals hospitalized with COVID-19 in Russia last month have fully recovered from the disease and were discharged from hospitals this week, officials said.A tourist from China hospitalized in the Zabaykalye region in eastern...

China’s Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARS

By JOE McDONALD | February 12, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn’t under control and cancel this year’s highest-profile official event. Or bring 3,000 legislators to Beijing next month and risk...

CDC cites label error in mixup involving coronavirus patient

By AMY TAXIN, JOHN ANTCZAK, and ELLIOT SPAGAT | February 12, 2020

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A labeling error caused a woman infected with the novel coronavirus to be mistakenly released from a hospital but the oversight was noticed as she was returning to a San Diego military base where more than 200 evacuees from China are...

Asian shares rise despite worries about virus outbreak

By YURI KAGEYAMA | February 11, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments.Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% in morning trading to 23,813.14. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.6% to 7,094.00....

China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000

By JOE McDONALD | February 11, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The daily death toll in China from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total fatalities above 1,000 Tuesday as the World Health Organization announced a new name for the disease caused by the virus.Despite the official...

China’s virus crisis hits global flows of letters, parcels

By JOHN LEICESTER | February 11, 2020

PARIS (AP) — Postal operators in the United States, China and elsewhere say the suspension of flights to slow the spread of a deadly new virus is having a major impact on global flows of letters and parcels.In a note seen by The Associated Press, the...

Businesses struggle to fix supply chains disrupted by virus

By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, and DAVID KOENIG | February 11, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-biggest economy after weeks of paralysis.As the death toll from the newly named COVID-19 illness...

Global experts study promising drugs, vaccines for new virus

By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG | February 11, 2020

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization convened outside experts Tuesday to try to speed the development of tests, treatments and vaccines against the new coronavirus, as doctors on the front lines experiment on patients with various drugs in hopes...

WHO chief ‘very encouraged’ by dip in Congo Ebola cases

By KRISTA LARSON | February 11, 2020

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that experts are "very encouraged” after only three new cases of Ebola have been reported in the past week in eastern Congo, a sign that the world's second deadliest Ebola...

New name for disease caused by virus outbreak: COVID-19

February 11, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The disease caused by a new virus that emerged late last year in China and has since sickened tens of thousands of people now has an official name: COVID-19.At a press briefing on Tuesday, the World Health Organization said it had decided...

Elbow bumps and bows: Singapore air show opens despite virus

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | February 11, 2020

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore's air show took off Tuesday with the usual ribbon cutting and displays of aerial prowess, as many industry insiders shrugged off concerns over the virus outbreak that has decimated the regional travel industry.Some visitors...

UK man linked to virus spread thanks doctors for recovery

By DANICA KIRKA | February 11, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A businessman from England who contracted the new virus from China and may have spread it through his wide travels thanked Britain's National Health Service after he recovered.Steve Walsh issued a statement Tuesday after being the focus...