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Mahathir urged public to comply with movement control order
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged the public to be disciplined and comply with the Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been extended until April 14. The former prime minister said, the directive was to ensure the safety
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COVID-19: First human trial of vaccine begins in US
UNITED STATES: Supported by a global coalition founded by India and Norway, US has begun the phase one clinical trial of an investigational vaccine designed, to protect against the coronavirus disease which has claimed the lives of over 7,000 people
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COVID-19: China’s industrial output shrink in two months
BEIJING: China’s industrial output contracted at the sharpest pace in 30 years, in the first two months of the year as the fast spreading coronavirus and strict containment measures severely disrupted the world’s second-largest economy, data showed today. Urban investment
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China: New coronavirus spreads more like flu than Sars
Scientists in China who studied nose and throat swabs from 18 patients infected with the new coronavirus say it behaves much more like influenza than other closely related viruses, suggesting it may spread even more easily than previously believed. In
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‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS, now at 811
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 yesterday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.
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Coronavirus set to overtake SARS, more than 700 now dead in China
BEIJING: The new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China is almost certain to become more deadly than SARS today as the death toll passed 700, health experts warned of mask shortages and more cases were confirmed on a quarantined Japanese cruise
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Malaysia more proactive in containing coronavirus infections compared to SARS in 2002
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been more prepared and proactive, and has also acted faster in containing the novel coronavirus compared to previous times when faced with dangerous infections such as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the Nipah virus and Ebola.
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