Virus Outbreak

• Medieval Europe’s plague required a similar economic action plan

  Society eventually recovered from the Black Death of 1347-51. But medieval historian Kriston Rennie says 'business-as-usual' in the aftermath as the threat of plague remained.

  Commentary

  May 10, 2020
  
• COVID-19 spreads to more countries as China sees cases drop to lowest level in weeks

  “Containment is feasible and must remain the top priority for all countries,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2020
  
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• Australia says ‘no longer possible’ to stop COVID-19 spread from overseas

  Australia, one of the first countries to put restrictions on its borders in a bid to limit the spread of the virus, confirmed its first death from the disease on Sunday.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2020
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• Countries around the world step up their response to COVID-19 as cases rise daily

  COVID-19’s global creep had some countries warning people to obey containment measures.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2020
• Japanese tourist tested positive for novel coronavirus after visiting Hawaii

  Hawaii officials were notified through the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2020
• Toronto’s Humber River Hospital, opened in 2015, was designed with viral epidemic in mind

  Humber River Hospital, which opened in 2015, was built after the SARS epidemic, and the viral outbreak had a major impact on the way the hospital was designed.

  Health

  Feb 5, 2020
• WHO to meet again to determine whether new coronavirus is an international emergency

  The World Health Organization will meet again to decide whether the new coronavirus constitutes an international public health emergency.

  Health

  Jan 29, 2020
• Chinese county offers reward for information on people from coronavirus-hit Wuhan

  A county in China is offering money to tipsters who identify people who might have come from Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2020
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• Quarantining a Canadian city over coronavirus would be illegal: experts

  Wuhan in China and the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou -- home to a total of 18 million people -- were locked down on Thursday in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
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• What are coronavirus symptoms? In mild cases, just like the common cold

  The mysterious lung virus is part of a large family of coronaviruses with a wide range of severity.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2020