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Beijing residents, wearing face masks, walk past a residential building -- the new-coronavirus death toll exceeds that of the 774 killed worldwide by SARS (AFP PHOTO)
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10 February 2020
China virus deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll
A handout photo made available by Changi Airport shows a staff member screening the body temperatures of arriving passengers at the Changi Airport in Singapore, 22 January 2020. Photo EPA/ Changi Airport
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24 January 2020
Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus
Singapore Thursday confirmed its first case of the new SARS-like virus which has killed...
Taiwan's Center for Disease Control has stepped up monitoring of incoming passengers (AFP/File / Chen Chi-chuan)
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22 January 2020
Taiwan reports first case of new SARS-like virus
Taiwan on Tuesday reported its first confirmed case of the new SARS-like coronavirus as...
The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city of Wuhan is thought to be ground zero for the mystery virus that has now claimed two lives (AFP/File / NOEL CELIS)
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17 January 2020
Second person dies from mystery virus in China:...
A second person has died in China from a mystery virus that has stricken dozens and...
The infection was first confirmed on December 31, 2019 in Wuhan, a central Chinese city with a population of over 11 million (AFP/File / STR)
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10 January 2020
China believes new virus behind mystery pneumonia...
China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new...
SARS killed 349 people in mainland China and another 299 in Hong Kong in 2003 (AFP Photo/PHILIPPE LOPEZ)
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01 January 2020
China probes mystery pneumonia outbreak amid SARS...
Authorities are investigating an outbreak of viral pneumonia in central China amid online...