Anyone entering the White House will have their temperature taken, an official said Sunday, tightening preventive measures against the coronavirus one day after US President Donald Trump tested negative.
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US Navy reports first suspected virus case on ship
The US Navy reported its first suspected case of the new coronavirus aboard a ship, saying a sailor had tested positive for the disease but the result needed to be confirmed by health authorities.
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France says coronavirus situation ‘deteriorating very fast’
The coronavirus outbreak in France is “very worrying” and “deteriorating very fast”, the head of the country’s health service said Monday.
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Virus checkpoint queues stretch kilometres in Manila
Vehicles entering the Philippine capital were stuck in kilometre-long queues Monday at checkpoints enforcing a quarantine aimed at curbing the nation’s rising coronavirus cases.
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Bahrain records first coronavirus death in GCC
A Bahraini woman has died from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Monday, marking the first death from the disease among Gulf Co-operation Council states.
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Germany imposes border controls with five countries in virus fightback
Germany on Monday introduced border controls with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in a bid to stem the coronavirus outbreak.
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Israel takes step toward monitoring phones of virus patients
Israel has long been known for its use of technology to track the movements of Palestinian militants. Now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to use similar technology to stop the movement of the coronavirus.
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Asia urges vigilance to maintain hard-won infection drops
Millions of people began holing up at home, stocking up on supplies and keeping a wary eye on how close they get to friends and neighbors as fear of the coronavirus spread to more places around the world Monday.
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Italy’s Conte warns of ‘riskiest weeks’, urges EU unity
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Monday that his country was entering “the riskiest weeks” and urged a coordinated European response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Chinese case study suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
Finally, some good news has emerged about the novel coronavirus that has spread to about 50 countries across the world. Chinese professors report in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics that it doesn’t appear that the viral infection is transmittable from pregnant mothers to newborns at birth.
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