World-class ski areas in western Austria’s Tyrol province are to close down Sunday to fight the spread of the new coronavirus, regional officials said Thursday.
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Sudan suspended flights and closed its land border with Egypt on Thursday, in efforts to prevent the arrival of the new coronavirus pandemic, a government statement said.
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Slovakia and the Czech Republic on Thursday said they were closing borders to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, while Latvia and Lithuania closed schools and banned mass gatherings.
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The number of people infected with the new coronavirus has topped 130,000 globally, including 4,900 deaths in 116 countries and territories, according to an AFP tally at 1800 GMT on Thursday.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can induce asthma, by first attacking the protective tissue barrier deep in the lungs.
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An elderly patient died in Norway after becoming infected with the coronavirus, local authorities said on Thursday.
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The physician for the United States Congress expects between 70 to 150 million people in the country to eventually get infected with the novel coronavirus, a lawmaker said Thursday.
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It was a routine game of schoolyard tag—except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran around and tagged one another, but instead of being “it,” they “caught” the virus.
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The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and eliminating live audiences from television shows until it’s safe to welcome crowds back.
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This was the week the coronavirus hit the U.S. in general and Washington, D.C., in particular in a big way.
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