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The cases, which were not linked to recent travel or to other confirmed cases, raised the specter of the virus spreading locally from person to person.
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Manufacturing activity in February plunges faster than during 2008 financial crisis
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 Canada's province of Ontario confirmed its eighth case of the COVID-19 disease caused by the newly-identified coronavirus in its capital city of Toronto, health officials said late on Friday.
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A senior Russian official on Saturday called on citizens of the country to refrain from non-essential travel abroad over fears about the growing number of coronavirus cases internationally.
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The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks, gloves, gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus, the Trump administration said, as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California on Friday.
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The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had planned to host on March 14 due to worries about the coronavirus outbreak, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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US shares slide as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors.
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Silicon Valley contagion fears rise as infection detected in Santa Clara county
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The coronavirus spread further on Friday, with cases reported for the first time in at least six countries across four continents, battering markets and leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its impact risk alert to "very high."
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The risk of COVID-19 to the general public remains low, but health officials urged people to start planning in the event the virus has sustained community spreading.
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The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had planned to host on March 14 due to worries about the coronavirus outbreak, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Activists are struggling to keep up as pet owners fall ill, are quarantined or abandon their animals.
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A representative for CBS called it a "precautionary measure."
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Financial markets have suffered historic losses and major companies have cancelled or withdrawn from key events and restricted travel for employees due to coronavirus fears.
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The tally by BBC Persian is six times higher than the health ministry's official death toll of 34.
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American companies are curbing travel and pulling out of big events as they try to limit their employees' exposure to the growing outbreak
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