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Coronavirus epidemic keeps world oil prices down

Since the beginning of the year, the global "black gold" market has entered a phase of rapid decline: while early in January a Brent barrel cost almost $70, by the end of the month it was already …

	WHO impressed by Chinese response to coronavirus outbreak

• 20.02.2020 13:07

  Scientists debunk rumors of unnatural coronavirus origin

  Medical experts from Germany, the Netherlands, the US and other nations debunked rumors of unnatural origin of the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to Xinhua report citing The Lancet journal. "We …

• 20.02.2020 10:43

  Two passengers of Diamond Princess cruise ship die after contracting novel coronavirus

  Two Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers, earlier diagnosed with the novel coronavrius, have died, Japan’s public television reported on Thursday. According to the governmental source, the …

• 20.02.2020 10:35

  Novel coronavirus death toll in China reaches 2,118

  The death toll from the novel coronavirus in China has reached 2,118 people, China’s national health commission said on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases topped 74,500, a total of 16,100 …

• 19.02.2020 15:18

  Chinese people with service and business visas allowed entry to Russia

  Chinese nationals are not barred from receiving service, business, humanitarian and transit visas, and their owners are not barred from entering Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement …

• 19.02.2020 10:24

  China’s coronavirus recoveries outnumber infections in past 24 hours for first time

  The number of people recovered from the novel coronavirus in China has exceeded cases of infections for the first time in the past 24 hours, China’s Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday citing …

• 18.02.2020 17:39

  Second Russian hospitalized over coronavirus concerns aboard Diamond Princess

  The Japanese government has confirmed that only one Russian national is infected with coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, the Russian Embassy in Tokyo informed on Tuesday. "The Japanese …

• 18.02.2020 13:22

  Japanese first responder working aboard the Diamond Princess diagnosed with coronavirus

  Three new coronavirus cases have been registered in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture, the Wakayama administration said Tuesday. According to the statement, one of the infected is a first responder …

• 18.02.2020 10:42

  Coronavirus outbreak in China to peak this month

  The novel coronavirus outbreak in China is expected to peak in late February, Zeng Yixin, vice minister of China's National Health Commission, said on Tuesday, adding that the epidemiological …

• 17.02.2020 17:15

  Coronavirus-infected Russian national did not request evacuation from Japan

  The Russian Embassy in Tokyo did not receive an evacuation request from the Russian national stranded on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship, diagnosed earlier with the COVID-19 coronavirus. "There were …

• 17.02.2020 10:24

  Coronavirus death toll in China’s Hubei rises to 1,696, while 6,639 people recovered

  The number of people who contracted the novel coronavirus in central China’s Hubei Province over the whole outbreak period has now exceeded 58,100 people, with 1,696 of them dead and 6,639 …