MAJURO, 03 FEBRUARY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — With Majuro hospital wards overflowing with dengue fever patients, a U.S. volunteer medical team has arrived to bolster the hospital’s treatment programme. An AmeriCares medical team of one doctor and several nurses arrived earlier this week to work at Majuro hospital, with additional medical personnel from the U.S.-based […]
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Screenshot containing false information about Coronavirus posted on social media
A screenshot of a letter was posted to the public regarding updates of the 2019 nCoV(new coronavirus) from an anonymous user via Facebook on Thursday January 30th. In the letter, it mentioned that the status of the virus is very serious in China and that no antibiotics can cure this illness. It went on to […]
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Australia scientists claim first re-creation of coronavirus outside China
MELBOURNE, 30 JANUARY 2020 (REUTERS) — A team of scientists in Australia said on Wednesday they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness. The researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and […]
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Finance minister optimistic despite nCoV threat
Palau’s Minister of Finance Elbuchel Sadang is confident that Palau’s economy will weather out the impact of corona virus nCoV threat. The suspension of direct flights from China for the whole month of February, which is normally a high season for China’s tourism market, translates to about $142,000 loss in government revenue this February. “Taking […]
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Opposition MP calls on Government to ban travels to and from China
ALOFI, 30 JANUARY 2020 (BCN NEWS) — Niue Opposition MP Terry Coe is calling on government to ban travel of government employees to China and to put a hold on any Chinese workers expected to arrive to work on government projects. Terry Coe told BCN News that he is calling on the travel bans because […]
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Marshall Islands bans direct travel from China
MAJURO, 27 JANUARY 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC) —- In the midst of mounting global concern about a coronavirus that officials in China say has caused the deaths 15 more people, the Marshall Islands issued a travel advisory Friday night banning travellers coming directly from the People’s Republic of China, where the virus originated. “Any traveller with […]