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China virus death toll now at 80, more than 2,700 cases confirmed

China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly outbreak of Coronavirus jumped to 80 as the hard-hit province of Hubei announced 24 new fatalities, as it expanded measures to keep people at home during what is usually the country's biggest holiday season. Total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744, officials said. While there were no new deaths confirmed outside Hubei, the national tally of verified infections […]

27 January 2020

International News

China increases measures against coronavirus

China is ramping up containment measures as the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed 56 people and infected at least 1,975 more in the country accelerates. More than 56 million people in almost 20 cities are affected by travel restrictions, which have been introduced amid fears the transmission rate will balloon as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel for the Lunar New Year celebrations. Health authorities around the […]

26 January 2020

International News

Death toll from new coronavirus rises to 41 in China

China has stepped up its response to a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 41 people and infected at least 1,287 in the mainland, ordering nationwide measures to detect the virus at transport terminals. Beijing has also expanded travel restrictions, affecting the movement of 56 million people in more than a dozen cities, amid fears that the transmission rate will accelerate as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel for the […]

25 January 2020

Local

South Africans urged to avoid travelling to China’s Wuhan city

The Embassy of China in Pretoria on Friday urged South Africans to avoid travelling to China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the current coronavirus epidemic which has so far killed at least 26 people. “Friends from South Africa are requested not to go to Wuhan for the time being, and South African friends in Wuhan now should not leave the city or return to SA at this moment,” […]

25 January 2020

News

NCID assures SA’s of contingency plans after deadly Coronna virus outbreak in China

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has assured South Africans that there are contingency plans in place to combat the possibility of the deadly Coronna virus spreading to the country. The Division of the National Health Laboratory Service issued a statement on Thursday, after the virus spread from China to the United states through a traveler on Wednesday. The patient is understood to be in isolation at a Washington […]

23 January 2020

International News

China virus outbreak spooks global markets as fourth death reported

China reported a fourth death from a new coronavirus on Tuesday as the number of cases continued to rise, sending jitters through Asian markets as hundreds of millions of Chinese prepared to travel for the Lunar New Year holiday. Health authorities around the world stepped up screening and the World Health Organization called an meeting on Wednesday to consider declaring an international health emergency, as China confirmed the virus spread […]

21 January 2020

Local

Brics leaders agree to more citizen co-operation in areas other than economics

The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA — the five Brics nations — have agreed to a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin that co-operation be extended at people-to-people level to promote co-operation and make the community more inclusive. In a closed session between the presidents‚ Putin proposed that Brics should not just be a meeting of leaders but include the citizens of the five nations. In an […]

26 July 2018

Local

10th annual Brics summit kicks off

Leaders of the Brics emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- will gather in Johannesburg on Wednesday for a three-day meeting focused on the threat of a US-led global trade war. China's President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Michel Temer will attend the annual summit, along with several African leaders invited as guests. Xi held talks with […]

25 July 2018

International News

Trump threatens tariffs on all $500 billion of Chinese imports

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was ready to impose tariffs on all $500 billion of imported goods from China, threatening to escalate a clash over trade policy that has unnerved financial markets. “We’re down a tremendous amount,” Trump said in an interview about trade imbalances with China on CNBC television broadcast on Friday. “I’m ready to go to 500.” His comments worried investors already grappling with the […]

21 July 2018

China

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