22-02-2020 08:56
China could start clinical trials for a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus around late April, an official said on Friday (Feb 21).
22-02-2020 08:47
North Korea's self-imposed isolation in the face of the coronavirus epidemic raging in neighbouring China is its only method of protection from an outbreak that would wreak havoc given its crumbling health system, analysts say.
21-02-2020 10:42
China on Thursday (Feb 20) touted a big drop in new virus infections as proof its epidemic control efforts are working, but the toll grew abroad with deaths in Japan and South Korea.
21-02-2020 09:21
China's efforts to control the deadly outbreak of a new coronavirus "are working", Beijing's top diplomat said Thursday (Feb 20), attributing an easing in new cases to his country's "forceful action" against the illness.
20-02-2020 21:59
A special meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) and a special conference of ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers on cooperation in responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took place in Vientiane, Laos, on February 20.
20-02-2020 15:00
In the first days after opening the main border gate Tan Thanh (Lang Son province), 300 tonnes of agricultural products in 11 containers have been exported after a month of forced halt due to COVID-19.
20-02-2020 08:00
In the best-case scenario, the economic hit from the epidemic in China will be short-lived, but it comes as the global economy remains fragile, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday (Feb 19).
19-02-2020 15:45
Hong Kong recorded its second death caused by the new coronavirus on Wednesday (Feb 19).
19-02-2020 09:12
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may need to wear plastic raincoats as the coronavirus outbreak threatens production of protective suits in China, the operator warned on Tuesday (Feb 18).
19-02-2020 09:04
The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 2,000 on Wednesday (Feb 19) after 136 more people died, with the number of new cases falling for a second straight day, according to the National Health Commission.
18-02-2020 16:35
Two more COVID-19 patients, both from the northern province of Vinh Phuc, were discharged from the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on February 18 morning after making a full recovery.
18-02-2020 10:00
French fashion house Chanel said on Monday (Feb 17) it was postponing a show set for May in Beijing following an outbreak of a new coronavirus that has infected some 70,000 people across China.
18-02-2020 09:36
The toll from China's coronavirus epidemic jumped to 1,868 on Tuesday (Feb 18) after 98 more people died, according to the National Health Commission.
18-02-2020 09:16
Organisers of China's biggest car show announced Monday (Feb 17) the event was the latest to be postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
17-02-2020 11:43
In 2019, China ranked as Vietnam's second-largest foreign market with $41.41 billion, just behind the United States. However, the epidemic outbreak in China has had a great impact on trade between the two countries, as well as tourism and aviation.