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Trump promises coronavirus briefings return, and says losing 'combative attitude' would be 'boring'

Donald Trump vowed Monday to bring back his widely-viewed coronavirus briefings, but said they will be limited to one or two a week instead of the daily briefings he held over the last two months.




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Coronavirus: Donald Trump 'MIGHT' wear mask on Arizona visit

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he 'might' wear a mask during his visit to an Arizona factory that expanded to make N95 masks in response to the coronavirus epidemic.




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Coronavirus US: Trump says 'nobody's been hit harder than me'

President Trump had a message for the families of the 70,000-plus Americans who are now dead from COVID-19.




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Coronavirus US: Trump BANS Fauci from testifying to the House

President Donald Trump said Tuesday his White House was blocking Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying before a key House subcommittee because Democrats are 'Trump-haters.'




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Coronavirus US: Trump says he wore face mask at Arizona factory

Trump claimed he did wear a mask behind the scenes when he visited a factory in Arizona that makes the face coverings, but asserted he was told he didn't need to don one during the plant tour. 




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Kayleigh McEnany calls demand for Fauci to testify on coronavirus in the House 'a publicity stunt'

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday a House Democratic effort to get Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify about the coronavirus was a 'publicity stunt.'




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Coronavirus: Nurse tells Trump she's used a N95 mask for weeks

One of the nurses President Trump was hosting in the Oval Office for National Nurses Day told him that she had been wearing the same N95 mask 'for a few weeks now.'




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Coronavirus Stimulus Bill: GOP rejects Trump payroll tax cut

Donald Trump's desire for a payroll tax cut in the next coronavirus stimulus bill is being rebuked by his own Party this week, indicating the measure won't make it into the next relief package.




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New press secretary Kayleigh McEnany ends briefing after getting asked about past coronavirus claim

New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended her February comment that 'we will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.'




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HHS Secretary Alex Azar says meat workers 'home and social conditions' caused spread of corona

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar dismissed concerns about the coronavirus at meat packing plants, saying workers were more likely to catch it at home or socially.




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Donald Trump marks National Day of Prayer during coronavirus crisis

President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and religious leaders at the National Day of Prayer focused their blessings on those suffering from the coronavirus.




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Donald Trump hails the return of sport as he talks up reopening the economy in amid the coronavirus

President Donald Trump said U.S. deaths due to coronavirus would be at 'lower level' of forecasts and floated the number of 110,000, as he cheered the reopening schedule of pro football and fighting.




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Coronavirus: Olympians react with fury to IOC's dithering over Tokyo 2020 postponement

Olympians past and present have expressed their dismay at the refusal to immediately cancel or postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games in a chorus of protest at the International Olympic Committee.




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Chinese coronavirus compared with global pandemics of past

PETER FRANKOPAN: The Wuhan outbreak may be just another tremor. But few should have any doubts. The problem about nightmares is that they are reflections of realities.




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Wuhan, China's coronavirus epicentre, has SARS and Ebola lab

The Wuhan National Laboratory opened in January 2018, with the highest safety rating and plans to study SARS and Ebola. A Nature article warned that some were concerned over its safety.




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British scientist, 42, races against time to invent a vaccine that will stop coronavirus deaths

Kate Broderick, 42, from Scotland, has been fighting infectious diseases for more than 20 years. She is working with colleagues at company Inovio, San Diego, to develop a vaccine.




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JANET STREET-PORTER: British people could die from coronavirus complacency 

At Heathrow, after arriving from Singapore on January 30th, I put my passport in the entry gate and was admitted to the UK. No questions, no medical checks. Within an hour I was home.




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How the killer coronavirus compares to SARS, swine flu and Ebola: Interactive map

The map tracks the lethal flu-like infection, which has killed more than 1,300 people and infected 60,000 - mostly in China - and pits it against SARS in 2003, swine flu in 2009 and Ebola in 2014.




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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How to beat coronavirus? Sing Happy Birthday as you wash your hands

You have to use soap and water, and you should wash your hands for about 20 seconds. One way to estimate this is to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday To You song, twice, says DR MOSLEY.




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California woman tells of husband diagnosed with coronavirus just a day after they were evacuated

Jeri Seratti-Goldman, of Santa Clarita, California, says her husband, Carl Goldman, was diagnosed with coronavirus after they were evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship in Japan.




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Nebraska doctors treat quarantined coronavirus patients with chicken soup and Tylenol

Doctors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where 13 Americans are quarantined for coronavirus, are providing patients with comforts such as chicken soup.




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Laboratory monkeys are infected with a lethal coronavirus in vaccine hunt

Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health tested an experimental antiviral drug, first created for Ebola, on 18 rhesus macaques.




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Animation: coronavirus spread faster than SARS, MERS or Ebola

A new animated video shows how 40 days into the coronavirus outbreak it infected more people than on the 40th day of the respective Ebola, swine flu, SARS and MERS outbreaks.




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Coronavirus 'could be 1,000 times more infectious than SARS, scientists warn

Researchers from Nankai University in Tianjin, northern China have discovered the way coronavirus binds to cells in the human body is akin to far more aggressive diseases like HIV.




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Mick Mulvaney dismisses coronavirus as being hyped to 'bring down' Donald Trump

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the media of working against President Trump on the coronavirus and predicted some U.S. schools would probably close amid the outbreak.




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Brian Tamaki says coronavirus outbreak is the work of SATAN and sign world strayed from God

Destiny Church Leader Brian Tamaki, who previously attacked Islam after the Christchurch shooting, made the comments during a congregation in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday.




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Rory Stewart suggests schools should be SHUT DOWN to tackle coronavirus

Ministers should close schools and public transport networks sooner rather than later if they are to slow the spread of coronavirus, London mayor candidate Rory Stewart has suggested.




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Coronavirus: Pre-existing medications tried around the world

Doctors and pharmaceutical firms around the world are scrambling to find a drug that can stop the deadly virus, which has now killed more than 8,200 people.




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Coronavirus: 10 countries commit to WHO's SOLIDARITY trial

The WHO announced its new 'SOLIDARITY trial' to compare the effects of different drugs on coronavirus. Eight countries have committed to the trial so far, but the US is not one of them.




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Coronavirus Italy: Man, 79, recovers after taking Ebola drug

The elderly man was given the drug remdesivir after being hospitalised on March 7 and has now recovered and been allowed to go home. The drug has also shown good results in the US.




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Coronavirus is spreading faster in America than it EVER did in China

On Thursday, 4,940 new cases were reported across the U.S., according to a DailyMail.com analysis of publicly available data. That is more daily new cases than China ever had.




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European coronavirus mega-trial will test four experimental drugs

The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg.




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How straight-talking Dr. Anthony Fauci earned nation's trust during coronavirus outbreak

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, has emerged as the most trusted public official during the coronavirus outbreak.




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Gorillas in Africa are 'put on lockdown' amid fears they will catch coronavirus 

The move has seen gorilla tourism in Africa suspended for present and the closure of sanctuaries for other apes - including orangutans, which are also endangered.




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Melinda Gates warns 'coronavirus is not a once in a lifetime pandemic'

Melinda Gates says the world will be permanently changed by the coronavirus. Gates said she believes it will take 18 months for a vaccine to become available.




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Coronavirus: Antiviral drug remdesivir performs well in trials

Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday that more than half of the 397 severely ill coronavirus patients it treated with the antiviral Ebola drug Remdesivir were discharged from hospitals.




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Japan's PM pushes country's Avigan drug as treatment for coronavirus despite no evidence it works

Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted the drug approved for use against COVID-19 by the end of the month despite conceding it had side effects which caused birth defects.




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Two MORE Ruby Princess passengers die from coronavirus

A 74-year-old woman in Newcastle and a 79-year-old man on the Northern Beaches died. Both people had been passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise.




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Australia's top doctor Brendan Murphy is slammed for making Ruby Princess coronavirus joke

Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy joked 'you're very lucky Ruby Princess unloaded in Sydney rather than in New Zealand' and nervously laughed during a briefing to Kiwi politicians.




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Health boss says eliminating coronavirus completely in Australia may never happen

While Professor Brendan Murphy remains committed towards getting transmissions down to as low as possible, he believes the ultimate goal of total elimination could be unachievable.




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Cluster of coronavirus cases that shut down quarter of Tasmania was caused by 'illegal dinner party'

Two hospitals in Burnie, northwest Tasmania, were closed on Monday amid a cluster of more than 60 COVID-19 cases, including about 45 staff, associated with the facilities.




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National Party leader Simon Bridges begs Jacinda Ardern to follow Australian approach to coronavirus

New Zealand is about to head into their fourth week of strict level four restrictions which only allows people to leave their homes for essential services and exercise.




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Millionairess encouraged to travel to 'Sanctuary New Zealand' until the coronavirus pandemic ends

Around 2,000 high net worth individuals and their families could be granted a resident visa if they bring $50million dollars to invest in job creation.




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Jacqui Lambie warns Tasmania's coronavirus crisis could 'get a lot worse' 

Five deaths and 81 infections are linked to a cluster on Tasmania's north west coast, forcing two hospitals to be shut down and more than 5,000 people including 1,200 hospital staff quarantined.




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All Blacks accept 50 per cent pay freeze due to coronavirus outbreak

After the coronavirus pandemic shut down global sport, New Zealand Rugby and the players' association agreed to put on hold £12mi, or 50 per cent of the year's remaining forecast spend.




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Jacinda Ardern to end New Zealand's coronavirus 'bonk ban' once level four restrictions are lifted

Barring an upswing of new COVID-19 cases in the new few days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will on Monday decide to lower New Zealand's lockdown from level four to level three.




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Piers Morgan says politicians should take pay cut during coronavirus like Jacinda Ardern

Politicians in the UK and Australia have doubled down on their refusal to reduce their pay packets since Ms Ardern said she and her top staff would slash their salaries by 20 per cent.




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New Zealand considers opening up its borders to Australia if coronavirus curve keeps flattening 

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said there is a 'serious possibility' that New Zealand could open borders to Australia sooner than the rest of the world If the rate of infection continues to drop.




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Jacinda Ardern is sued amid claims the New Zealand coronavirus lockdown is for political gain

Two applicants made multiple claims against New Zealand's Prime Minister at Auckland High Court on Thursday.




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Furious driver lashes out at police during coronavirus lockdown in New Zealand

The driver had been stopped by police in a suburban street in New Zealand last week. They claimed they were going to the supermarket but police didn't believe them.