China revised its official coronavirus death toll in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the outbreak, by around 50 percent on Friday, citing new statistical evidence that has emerged as the city begins …
China says its economy shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter as the country battled coronavirus
China reported that its first quarter GDP contracted by 6.8% in 2020 from a year ago as the coronavirus outbreak seriously impacted the world’s second largest economy.
South Korea surges 3%; China reports first-quarter GDP drop on coronavirus impact
GDP shrank 6.8% in 2020 as compared to a year ago, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, its first quarterly decline since 1992.
China’s economy shrinks almost 7%; Wuhan revises up deaths
China’s economy shrank by 6.8 percent in the first three months of the year, its first quarterly contraction on record, the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported on Friday.
China Says Sudden Jump in Wuhan Coronavirus Death Toll Is Due to Statistical Verification, Not Cover Up
Wuhan city—where the COVID-19 coronavirus originated before spreading across the world to become a pandemic—revised its death toll up 50 percent on Friday, according to the state-run CCTV news channel …
China Raises Wuhan Death Toll by 50 Percent: Live Updates
Germany’s national health institute says the country’s average rate of new coronavirus infections had dropped significantly. Israel begins mapping out a controlled lifting of restrictions.
China Records First Ever Contraction in Quarterly GDP on Coronavirus
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the first three months of 2020 compared with a year earlier, the first such contraction since Beijing began reporting quarterly gross domestic product in 1992.
Crucial coronavirus antibody tests destined for New York City caught in red tape in China
The first 100,000ntibody tests authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and headed to New York City could have been deployed days ago, but they’ve been stuck in red-tape limbo in China, …
Mongolia reports 373 negative tests for COVID-19
ULAN BATOR, April 17 (Xinhua) — Mongolia conducted 373 tests for COVID-19 on Thursday and the results were all negative, according to the country’s National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD). “A …
Coronavirus live updates: Singapore reports new record high of 728 cases
Most of Singapore’s new cases were foreign workers who are housed in dormitories, at which several infection clusters have been found.