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Economic Times | 14 Feb, 2020 | 11.34AM IST
Coronavirus Live Updates: Toll revised downward after deaths double-counted
The National Health Commission removed 108 deaths after discovering "duplicate statistics" in hard-hit central Hubei province.
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China’s state-owned medical products maker, China National Biotec, is collecting plasma from the blood of patients who have recovered from the virus after discovering its efficacy in helping those critically ill from the infection.
Hubei province reported 4,823 additional coronavirus cases, confirming that the nearly 15,000 reported a day earlier was a one-off situation due to a new method for counting infections.
US says it's ready to help North Korea combat virus
North Korea has yet to report a case of the new virus, but state media reports have hinted that an uncertain number of people have been quarantined after showing symptoms. Experts say an epidemic in North Korea could be dire because of its chronic lack of medical supplies and poor health care infrastructure.
121 new fatalities were reported mostly from the worst-affected Hubei province while the confirmed cases of infection jumped to nearly 65,000
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Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,574.69 per ounce as of 0427 GMT, having touched its highest since Feb. 4 at $1,577.89 earlier in the session.
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70 airlines have canceled all international flights in and out of China and 50 others have reduced their operations. Preliminary estimates show this has meant a reduction of nearly 20 million passengers compared to expectations for the first quarter of 2020.
Yuan eases as investors weigh virus impact, but set for small gain on week
China's yuan inched lower against the dollar on Friday, reflecting slight strength in the greenback overseas and continued investor worries over the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic.
Concerns over sharp rises in the number of new virus cases led investors to seek out U.S. assets, pushing the global dollar index, to a four-month high at one point.
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