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Coronavirus: Czech Republic bars citizens from 15 nations

Friday, 13 March 2020, 13:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Czech citizens coming home from 15 countries that are considered risky due to the virus outbreak will have to stay under quarantine for two weeks. The announcement Friday by the Czech...

Updated: EU urges border health checks as virus case count mounts

Friday, 13 March 2020, 11:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

European Union interior ministers on Friday were trying to coordinate their response to the novel coronavirus as cases spread throughout the 27-nation bloc and countries took individual measures to...

Impact of pandemic stretches from schools to world's leaders

Friday, 13 March 2020, 07:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Schools shut down across much of Europe. Gatherings were canceled or banned from California to Germany. And the coronavirus reached directly into the world’s centers of power Thursday, with...

Where next for F1? Australia race cancelled, Bahrain in doubt

Friday, 13 March 2020, 07:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The curtain-raiser has been canceled. The second and third events are in doubt and the fourth has already been postponed. The Formula One series — the ”big circus" as six-time world...

Champions League games postponed as virus hits world football

Thursday, 12 March 2020, 19:07 Last update: about 8 years ago

The deepening virus outbreak prompted the cancellation of Champions League soccer for the first time Thursday, with the high-profile match between Manchester City and Real Madrid one of two to be...

AP source: UEFA to decide if it will postpone Euros a year

Thursday, 12 March 2020, 17:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

UEFA is nearing a decision to postpone the European Championship by a year to 2021 as the continent grapples with the outbreak of the coronavirus, a person with knowledge of the situation told The...

Most Coronavirus patients recover; but anxiety, fear loom

Thursday, 12 March 2020, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe. The...

Isolation increases as leaders warn viral pandemic will worsen

Thursday, 12 March 2020, 09:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

People around the world became increasingly closed off from one another Thursday as sweeping travel bans accelerated, walling regions apart as a viral pandemic unfolds and financial markets...

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