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Pakistani Students In Wuhan Say Pakistan Won't Evacuate Them For Political Reasons

8:04am February 16, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

Hundreds of Pakistani students have been stuck for weeks in Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic. They say Pakistan is refusing to evacuate them as not to embarrass its powerful ally, China.

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On Feb. 4, beds were installed in the Wuhan Keting Exhibition Center. With 2,000 beds planned, the center will accommodate patients with mild cases of COVID-19.

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Epicenter Of The Coronavirus Outbreak

5:43pm February 15, 2020

A photojournalist in Wuhan, China, portrays a city under quarantine in the midst of COVID-19.

Trash from an informal dump in far northern Pakistan is frequently incinerated, sending up plumes of foul-smelling smoke right near a glacial lake frequented by tourists.

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Why Pakistanis In The Otherworldly Highlands Aren't Happy To See Pakistani Tourists

12:13pm February 15, 2020

In the far northern region of snow-capped peaks, glaciers, rivers and orchards, domestic visitors are earning a bad reputation.

A bus departs from the dock where the Diamond Princess cruise ship sits under quarantine with its thousands of passengers and crew. Japanese authorities said Friday that some older passengers who tested negative for the coronavirus were allowed to disemba

More Than 1,700 Health Workers In China Have Been Infected With New Coronavirus

5:54pm February 14, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Chinese officials also said that six health workers have died from the disease now known as COVID-19. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases worldwide rose to more than 64,000.

A passenger (right) is hugged by Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen after she disembarked from the MS Westerdam at the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Friday.

Cruise Ship Passengers Disembark After Being Stranded At Sea Over Virus Fears

5:14pm February 14, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The MS Westerdam, with nearly 1,500 passengers aboard, was rebuffed by Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Guam before ultimately being allowed to dock at the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville.

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Coronavirus Is Shuttering Chinese Factories — And Affecting Global Manufacturing

4:52pm February 14, 2020

by Emily Feng

Efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus have shut down factories across China, part of a vast supply chain the world's economies rely upon. The economic impact is global.

China's Leadership Faces Growing Political Crisis Over Its Handling of Coronavirus

4:36pm February 14, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Minxin Pei, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, about the political crisis that China's leadership faces as coronavirus continues to spread.

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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka last June. The two leaders spoke by phone earlier this month. Since the coronavirus outbreak, China has let in some experts from the Wo

For U.S. And China, Coronavirus Adds Pressure To Relationship Already Under Strain

4:18pm February 14, 2020

by Jackie Northam

"Right now, the U.S.-China relationship is suffering from a deep deficit of trust," says Evan Medeiros, a former National Security Council chief adviser for Asia.

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U.S. Marines stand guard during the change of command ceremony at Shorab military camp in Afghanistan's Helmand province in January 2018.

U.S. Reaches 'Reduction In Violence' Deal With Taliban In Afghanistan

3:41pm February 14, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The step is meant to serve as an initial confidence-building measure and would last for seven days. A more-formal agreement could be signed in the coming weeks.

A doctor wearing a face mask looks at a CT image of a lung of a patient at a hospital in Wuhan, China.

How COVID-19 Kills: The New Coronavirus Disease Can Take A Deadly Turn

1:07pm February 14, 2020

by Maria Godoy

Most cases of the illness are characterized as mild, with symptoms similar to those of a common cold or the flu. But there have been over 1,300 deaths.