All posts tagged "China"

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    S. Korean MERS patient in China ‘still in serious condition’

    HONG KONG/BEIJING, June 5 (Yonhap) — A South Korean MERS patient in China is “still in serious condition,” China’s state media reported Friday, urging Seoul to provide more information of the outbreak. The 44-year-old Korean man flew...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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    UN says China to make pledge for climate treaty this month

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top adviser on climate change says China is expected this month to formally submit its pledge for a global climate treaty that countries are seeking to finalize by December. U.N....

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • South Korean police officers wear masks as a precaution against MERS virus in downtown Seoul, South Korea Thursday, June 4, 2015. Sales of surgical masks surge amid fears of a deadly, poorly understood virus. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS, which stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade - SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    S. Korean MERS patient in China may face indictment

    By Jhoo Dong-chan A Korean Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patient, who is being treated in China, may face indictment in Hong Kong for giving false information during airport entry, if he returns, The South China Morning...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • Rescue workers prepare to head out on boats on the Yangtze River to search for missing passengers after a ship capsized in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The passenger ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a storm in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. (Chinatopix Via AP)
    Boat with more than 450 people sinks in China’s Yangtze

    BEIJING (AP) — A yacht carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a cyclone in southern China, and eight people have been rescued, the state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday. Rescue work was...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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    S. Korea, China sign free trade deal

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and China signed a free trade deal Monday that will remove tariffs on more than 90 percent of goods over two decades. Trade ministers from the two countries met in...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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  • South Koreans wearing masks against the possible Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus sit at the emergency room at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 1, 2015. More than 680 people in South Korea are isolated after having contact with patients infected with a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East, health officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Condition of S. Korean patient with MERS in China worsens

    HONG KONG, June 1 (Yonhap) — The health of a South Korean man who was confirmed to have Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in China has worsened, according to China’s state media Monday. The 44-year-old Korean man arrived...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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    Asiana passengers, crew quarantined in China after MERS exposure

    Chinese health authorities quarantined 29 passengers and six crewmembers as a safety measure against the recent spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS). A 44-year-old South Korean man traveled on Asiana Airlines flight OZ723 even...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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