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#Coronavirus updates:

• Infection cases top 100,000 worldwide
• Nearly 3,500 dead
• Outbreak in China appears to be slowing

Follow the latest: aje.io/bbyw2
How effective are face masks? (Answer: Not very)

Here's how #coronavirus spreads and what you can do to protect yourself: aje.io/msmdh
Travel plans up in the air because of the #CoronavirusOutbreak?

Here's everything you need to know about travelling during the epidemic: aje.io/fflrp
The new #coronavirus has killed about 3.4% of confirmed cases globally - making it deadlier than the flu, but still containable.

The seasonal flu's fatality rate is below 1%. aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/c…
With some 850,000 Taiwanese living and working in China, Taiwan could have been one of the hardest hit countries.

As infection rates globally top 100,000 - how did Taiwan keep #coronavirus cases to a minimum? aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/t…
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The current statistics for #China alone:
Of the 79,157 confirmed cases globally
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