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Tens of thousands pray for forgivness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on early on September 27, 2019. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
February 16, 2020, 12:52 pm
Rabbis call for mass Western Wall prayer for coronavirus patients
‘The job of the Jewish people is to pray for the good of the entire world,’ says Safed chief rabbi, as overall death toll from China’s epidemic jumps to 1,665
By TOI staff and Agencies
Policemen wear face masks as they march in formation outside the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Feb. 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
February 16, 2020, 9:04 am
China’s Xi was aware of potential coronavirus danger weeks before sounding alarm
President says he gave instructions on fighting the virus as early as January 7, but was not until later in month that officials told the public it can spread between humans
By Yanan WANG
Residents wearing masks wait at a traffic light in Beijing, China, on February 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
February 13, 2020, 11:40 am
China reports hundreds of new deaths from coronavirus
More than 1,300 people have died from and nearly 60,000 are infected since the outbreak began two months ago
By Laurent THOMET and Helen ROXBURGH
An employee works to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea, January 24, 2020. (Ahn Young-joon/AP)
January 30, 2020, 11:16 pm
WHO declares global virus emergency after deadliest day for China
Disease has killed 170 people in China and spread to more than 15 countries. ‘We must all act together now to limit further spread,’ says head of world health body
By Sébastien RICCI
A paramilitary policeman wears a face mask as he stands guard near the large portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate adjacent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing on January 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
January 28, 2020, 8:53 am
China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate
China has imposed a lockdown on 17 cities with more than 50 million people, in the most far-reaching disease-control measures ever imposed
By Joe McDonald
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