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• Four more coronavirus cases confirmed in the UK

  The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus – also known as 2019-nCoV – in the UK has now doubled from the previously announced four, with the Department of Health and Social ... to detect the coronavirus in “individuals who meet CDC criteria

• GSK and Gilead join global efforts to tackle novel coronavirus

  The  coronavirus – also known as 2019-nCoV or Wuhan coronavirus – has afflicted 17, 000 people in China, and over 150 in other countries. ... Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which included drug-screening for antiviral properties

• UK confirms first cases of coronavirus as global concerns mount

  It is not clear yet whether they had travelled to China recently or have contracted coronavirus strain 2019-nCov from someone else who had done so. ... 2019-nCov is now a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), it said, while also

• J&J begins search for a coronavirus vaccine as confirmed cases rise

  The coronavirus – also known as 2019-nCoV – is believed to have originated from illegally traded wildlife at a seafood market in Wuhan City, Hubei province of China. ... In response to the rising fears surrounding the coronavirus, J&J will