Bruce Aylward (C), an epidemiologist who led an advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at a press briefing at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 25, 2020. China has changed the course of COVID-19 outbreak, Bruce Aylward said here on Tuesday, noting a rapidly escalating outbreak in China has plateaued and come down faster than previously expected. (Xinhua/Chen Junxia)

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 24 February 2020

BEIJING — The State Council, China's cabinet, on Feb 25 unveiled a string of measures to facilitate the employment of college graduates and rural migrant workers, offer financial support to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises and solve the difficulties of self-employed persons to reduce the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the economy.

Six provincial health commissions in China have lowered their emergency response level to the novel coronavirus to second or the third from first

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission

Business operations are fast returning to normalcy in China, with most of the companies having

Chinese travelers and businesses have expressed confidence in the

VIENTIANE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Thursday that the limited and short-term impact from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will not reverse the growth of China's economy.

SHANGHAI -- Chinese travelers and businesses have expressed confidence in the development of the country's tourism industry, although it was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.

BEIJING — China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here are the latest developments: — China's latest diagnosis and treatment scheme of the novel coronavirus disease has deleted the category of clinically diagnosed cases.

Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 349 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, a drop for three consecutive days

It notes that highest-level control measures have proved effective in containing outbreak

Through joint efforts of the whole nation, China's highest-level prevention and control measures have proved quite effective, according to a report published by the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies on Feb 14.

BEIJING — China has released a guideline requiring local authorities to work out differentiated measures for different county-level regions to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak and resume economic and social order.

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The daily number of newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported across China Monday dropped to under 2,000 for the first time, Mi Feng, an official with the National Health Commission, said Tuesday.

The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the press conference held by the State Council inter-agency task force at 15:00, 18 February that the number of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP, or COVID-19) has dropped for 14 consecutive days.

China's National Health Commission has offered tips on proper disinfection techniques to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak.

At the World Health Organization news briefing on Tuesday, Health Emergencies Programme executive director

Production ramps up gradually to minimize outbreak impact, shore up domestic supplies

Increasing signs of a stable slowdown in the spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia