First confirmed case of Chinese coronavirus in US
An unnamed male patient in Seattle was recently confirmed as the first known case of the Chinese coronavirus in the United States. The Wuhan coronavirus has killed six people and spread to hundreds more in China, with most of the people killed by it suffering from a pre-existing condition. The World Health Organization will convene a meeting today to discuss the declaration of a global health emergency.
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China’s Mars mission
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China has successfully launched its first major interplanetary mission to Mars. The launch begins a long seven-month journey through deep space, and once the mission reaches the Red Planet, China could become just the second nation ever to land and operate a rover on the Martian surface. Called Tianwen-1, China’s mission consists of a Martian orbiter, lander, and rover. The spacecraft should reach Mars in February 2021
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COVID-19 risks ranked: Grocery stores among least-likely places to contract virus
Grocery stores among least-likely places to contract virus. The tennis court is one of the easiest places to ace the COVID-avoidance game — as long as your partner doesn’t have the disease. Places and activities ranked on a scale of 1-10 for risk of contracting COVID-19, with 10 being the riskiest and 1 the least dangerous:
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Pangolins played a major role in coronavirus transmission, study shows
A team of researchers from Duke University and Los Alamos National Laboratory reported in the journal Science Advances that the novel coronavirus seems to have spent some time infecting both bats and pangolins before it jumped into humans. It is clear that coronavirus has swapped genes repeatedly with similar strains infecting bats, pangolins, and a possible third species, study shows.
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