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Greek health officials say testing has cleared another possible case of coronavirus.
A Chinese man had been admitted to the capital's Attikon Hospital on suspicion of being a coronavirus carrier.
The 33-year-old began showing flu-like symptoms after travelling from China to Greece.
So far, there have been no cases of coronavirus infections in the country.

Two-thirds of the world's population may be at risk of contracting the new coronavirus (named by WHO COVID-19 - Bel BC) if it cannot be stopped, said Hong Kong epidemiologist Professor Gabriel Leung.

A Chinese man is being treated at the capital's Attikon Hospital on suspicion of being a coronavirus carrier.
The 33-year-old began showing symptoms pointing to coronavirus after travelling from China to Greece.
He will remain quarantined at the hospital until final results are received.
So far, there have been no cases of coronavirus infections in Greece.

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It is stated that in Vojvodina a high threshold of influenza virus intensity, as well as an increasing trend of incidence of influenza-like diseases have been registered, and for the first time during this year the intensity of influenza virus above the epidemic threshold was registered in the territory of five districts in Vojvodina.

The Ministry of Health is launching an information hotline for citizens and organizations to ask their questions about the 2019 coronavirus epidemic.

The coronavirus outbreak poses a "very grave threat for the rest of the world", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an appeal for sharing virus samples and speeding up research into drugs and vaccines against a new type of coronavirus, which has killed more than 1,000 people so far.

A Greek scientist who provided a genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus that is responsible for the recent epidemic that broke out in Wuhan, China, says that a vaccination against the virus is within reach and should be ready "relatively quickly."

By midnight local time in China, the number of patients with pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus is 42,638,000 people, the number of the confirmed deaths is 1016, the State Committee on Health reported.

New infections increased by 2478, with fatal cases increasing by 108, with 103 in the outbreak of contagion in Hubei province and 6 in other areas.

Turkey on Feb. 10 raised its travel warning for the new coronavirus, advising people not to visit Mongolia.

The foreign ministry said in a statement that owing to the close ties and travel between China and Mongolia, the risk of a coronavirus outbreak in Mongolia is high.