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‘Tip of the iceberg:’ Nations struggle to count virus toll

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BEIJING — China acknowledged Friday that the coronavirus death toll in the one-time epicenter city of Wuhan was nearly 50% higher than reported, underscoring just how seriously the official numbers of infections and deaths around the world may be understating the dimensions of the disaster. Such figures can have a […]

Coronavirus cases may be ‘tip of the iceberg’ outside China: WHO

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BEIJING – People across China trickled back work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government eased restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said the number of cases outside China could be just “the tip of the iceberg”. […]

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