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The entrance to the Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy, designated as a 2019 novel coronavirus quarantine site for travellers from Hubei Province of China. AFP photo

Virus sparks Xenophobia: Petition to ban Chinese gets 5 lakh...

A health lecturer at the University of Sydney, said the responses from governments may have compounded prejudice

7 Feb 2020 11:13 AM IST

A plane carrying evacuees from the virus zone in China lands at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Wednesday. PTI image

MEA exploring possibilities for return of Indians from China

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, normal visas and all existing e-visas from China that have been issued are no...

6 Feb 2020 5:29 PM IST

Travellers wearing protective face masks at the departure area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.AFP photo

21 Kerala medical students stuck in Chinese airport

The students were told that except Singapore citizens, no foreign nationals from China could board the flight

6 Feb 2020 2:38 PM IST

26-year-old Wuhan native Lucy Huang, a documentary film-maker living in Beijing, puts on a protective facemask at her house in Beijing. Wuhan natives are being subjected to community checks bordering on stigma. (AFP)

What's it like to be someone from Wuhan?

As a Wuhan native, I feel very hurt. I feel disappointed that people don't even have any sympathy.'

3 Feb 2020 10:16 AM IST

Medical personnel scan a new coronavirus patient at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. AFP photo

The term China virus is absolutely wrong, asserts Beijing

This was Beijing's efforts to combat a perceived global negative fallout on China's image due to the Coronavirus...

25 March 2020 10:05 PM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice president Mike Pence during a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) headquarters in Washington,DC. AFP Photo

World bearing the brunt of China's delay over virus response: Trump

The United States warned against international travel due to the pandemic and advised citizens to come home if possible

20 March 2020 9:04 AM IST

Wuhan, which bore the brunt of the virus since it broke out in December last year, also reported zero cases on Wednesday. (AFP)

China reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for first time since...

The country, however, saw a spike in imported positive cases

19 March 2020 9:16 AM IST

People wear face masks at a down town street in Hong Kong on Monday. AP Photo

China reports surge in imported cases, new deaths in Covid19

With a dozen fresh infections, the total number of imported cases has increased to 123

16 March 2020 11:19 AM IST

Will quarantrine international arrivals, China says

Chinese authorities have stepped up surveillance of international arrivals as the number of domestic cases dwindle

15 March 2020 3:38 PM IST

Workers place a mask on the figure of the Fallas festival in Valencia. AP photo

WHO declares Coronavirus a pandemic, urges aggressive action

By using the charged word pandemic after shying away for long, the WHO sought to shock lethargic countries into...

12 March 2020 11:03 AM IST

A man wears a protective suit as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as he accompanies a passenger leaving Beijing Capital Airport (AFP PHOTO)

China reports 22 new virus deaths as imported cases rise

Ten of the new cases came from abroad most from Italy, the worst-hit country outside China

11 March 2020 3:50 PM IST

Residents walk past a retail and office district with a screen showing propaganda which reads Go China! Go Wuhan as businesses slowly restart in Beijing. AP photo

China shuts makeshift hospital in Wuhan after Covid19 weakens

Two makeshift hospitals were suspended on Sunday in Wuhan as the number of patients continued to drop

9 March 2020 10:46 AM IST