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The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS, which are life threatening.

Coronavirus now a pandemic

The fatalities stand at 2,619 in China even as 79,000 have been infected, while 27 died outside China.

25 Feb 2020 2:44 AM IST

File photo shows the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Life on board the luxury cruise ship, which has dozens of cases of coronavirus. AP photo

Corona: Four more Indians test positive on cruise ship

The Indian embassy in Tokyo said on Sunday that these new cases are being treated in hospital and all Indians are...

24 Feb 2020 3:07 AM IST

World trade and China aside, the situation doesnt get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)

China delaying Wuhan airlift: India

New Delhi had earlier operated two evacuation flights to Wuhan.

23 Feb 2020 2:07 AM IST

In this handout photo provided by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Indian nationals who were airlifted from coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan play indoor games at a quarantine facility at Chhawla area in New Delhi on February 15, 2020. (PTI)

China delays clearance for India's rescue flight to Wuhan

India wants to operate a special flight to carry relief supplies there and bring more Indians back

22 Feb 2020 10:54 AM IST

Indian nationals who were airlifted from coronavirus-hit Hubei province of Chinas Wuhan at the ITBPs quarantine facility at Chhawla in New Delhi, Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

44,517 passengers screened for coronavirus till date

As of today, the state has 39 isolation wards and 361 beds available.

22 Feb 2020 4:56 AM IST

Japan is also the harbour for the Diamond Princess, one of those massive cruise ships that appear to be the ideal incubators for viruses. The rate at which the coronavirus named Covid-19 has been spreading aboard the vessel bears out that assumption.

China sneezes: How soon will the world catch a cold?

Economically, whatever happens in China reverberates across the world. It is the global manufacturing hub.

21 Feb 2020 2:40 AM IST

India is the fabled pharmacy of the world. Indias low-cost generic drug makers cater to domestic and international needs. But here is the catch. Most of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) or bulk drugs necessary to produce these medicines come from just one country China. APIs are what give a medicine its therapeutic effect.

Health security must be on the policy high table

What is of great concern to India is the impact of coronavirus (called Covid 19 by scientists) on the pharmaceutical...

21 Feb 2020 2:37 AM IST

File photo shows the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Life on board the luxury cruise ship, which has dozens of cases of coronavirus. AP photo

Odisha man on ship in Japan seeks govt's help

With some 3,700 passengers and crew, the ship has been in quarantine at Yokohama port since February 3.

20 Feb 2020 2:44 AM IST

A street scene from what was then Calcutta, many decades ago.

Oh Calcutta! Memories of bombs, gang warfare on streets, fish head dal...

The first one, and one I recall as vividly as something that happened just now, goes back to November 1969.

20 Feb 2020 2:31 AM IST

In January and February 2020 the most prominent Coronavirus-themed campaign targeted Japan.

Beware of the other virus the spread of Coronavirus-themed Malware

Right after the attention around the Coronavirus, cyber criminals started using the interest to spread their malicious...

19 Feb 2020 8:19 AM IST

TSC has donated 300 pices of barcode printers.

TSC donates label printers to fight Coronavirus outbreak

TSC barcode printers will support healthcare frontline for varied application including patients ID tracking, and more.

19 Feb 2020 8:10 AM IST

Five individuals, who were kept at the Armys Base hospital after showing symptoms of cough and cold, have tested negative for coronavirus.

India least vulnerable to coronavirus in Asia: Nomura

The deeper slowdown in global growth is likely to weigh on exports and investment growth, Nomura said.

19 Feb 2020 7:03 AM IST