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Foxconn, which assembles Apples iPhone, is one of Chinas biggest private employers with more than 30 factories and research facilities, including one in Wuhan. (Photo: AFP)

Staff making iPhones in central China plant to be quarantined

China's industrial base has been buffeted by the outbreak of the virus.

7 Feb 2020 8:30 AM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

Virus or travel curbs, the borders are closing fast

The new restrictions, which apply to an additional six countries, will be added to the already existing ones.

7 Feb 2020 1:47 AM IST

An empty street is seen in Hangzhou, Shanghai in the wake of coronavirus. AFP photo

Shanghai cancels sporting events, Chinese GP may be called off

The last Formula One race to be cancelled was the Bahrain Grand Prix of 2011, due to months of social unrest in the Gulf...

6 Feb 2020 2:21 PM IST

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BWF will allow Chinese players despite coronavirus fears

The BWF is hopeful the Badminton Asia Championships could still go ahead in Wuhan from April 21-26

6 Feb 2020 1:23 PM IST

International investigators have revealed that Chinese doctors and epidemiologists who rang alarm bells in December were disciplined and their comments on social media were erased by government censors. One medical practitioner in Wuhan who was demanding urgent attention to the virus as it was proliferating was forced to confess to the police that he had engaged in illegal behaviour . (Photo: AP)

Coronavirus is China's huge political failure

China's Communist Party has only itself to blame for the devastating crisis it has on its hands.

5 Feb 2020 3:08 AM IST

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

Corona fallout: India bars entry of Chinese nationals

The Chinese government has reported 20,438 confirmed cases of the coronavirus so far and a death toll of 425.

5 Feb 2020 2:06 AM IST

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Health authorities are preparing for a possible pandemic as they work to contain a respiratory illness in China thats caused by a new virus. (AP)

You saw it on WhatsApp right? No, salt water is no good against...

Science is frantically trying everything, including anti-HIV drugs, against the dreaded virus

4 Feb 2020 2:39 PM IST

Both data mapping company QuantUrban and a third-party Wechat mini-program developer have created platforms that take official information on the neighbourhoods.

Citizens turn to virus tracker apps to avoid infected neighbourhoods

Confirmed cases in Shenzhen have climbed rapidly to 245 as of Monday.

4 Feb 2020 7:53 AM IST

Apple could launch a cheaper iPhone with an iPhone 8 design.

Apple supplier Wistron to assemble key iPhone component in new India...

The local assembly of PCBs by Wistron's India unit will be a first for the contract manufacturer.

4 Feb 2020 7:43 AM IST

Foxconn has so far seen a fairly small impact from the outbreak as it was utilizing factories in countries including Vietnam, India and Mexico to fill the gap.

Outbreak to hit iPhone output if China extends Foxconn factory halt

Taiwan's Foxconn, which makes smartphones for Apple and other brands, has halted almost all of its production in...

4 Feb 2020 7:39 AM IST

The illustration image reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. The spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically.

Thailand flyers being screened for coronavirus

Till Sunday, a total of 6,432 people were screened at the Mumbai international airport after arrival from China.

4 Feb 2020 6:27 AM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

Unlike in China, all endangered species should be off the menu

Whatever the cause, it is certain that China's food preferences have triggered this plague.

4 Feb 2020 6:25 AM IST