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Covid19 outbreak: United Nations cancels meetings to contain outbreak

Covid19 outbreak: United Nations cancels meetings to contain outbreak

The council was

17 March 2020 11:08 AM IST

This aerial photo taken on March 16, 2020 shows a view of an empty road at night in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. China reported on March 17 just one new domestic coronavirus infection but found 20 more cases imported from abroad. (AFP)

Meanwhile, a silver lining: China reports just 1 new domestic virus...

But there were 20 cases of coronavirus infection detected in people coming from abroad

17 March 2020 10:08 AM IST

Thermal screening of visitors being conducted in the wake of deadly coronavirus, at the entrance of Parliament House, in New Delhi on Monda. PTI photo

110 cases of coronavirus in India so far

The maximum positive cases have been reported from Maharashtra (32), followed by Kerala (22)

16 March 2020 2:19 PM IST

A boy sells face masks at a traffic intersection in Mumbai on March 15, 2020. (AP)

The C-virus impact on the lives of urban Indians

Globalisation benefited urban India the most, so it is urban India that is now affected the most

16 March 2020 11:49 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

Health and police staff are enforcing a containment zone around the house of a 76-year-old man who tested positive for the coronavirus after his death in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. tion of ward 30 in Kalaburagi City on Friday.

Karnataka town that recorded first coronavirus death in India reports...

71 persons in Kalaburagi are presently under observation for COVID-19 symptoms

15 March 2020 10:11 PM IST

Iran appeals to other countries to ignore US sanctions amid virus...

The US sanctions on Iran have caused a severe shortage of medical supplies

15 March 2020 12:27 PM IST

A guard checks the main entrance of a state shelter where passengers suspected of been infected with Coronavirus are quarantined as a preventive measure in the face of the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. AFP Photo

State of emergency declared in El Salvador over Covid19

The measures include a restriction on free movement and assembly for a period of 3a0 days

15 March 2020 12:02 PM IST

Passengers wear protective face masks to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. AFP Photo

China sees an increase in imported Covid19 cases

Another ten people died, all in Wuhan, bringing the national toll from the disease in mainland China to 3,199

15 March 2020 10:57 AM IST

A man arriving from Oaxaca, Mexico, stands near the arrivals gate at the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday. AP Photo

Will isolate international arrivals, Australian PM says

The measure will come into effect from Sunday midnight

15 March 2020 10:12 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House. AP Photo

White House says Trump tests negative for Covid19

The White House released the test results just hours after Trump told reporters that he had been tested

15 March 2020 9:58 AM IST

A nurse at a drive-up coronavirus testing station set up by the University of Washington Medical Center uses a swab to take a sample from the nose of a person in a car Friday, March 13, 2020, in Seattle. US hospitals are setting up triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. (Photo | AP)

How to know whether to test for coronavirus? Soon a dedicated Google...

Google is developing a website to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing for US citizens at...

14 March 2020 5:25 PM IST