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A man waring a face mask uses a hand sanitizer at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo

COVID 19 cases cross 2,000 in South Korea, highest outside China

More than 90 per cent of the cases have been reported from Daegu, the epicentre of the outbreak

28 Feb 2020 1:18 PM IST

A screen is reflected in a traders eyes during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 27, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Wall Street stocks closed sharply lower, joining a sell-off in most global bourses on fears the coronavirus will grow into a significant international health crisis. (AFP)

Dow Jones suffers biggest one-day drop since 2011

S&P 500 has now plunged 12 percent from the all-time high it set just a week ago

28 Feb 2020 6:17 AM IST

The director of the Danish Patient Safety Board Anne-Marie Vangsted, along with other officials addresses a press conference in his ministry in Copenhagen. AFP Photo

Denmark reports its first case, toll in Iran climbs to 26 due to virus...

A man who returned from Italy became the first case of the virus in Denmark

27 Feb 2020 3:51 PM IST

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119 Indians, 5 foreigners evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship in...

An Air India flight brough all the evacuees to the country on Thursday

27 Feb 2020 2:23 PM IST

Women wearing face masks walks past the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy. AP photo

Covid-19: Is the world ready to tackle a pandemic?

Public health officials are turning to guidelines for pandemic flu and considering school closures, telecommuting and...

26 Feb 2020 9:51 AM IST

Crews stand on the deck the quarantined ship Diamond Princess anchored at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo on February 21, 2020. Twelve Indian on the ship have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. (AP)

Four Indians test positive for coronavirus on Diamond Princess

This takes to 12 the number of Indians who have been infected by the COVID-19 virus

23 Feb 2020 3:03 PM IST

A pharmacist processes the granules of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at the Gansu Provincial Hospital of TCM in Lanzhou, northwest Chinas Gansu Province. AP photo

New Covid19 cases in China falls

Containment of the illness has been a struggle far from the epicenter in central China as South Korea urged residents to...

21 Feb 2020 10:28 AM IST

Picture shows an empty Chinese restaurant is seen at the Chinatown in Incheon, South Korea. AP photo

China Virus rumours creates panic and fear across the world

Governments have not always known how to handle the situation

21 Feb 2020 9:34 AM IST

The Diamond Princess cruise ship (back) in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, is seen at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama. AFP photo

7 Indians quarantined on Diamond Princess test positive for Covid-19

One more Indian on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the coast of Japan was tested positive for...

20 Feb 2020 2:51 PM IST

Bitta Kuruvila with member of Cambodian health team. Asian Age Photo

Kerala chef onboard Westerdam cruise recalls Covid-19 horror

Stranded at sea for two weeks over Covid-19 fears, 3 Westerdam cruise staffers from Kerala return home

20 Feb 2020 11:28 AM IST

Members of a police sanitation team spray disinfectant on a bridge as a preventive measure agaist the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bozhou, in Chinas eastern Anhui province. AFP photo

Covid-19 deaths cross 200; Epidemic not over yet, says WHO

The death toll rose to 2,004, with most of the deaths in Hubei, where the virus first emerged in Dec before spiralling...

19 Feb 2020 3:57 PM IST

A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange trading room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. AP photo

South Korea sees two-thirds increase in COVID-19 cases in one day

Those infected including a cluster of at least 16 centred on the southern city of Daegu

19 Feb 2020 3:37 PM IST