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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

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

An unidentified passenger is surrounded by the media after he disembarked from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Wednesday. AP photo

Japan cruise passengers leave Diamond Princess after ship quarantine...

Results were still pending for some passengers who've been tested for the coronavirus that had infected more than 540 on...

19 Feb 2020 12:06 PM IST

FATF for retaining Pakistan in Grey List

A final decision will be taken on Friday when the FATF takes up issues concerning Pakistan

19 Feb 2020 10:41 AM IST

Xu Zhiyong has asked for Xi Jinping to step down. (Twitter: Amnesty)

No end to China's crackdown on dissent despite coronavirus crisis:...

Over a dozen activists detained or disappeared after a gathering of dissenters

18 Feb 2020 12:10 PM IST

Family members of Pakistani students studying in Wuhan, China, hold a demonstration calling for the evacuation of their relatives after the Chinese city was badly hit by the coronavirus, in Karachi, Pakistan AP photo

Families of Pakistani students stuck in China demand their return

Family members of those stranded in Wuhan demand the evacuation of Pakistani students from the Chinese city

17 Feb 2020 10:01 AM IST

File photo provided the file photo provided by the Anti-Poaching Special Squad, police look at items seized from store suspected of trafficking wildlife in Guangde city in central Chinas Anhui Province. AP photo

China virus puts focus on slaughtering wild animals

Coronavirus is spreading through China, so far killing 1,380 people and sickening more than 64,000 eight times the...

17 Feb 2020 9:28 AM IST

People wearing face mask stand at a downtown street in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. COVID-19 viral illness has sickened tens of thousands of people in China since December. AP photo

China sees new virus cases as death toll goes up

The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39 cases from the previous day's figure

17 Feb 2020 9:13 AM IST

Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. AFP Photo

US imposes travel ban on Sri Lankan Army Commander over war crimes

Shivendra Silva was the commanding officer in the island's northern war-zone in the military offensive against Tamil...

15 Feb 2020 1:57 PM IST

Covid-19 death cases cross 1,500, fall in new cases

Some 1,700 medical workers have been infected, with six dying from the COVID-19 illness

15 Feb 2020 12:06 PM IST