As many as 112 Wuhan evacuees including 36 foreigners taken to ITBP quarantine facility
Feb 27, 2020, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As many as 112 evacuees including 36 foreigners, who arrived from the Coronavirus epicenter Wuhan in China, were taken to makeshift quarantine facility of Indo Tibetan Border Police’s (ITBP) at Chhawla here on Thursday.
Feb 26, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time when fresh cases of coronavirus outbreak are being reported from several other nations apart from China, Indians are advised to refrain from non-essential travel to Republic of Korea, Iran and Italy, the government advised people in its Travel advisory.
Wuhan to complete nucleic acid tests for all elderly care institutions by Feb. 28
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:40 pm
Wuhan/Xinhua/UNI: Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, will conduct nucleic acid tests for all elderly care institutions by Feb. 28 as some confirmed and suspected cases were reported in the facilities, local authorities said Saturday.
Indian advises citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Singapore
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Cabinet Secretary chaired a high-level meeting to review the status, actions taken and preparedness of States/UTs regarding management of Novel Coronavirus (COVID19), here on Saturday.
Coronavirus death toll in mainland China reaches 2,236, over 75,000 infected – Authorities
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:41 pm
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: The number of people, who have been infected with a new coronavirus across mainland China, has reached 75,465, with 2,236 patients having died, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
Death toll from coronavirus in China’s Hubei province approaching 1,700
Feb 17, 2020, at 09:16 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The number of people who have died from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Chinese province of Hubei has gone up to 1,696, regional health authorities report, with 100 new deaths having occurred in the past 24 hours.
All Bangladeshi evacuees from Wuhan go home after coronavirus quarantine
Feb 16, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Dhaka/Xinhua/UNI: All 312 Bangladeshi evacuees from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, have been released from a 14-day quarantine in the capital of Dhaka.
India to send medical supplies to China as death toll crosses 1,600
Feb 16, 2020, at 07:01 pm
Beijing/UNI: India will send a consignment of medical supplies to China to deal with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), India's Ambassador Vikram Misri said, as the death toll from the epidemic jumped past 1,600 on Sunday.
‘This is a time for facts, not fear,’ says WHO chief as COVID-19 virus spreads
Feb 16, 2020, at 09:36 am
New York/IBNS: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday cautioned against panic over COVID-19 but also urged governments to step up their efforts to prepare for the virus, saying “it’s impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take.”
Over 25,000 doctors from all parts of China arrive in Hubei to fight coronavirus –Official
Feb 15, 2020, at 09:04 am
Beijing/Sputnik: More than 25,000 doctors from all parts of China have arrived in the province of Hubei to help their colleagues fight the outbreak of a new coronavirus, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission Wang Hesheng said on Saturday.
China reports 2,641 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 143 new deaths
Feb 15, 2020, at 08:46 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority Saturday said it received reports of 2,641 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 143 deaths on Friday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 1,380
Feb 14, 2020, at 09:46 am
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: The number of people, who have been infected with a new coronavirus across China, has reached 63,851, with 1,380 patients having died, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
Meeting of top scientists underway to slow coronavirus spread
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:12 am
New York/IBNS: Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have surpassed 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, as hundreds of health experts began meeting at its headquarters in Geneva to help halt the spread of the disease, now officially known as COVID-19.
106 coronavirus patients discharged from hospital in Wenzhou
Feb 11, 2020, at 06:33 pm
Wenzhou/Xinhua/UNI: The eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou on Tuesday discharged seven more patients infected with the novel coronavirus from hospital, local authorities said.
1st and only coronavirus patient in Cambodia fully recovers
Feb 09, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Phnom Penh/Xinhua/UNI: The first and only novel coronavirus patient in Cambodia has fully recovered and will be discharged from the hospital on Monday, said a news release from the Health Ministry's Communicable Disease Control Department (CDCD) on Sunday.
Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Singapore rises to 40 - Health Ministry
Feb 08, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Seven new coronavirus cases were registered in Singapore by Saturday, bringing the total number of people infected with the virus in the country to 40, the country's health ministry said in a press release.
Coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt normal life in China
Feb 08, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Wuhan/IBNS: It seems there is no break from the coronavirus outbreak which has disrupted normal life in China as 3,399 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 86 deaths were reported from the country on Saturday, media reports said.
Slight fall in coronavirus infections ‘nothing to celebrate’, says UN health agency
Feb 07, 2020, at 09:48 am
New York/IBNS: A slight drop overnight in the number of people infected by the new coronavirus is welcome but “nothing to celebrate”, a top UN health official said on Thursday.
Chinese doctor who first tried to warn about coronavirus dies
Feb 07, 2020, at 08:39 am
Wuhan/IBNS: A Chinese doctor, who first tried to warn about the deadly coronavirus outbreak, died due to the infection on Friday, media reports said.
$675 million appeal to stop coronavirus in its tracks, as deaths rise
Feb 06, 2020, at 08:52 am
New York/IBNS: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Wednesday for $675 million to boost international measures to counter the new coronavirus epidemic, as deaths from the outbreak neared 500.
China: Coronavirus death toll touches 490
Feb 05, 2020, at 08:45 am
Beijing/IBNS: The death toll due to the outbreak of coronavirus in China touched 490 on Wednesday, media reports said.
Coronavirus in India: Kerala on high alert after third citizen confirmed infected
Feb 04, 2020, at 04:27 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: After declaring Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as state calamity, the Kerala government has put all its health machineries on high alert as all three confirmed cases in India so far were reported from this southernmost state, senior health officials said.
Uttar Pradesh: Coronavirus: 132 Chinese tourists undergo check-upÂ
Feb 03, 2020, at 06:05 pm
Kushinagar/UNI: In view of the Coronavirus in China, 132 Chinese tourists were checked up by a team of the health department in this district of Uttar Pradesh.
Coronavirus: Death toll touches 361, China set to open new hospital in Wuhan
Feb 03, 2020, at 09:41 am
Beijing/IBNS: China is all set to open a new hospital in Wuhan city of the country where the deadly Coronavirus outbreak took place.
Eighth coronavirus case in US: Boston Health officials
Feb 02, 2020, at 08:42 am
Washington/Sputnik: The eighth case of coronavirus infection has been confirmed in the United States as a man in his 20’s got infected with it after he returned to Boston from Wuhan city, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, state health officials said Saturday.
Chinese central bank promises support for coronavirus-affected companies
Feb 01, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The People's Bank of China on Saturday promised to help companies that have suffered losses from the coronavirus outbreak by lowering the interest rate on loans and increasing financial support for them.
Coronavirus: First case confirmed in Gulf region, more than 6,000 worldwide
Jan 30, 2020, at 09:02 am
New York/IBNS: On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the coronavirus outbreak has now spread to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The vast majority of cases continue to be declared in China, with more than 6,000 confirmed, 68 of them outside of the country.
Manipur : Screening of Novel Coronavirus stepped up along Indo-Myanmar border
Jan 29, 2020, at 07:00 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In view of the recent outbreak of Coronavirus in China, which may result in infiltration of the virus through the border, the Manipur government and Myanmar government have stepped up screening of Coronavirus in the all bordering entrance and check posts.
China prepared to assist countries that insist on evacuating citizens from Wuhan
Jan 29, 2020, at 03:42 pm
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: China is prepared to provide all necessary assistance to countries that insist on evacuating their citizens out of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new deadly coronavirus, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying told Sputnik.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Wuhan
Jan 27, 2020, at 04:23 pm
Beijing/IBNS: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday visited Wuhan city in China, the place which is being considered as the centre from where Coronavirus spread.