China's Wuhan reports no new infections for five consecutive days: official
Mar 23, 2020, at 05:14 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic, Monday marked its fifth day in a row of zero new confirmed cases, a Chinese health official said Monday.
No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring COVID-19: Tedros
Feb 28, 2020, at 10:57 am
New York/IBNS: All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and none should make the “fatal” mistake of assuming that it won’t be affected, UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Thursday.
China: Air India jumbo 747 flies to evacuate Indians from Coronavirus-hit Wuhan
Jan 31, 2020, at 04:56 pm
New Delhi/UNI: An Air India Jumbo Boeing-747 is flying on Friday to evacuate Indians from the locked-down Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China.
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.
Wuhan authorities closing city borders until end of month amid Coronavirus outbreak
Jan 27, 2020, at 09:32 am
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: Chinese citizens will not be allowed to enter or leave the city of Wuhan, where the current coronavirus outbreak started, until the end of the month, the city’s migration authorities said in a statement on Monday.
Second confirmed case of New Coronavirus registered in Japan: Reports
Jan 24, 2020, at 10:31 am
Tokyo/Sputnik/UNI: The second confirmed case of new coronavirus has been registered in Japan, media reported on Friday.
Authorities of China's Wuhan admit new Coronavirus can transmit human-to-human
Jan 15, 2020, at 10:15 am
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: The health authorities of the Wuhan city in the central Chinese province of Hubei have admitted that human-to-human transmission of the newly registered type of coronavirus is a possibility to not be ruled out despite no explicit evidence available at the moment.