December 22, 2024 11:08 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
South Korean President declares emergency martial law citing opposition of being 'anti-state forces' | Hours after closing consular office in Tripura, Bangladesh summons Indian envoy in Dhaka | Bangladesh: Court defers bail hearing of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das for one month | Sambhal incident is BJP's conspiracy: Akhilesh Yadav in Lok Sabha | Mahayuti likely to name Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra CM tomorrow | INDIA bloc cracks visible in Parliament as SP and TMC skip Adani protests | 'I am the final word': Mamata Banerjee reminds TMC leaders of her absolute authority in party amid 'power-struggle' | India calls Bangladesh mission's breach in Agartala 'deeply regrettable' | BJP appoints observers for meeting to decide next Maharashtra chief minister | PM Modi watches 'The Sabarmati Report', Vikrant Massey says 'highest point in my life'

Covid 19: Catholic Church of Asia head Cardinal Charles Maung Bo holds Chinese govt accountable

Apr 07, 2020, at 03:19 pm

Yangon (Myanmar)/IBNS: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has minced no words in blaming the Chinese regime for the global Covid-9 contagion. The prelate, who is also the Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, wants China to accept moral culpability for the pandemic and pay compensation for the worldwide havoc it has caused.

Covid-19: China reports zero fatality in past 24 hrs

Apr 07, 2020, at 01:21 pm

Beijing/UNI: China on Tuesday reported zero casualty due to the novel coronavirus, a first such day since January.

China registers 19 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 4 people died – authorities

Apr 04, 2020, at 12:40 pm

Beijing/Sputnik/UNI:  China has registered 18 new imported cases of COVID-19 and one case of internal transmission within the past 24 hours, with four people having died of the disease, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.

Spain's health emergency chief tests positive for Coronavirus

Mar 30, 2020, at 06:46 pm

Madrid/UNI Spain's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed that Fernando Simon, the director of the Health Ministry's Center for Health Emergencies, has tested positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms on Sunday evening and is now self-isolated at home.

Chinese mainland reports 31 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Mar 30, 2020, at 09:44 am

Beijing/Xinhua//UNI: Chinese health authority said Monday it received reports of 31 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, of which 30 were imported.  

Covid-19: After Spain, now the Netherlands recalls defective masks imported from China

Mar 29, 2020, at 10:51 pm

Amsterdam/IBNS: Joining nations like Spain and the Czech Republic, the Netherlands has now recalled hundreds of thousands of face masks they had imported from China after they were found to be defective, media reports said.

China registers 55 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 5 people died: authorities

Mar 27, 2020, at 11:00 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: China has registered 54 new imported cases of COVID-19 and one case of internal transmission within the past 24 hours, with five people having died of the disease, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

COVID-19 could become a sesonal disease, says top scientist: Reports

Mar 26, 2020, at 06:30 pm

Washington/IBNS: The novel coronavirus could resurface in seasonal cycles and a vaccine and effective treatment would be key in overcoming the outbreaks in future, according to a senior US scientist, reported AFP.

China confirms man died of hantavirus amid fears of new outbreak

Mar 25, 2020, at 05:54 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI:  Chinese authorities in Shaanxi province have confirmed that a man who died on a bus in southwestern Yunnan region this week had been infected with a hantavirus.

One person dies of Hantavirus infection in China, 32 people under observation

Mar 24, 2020, at 07:10 pm

Beijing/IBNS: Even as the world grapples to contain the novel coronavirus menace, China has reported a death from Hantavirus.

China says 90 percent of coronavirus-positive patients now recovered

Mar 23, 2020, at 05:23 pm

Beijing/Sputnik/UNI:  The COVID-19 toll in China is diminishing day upon day, with almost 90 percent of all infected individuals now having recovered and discharged from hospitals, the Chinese National Health Commission said on Monday.

Three Chinese fencers test positive of COVID-19

Mar 20, 2020, at 04:26 pm

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Three Chinese fencers had tested positive of COVID-19, Chinese Fencing Association announced on Friday.

Beijing reports 21 imported COVID-19 cases

Mar 19, 2020, at 10:04 am

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Beijing reported 21 newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from other countries Wednesday, the municipal health commission said Thursday.

China's Hubei cleared of suspected COVID-19 cases

Mar 18, 2020, at 10:45 am

Wuhan/Xinhua/UNI: Central China's Hubei Province reported zero new suspected case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for two consecutive days, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.

Death toll from COVID-19 in mainland China rises by 13 to 3,189 – Health Commission

Mar 14, 2020, at 09:29 am

Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has increased by 11 to 80,824, with the death toll having risen by 13 to 3,189, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.

Coronavirus update: WHO spokesman confirms over 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported globally

Mar 07, 2020, at 03:52 pm

Geneva/(Xinhua): More than 100,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease have been reported globally as of Saturday morning, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told Xinhua.

China speeds up research and approval of testing kits for new coronavirus

Mar 06, 2020, at 04:14 pm

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 14 testing products for the novel coronavirus disease have gained approval for clinical use in China, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology said Friday.

Cure rates of COVID-19 patients in China climb for 19th consecutive day

Mar 04, 2020, at 04:13 pm

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: The proportion of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the virus-hit city of Wuhan, other places in Hubei Province, and other provincial-level regions in China outside Hubei, has increased for 19 consecutive days as of Tuesday, Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC), said Wednesday.

Number of people infected with novel coronavirus outside of China exceeds 10,000 - WHO

Mar 04, 2020, at 10:20 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered over 1,700 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside of China, whereas the total number of infected people exceeded 10,000.

Death toll from Novel Coronavirus disease in mainland China rises to 2,943 - Authorities

Mar 03, 2020, at 08:10 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in China has risen by 31 to 2,943, the number of confirmed cases has increased by 125 to 80,151, the state health committee said.

Chinese ambassador calls for China-US cooperation amid coronavirus epidemic

Feb 29, 2020, at 12:03 pm

Washington/Xinhua: UNI: Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai called on Beijing and Washington to cooperate to address global challenges, warning against "political virus" disseminated by politically-motivated people.

Novel Coronavirus death toll in mainland China rises to 2,788 : Health authorities

Feb 28, 2020, at 12:29 pm

Bejing, Feb 28 (Sputnik) - The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has risen by 44 to 2,788, the number of confirmed cases has increased by 327 to 78,824, the state health committee said Friday.

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.

COVID-19: More new virus cases outside China than in, ‘no time for complacency’, says UN health agency

Feb 27, 2020, at 02:34 pm

New York/IBNS:  The number of new COVID-19, or coronavirus, infections outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Refrain from non-essential travel to Republic of Korea, Iran and Italy: India advises people on COVID19 outbreak

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. 

Kuwait suspends flights to SKorea, Thailand, Italy amid COVID-19 outbreak

Feb 25, 2020, at 10:39 am

Doha/Sputnik/UNI: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended flights to and from South Korea, Thailand, and Italy in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

China reports 508 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 71 new deaths

Feb 25, 2020, at 10:28 am

Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 508 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 71 deaths on Monday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Death toll from Coronavirus in Mainland China surpasses 2,440 : Health Commission

Feb 23, 2020, at 08:35 am

Beijing/Sputnik: The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone up to 2,442 in mainland China, with the total number of registered cases standing at 76,936 according to the country’s National Health Commission.

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.