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Coronavirus deaths cross 13000, cases 300,000 worldwide

Coronavirus deaths cross 13000, cases 300,000 worldwide

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-22 14:16:41

Coronavirus cases around the world have surpassed 300,000 with deaths from the disease topping 13000. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, a total of 308,257 people were infected b...

Italy coronavirus deaths jump by almost 800, govt shuts most workplaces

Italy coronavirus deaths jump by almost 800, govt shuts most workplaces

-- 2020-03-22 11:38:56

Italy recorded a jump in deaths from coronavirus of almost 800 on Saturday, taking the toll in the world’s hardest-hit country to almost 5,000. In its latest desperate effort to halt the epidem...

Spain warns the 'worst is yet to come' as coronavirus deaths surpass 1,300

Spain warns the 'worst is yet to come' as coronavirus deaths surpass 1,300

REUTERS 2020-03-22 11:24:26

The Spanish government said on Saturday it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and warned that "the worst is yet to come" after the national toll surpassed 1,300 deaths and...

India starts 14-hour curfew to curb coronavirus spread

India starts 14-hour curfew to curb coronavirus spread

REUTERS 2020-03-22 10:28:01

India launched a 14-hour long curfew on Sunday to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 315 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease. Prime minister...

Pakistan suspends international flights for two weeks

Pakistan suspends international flights for two weeks

Reuters 2020-03-21 18:33:48

Pakistan on Saturday suspended all international flight operations for two weeks in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the civil aviation authority said. "The Government of Pakistan has decid...

Coronavirus cases rise to 258 in India

Coronavirus cases rise to 258 in India

-- 2020-03-21 16:41:00

Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 258 on Saturday after 35 fresh cases were reported in various parts of the country, the Health Ministry said, reports thehindubusinessline.com.  However,...

Italy's coronavirus deaths surge by 627 in a day

Italy's coronavirus deaths surge by 627 in a day

REUTERS 2020-03-21 10:53:53

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has leapt by 627 to 4,032, officials said on Friday, an increase of 18.4 per cent - by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the co...

South Korea reports 147 new coronavirus cases

South Korea reports 147 new coronavirus cases

-- 2020-03-21 10:37:43

South Korea reported 147 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, holding to its downward trend in daily infections from a peak in February, but concerns about new outbreaks around small clusters and p...

Dutch health minister tackling coronavirus spread quits

Dutch health minister tackling coronavirus spread quits

-- 2020-03-20 19:10:55

The minister leading the Dutch government’s fight against the coronavirus resigned on Thursday, a day after collapsing from exhaustion during a parliamentary debate on the epidemic, reports Reut...

California issues state-wide 'stay at home' order

California issues state-wide 'stay at home' order

BBC 2020-03-20 17:36:57

California has issued a "stay at home" order to residents as it tries to stem the march of the coronavirus across the most populous US state. Governor Gavin Newsom told Californians they should only...

Malaysia to deploy army to help enforce coronavirus curbs

Malaysia to deploy army to help enforce coronavirus curbs

-- 2020-03-20 17:12:30

Malaysia will deploy the army from Sunday to help enforce travel and movement curbs aimed at reining in the spread of a coronavirus, the government said, as it grapples with the highest number of infe...

Sri Lanka impose curfew over coronavirus

Sri Lanka impose curfew over coronavirus

-- 2020-03-20 15:49:27

Sri Lanka has re-imposed an island-wide police curfew, effective from 6:00pm local time on Friday to 6:00am on Monday, as the South Asian country steps up efforts to check the spread of the coronaviru...

Coronavirus deaths top 10,000 globally

Coronavirus deaths top 10,000 globally

-- 2020-03-20 15:40:18

More than 245,000 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 10,028 have died, with cases and deaths outside China far exceeding those in the country where the outbreak be...

Coronavirus deaths in Italy overtake China as economic damage mounts

Coronavirus deaths in Italy overtake China as economic damage mounts

REUTERS 2020-03-20 10:47:52

The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outstrippi...

India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

REUTERS 2020-03-20 10:01:54

India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over its appalling re...

One dies every 10 minutes from coronavirus  in Iran

One dies every 10 minutes from coronavirus in Iran

-- 2020-03-19 18:46:44

The new coronavirus kills one person every 10 minutes in Iran, the health ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday, as the death toll in the Middle East worst-affected country climbed to 1,284. "Based...

Asian countries face second phase of imported cases of coronavirus

Asian countries face second phase of imported cases of coronavirus

-- 2020-03-19 18:11:07

South Korea, China and Singapore are among the Asian countries facing a second coronavirus wave, spurred by people importing it from outside, reports BBC. China, where the virus first emerged, confir...

New Zealand closes border to all foreigners

New Zealand closes border to all foreigners

-- 2020-03-19 16:16:29

New Zealand closed its borders to all foreigners from midnight on Thursday, as it stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country, reports Reuters.  Prime Minister Jac...

Muslim event in Indonesia stopped amid coronavirus fears

Muslim event in Indonesia stopped amid coronavirus fears

Reuters 2020-03-19 12:43:06

A rally of Muslim pilgrims that is drawing thousands of people to Indonesia has been stopped amid fears that it could help spread the new coronavirus, an official said. For days, authorities had been...

How Korea trounced US in race to test people for coronavirus

How Korea trounced US in race to test people for coronavirus

REUTERS 2020-03-19 12:31:54

In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul’s busy...

UK schools to close from Friday

UK schools to close from Friday

-- 2020-03-19 12:15:03

Schools in the UK are to shut from Friday until further notice as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Schools will close except for looking after the children of keyworkers and vulnerable childre...

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 169

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 169

-- 2020-03-19 12:08:00

The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India Thursday rose to 169, India's federal health ministry said. "Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across India is 169," a statement i...

Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, no China transmissions

Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, no China transmissions

-- 2020-03-19 11:29:09

Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases, data released on Thursday showed, as new local transmissions in China fell to zero, putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infect...

Rattled world 'at war' with coronavirus as deaths surge in Italy, France

Rattled world 'at war' with coronavirus as deaths surge in Italy, France

REUTERS 2020-03-19 10:21:20

Hundreds of millions of people faced a world turned upside down on Wednesday by unprecedented emergency measures against the coronavirus pandemic that is killing the old and vulnerable and threatening...

Peru miners halt operations to slow coronavirus spread

Peru miners halt operations to slow coronavirus spread

-- 2020-03-19 00:00:00

Miners shuttered or wound down operations in Peru on Tuesday and were girding for extended supply chain disruptions in neighboring Chile as governments tightened restrictions to try to slow the spread...

What Africa is doing to fight coronavirus

What Africa is doing to fight coronavirus

Reuters 2020-03-18 17:53:50

The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID-19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Here is a selection of measures countries are taking to prepare...

Malaysia starts two-week isolation to rein in coronavirus

Malaysia starts two-week isolation to rein in coronavirus

-- 2020-03-18 12:40:53

Malaysia went into a two-week partial lockdown on Wednesday after coronavirus infections in the country spiked to the highest in Southeast Asia, with some buyers rushing to supermarkets to stock up on...

Coronavirus: S Arabia closes mosques

Coronavirus: S Arabia closes mosques

-- 2020-03-18 11:56:53

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that mosques would no longer be open for the customary five daily prayers or Friday congregations, an exceptional move to limit the spread of the coronavirus which has inf...

Canada, US to close border to non-essential travel

Canada, US to close border to non-essential travel

Reuters 2020-03-18 11:31:47

Canada and the United States will announce a deal to partially close their borders on Wednesday, which will allow trade and commerce to go on, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, citing sources....

Coronavirus hits all 50 US states as death toll rises

Coronavirus hits all 50 US states as death toll rises

-- 2020-03-18 10:33:27

The deadly coronavirus has now hit all 50 states in the US as West Virginia reported its first case of the infection on Tuesday. Announcing its first Covid-19 patient, West Virginia Governor Jim Just...