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-- 2020-03-17 17:19:13
An official from the World Health Organisation, the body leading the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, said on Tuesday that two staff members have been confirmed to be infected with coron...
-- 2020-03-17 17:01:44
Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, The death toll in Iran from the corona...
-- 2020-03-17 16:54:30
A war of words between China and the United States showed no signs of let up on Monday, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with a top Chinese diplomat expressing 'strong US objecti...
-- 2020-03-17 16:45:03
Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services has confirmed first death of a coronavirus infected person on Tuesday. The country said on a web portal that the under-treatment patient died in a heal...
-- 2020-03-17 13:14:58
India reported the third death from COVID-19 and the first in its financial capital of Mumbai on Tuesday. The person was a 64-year-old man, who had a travel history to Dubai, Xinhua reported citing l...
-- 2020-03-17 10:50:41
India's iconic monument Taj Mahal has shut down to halt the spread of the coronavirus, officials say. The culture ministry said tens of thousands visit the "monument of love" every day and it was "im...
-- 2020-03-16 14:31:36
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has sent the first shipment of surgical masks and coronavirus test kits to the US. The Chinese billionaire tweeted two pictures of the pallets of goods being loaded on to a...
REUTERS 2020-03-16 11:58:59
For years, Hindus and Muslims lived and worked peacefully together in Yamuna Vihar, a densely populated Delhi district. But the riots that raged through the district last month appear to have cleaved...
-- 2020-03-16 11:43:52
New Zealand banned gatherings of 500 people or more on Monday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned of tough action against anyone who violates new self-iso...
Reuters 2020-03-16 11:28:48
An explosion at a gas processing plant on Sunday killed at least 15 people and destroyed about 50 buildings after a fire broke out in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, emergency s...
-- 2020-03-16 11:21:12
Germany will temporarily introduce border controls on its frontiers with Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and Denmark from Monday, the government said on Sunday as the country seeks to curb a...
-- 2020-03-16 10:14:42
The three states bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe have all recorded their highest death tolls for a single day. Italy saw 368 deaths bring its total to 1,809, Spain recorded 97...
-- 2020-03-15 15:22:43
India on Sunday reported that the number of coronavirus infections had risen to 107, an increase of 23 from the day before, with a western state home to the country’s financial capital the worst...
Reuters 2020-03-15 15:05:33
An Uzbek citizen has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from France, Uzbekistan’s Healthcare Ministry said on Sunday, marking the first infection from the virus in the Central Asian...
REUTERS 2020-03-15 14:23:11
Thailand reported 32 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total infections in the Southeast Asian country to 114, health officials said. It was the biggest daily jump in cases in Thailand, w...
-- 2020-03-15 13:24:22
Australia's prime minister has ordered a 14-day self-isolation for anyone arriving in the country to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus. "This is very important," Scott Morrison said at a brie...
REUTERS 2020-03-15 12:39:23
China tightened checks on international travellers arriving at Beijing airport on Sunday, after the number of imported new coronavirus infections surpassed locally transmitted cases for a second day i...
Reuters 2020-03-15 11:33:41
Argentina banned entry to non-residents who have traveled to a country highly affected by coronavirus in the last 14 days, the government officially announced late on Saturday. The ban was establishe...
-- 2020-03-15 11:13:05
Two of the EU's biggest states, Spain and France, have followed Italy in announcing emergency restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In Spain, people are banned from leaving home excep...
REUTERS 2020-03-15 10:42:05
Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor said on Saturday, as the US president extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to slow the spread of a pandemic that has shut do...
Reuters 2020-03-14 20:53:44
Health authorities in England announced on Saturday a further 10 deaths caused by coronavirus, almost doubling the number of fatalities in Britain since Friday. "I am sorry to confirm 10 further pati...
-- 2020-03-14 19:55:05
Coronavirus cases in Spain have risen by 1,500 to more than 5,700, public health officials say, reports The BBC. Spain is the worst affected country in Europe after Italy, which has more than 15,000...
-- 2020-03-14 19:22:28
A newborn baby has tested positive for coronavirus in what is thought to be the youngest case of the disease in the UK, it has emerged, reports The Guardian. The child’s mother, who was taken t...
-- 2020-03-14 15:21:05
The US State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the US military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan, as...
-- 2020-03-14 15:05:13
Britain’s government will ban mass gatherings from next week in an attempt to curb the coronavirus outbreak, an escalation of its crisis plan which critics had said was too relaxed. Prime Minis...
-- 2020-03-14 14:53:24
A curfew is going to be imposed in Metro Manila of the Philippines, begining Sunday, in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Saturday. Th...
Reuters 2020-03-14 12:15:03
Saudi Arabia has suspended all international flights for two weeks, starting Sunday, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA said on Saturday, citing an official source at interior...
REUTERS 2020-03-14 11:55:32
India reported its second death from coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The patient was a 68-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension and died in the country'...
-- 2020-03-14 11:48:37
South Korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus than new infections on Saturday for the second day in a row, as a downward trend in daily cases raised hopes that Asia’s biggest epidemi...
REUTERS 2020-03-14 10:54:50
President Donald Trump declared a US national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that has infected more than 138,0...
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