China Coronavirus
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China to bring back infected Wuhan residents from across the globe via charter flights
World | Jan 31, 2020, 10:20 AM ISTIn an unprecedented move, the Chinese authorities have said that they would send out charter flights to bring back Coronavirus infected Wuhan residents from across the globe.
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US reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of new virus
World | Jan 31, 2020, 07:22 AM ISTFor the first time in the U.S., the new virus from China has spread from one person to another, health officials said Thursday. The latest case — the sixth in the country — is the husband of a Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from the epicenter of an outbreak in China. There have been previous cases in China and elsewhere of the virus spreading between people in a household or workplace.
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Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak: India among top 30 high risk countries
India | Jan 29, 2020, 12:09 PM ISTA report by the University of Southampton's WorldPop team has found Bangkok is currently the city most at risk from a global spread of the virus -- based on the number of air travellers predicted to arrive there from the worst affected cities in mainland China.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: In a first, Australian scientists grow deadly novel virus outside China
World | Jan 29, 2020, 11:39 AM ISTFor the first time, the novel coronavirus has been grown from a cell culture outside China, a "significant breakthrough" that may help combat the deadly virus which has claimed over 130 lives and infected thousands, Australian scientists said on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus in India: 8 persons with corona-like symptoms kept under watch in Mumbai, Pune
India | Jan 29, 2020, 08:06 AM ISTSix patients were already under observation and two more people, who complained of cough and mild fever, symptoms similar to the coronavirus, were put under medical watch on Tuesday evening, he said.
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Have solution for deadly 'Novel Coronavirus', claims Sri Lankan researcher
World | Jan 28, 2020, 11:21 AM ISTAs the cases of those infected from the new mysterious strain of Coronavirus are increasing with time, An award-winning Sri Lankan researcher and inventor says he has a possible solution to the 'deadly' Novel Coronavirus and other airborne diseases.
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Coronavirus death toll in China moves into triple figures; 106 dead, over 2,700 infected
World | Jan 28, 2020, 07:38 AM ISTThe reported cases of those infected from the new mysterious strain of Coronavirus are increasing with time. As per the latest reports, the number of reported cases has risen above 2,700 while 106 have been confirmed dead. Out of these, a large number of cases have been reported from the Chinese city of Wuhan. Despite China's large scale quarantine of the region, the virus is spreading and spreading fast.
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Coronavirus death toll touches 80; no confirmation yet on WHO's 'emergency' actions
World | Jan 27, 2020, 08:03 AM ISTWith 24 deaths reported on January 26, the overall death toll of Coronavirus has notched up to 80. Thus far, over 2,500 cases of Coronavirus have been reported, mostly in China's Hebei province, but cases have also been reported from Australia, United States, Europe, Thailand, Nepal among other countries. This global outreach and increasing death toll is slowly turning Coronavirus into a global epidemic.
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China: Large quantity of coronavirus detected at Wuhan seafood market
World | Jan 27, 2020, 07:11 AM ISTExperts of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have successfully isolated the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the environmental samples of a seafood market in Wuhan, indicating that the virus stems from wild animals on sale at the market.
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4 suspected coronavirus cases surface in Pakistan
World | Jan 26, 2020, 02:26 PM ISTPakistan's National Institute of Health (NIH) has clarified that there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, but four Chinese nationals have been hospitalised in Multan and Lahore for showing symptoms of the disease.
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Coronavirus death toll rises to 56 as Shanghai reports first death; epidemic spreads to Europe
World | Jan 26, 2020, 06:36 AM ISTThe number of people who have lost their lives to Coronavirus has now reached 55 in China. As the country struggles to keep a grip on the spread of the virus, first death has been reported from financial capital Shanghai. To add to outbreak inside China, the Coronavirus has now spread overseas with cases reported in Europe, US and Australia.
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First Coronavirus case in Indian-subcontinent confirmed; Nepal student found infected
World | Jan 25, 2020, 09:30 AM ISTIn what is the first confirmed case of the mysterious new strain of Coronavirus, a Nepali student studying in China has been found infected with the new coronavirus, an official of Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has said.
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Coronavirus death toll in China rises to 41 as epidemic spreads overseas despite quarantine
World | Jan 25, 2020, 06:52 AM ISTCoronavirus has already taken 41 lives in china while over 1,200 others suffer from the epidemic. The virus has now started to make its way to other countries even as China expands its quarantine zone in Hebei province.
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Mumbai: 2 persons put under coronavirus watch; all doctors in city asked to report symptoms
India | Jan 24, 2020, 03:14 PM ISTCoronavirus outbreak latest news: Two persons who returned to Mumbai from China have been kept under medical observation for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus which has infected a large number of people in Wuhan. This is the first
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Indian students stuck in Wuhan, monitoring situation closely: Indian Embassy in China
India | Jan 24, 2020, 11:06 AM ISTIndian Embassy in China has confirmed that several Indian students are stuck in the Wuhan city of China. The embassy has said that it is in touch with the relevant Chinese authorities and is monitoring the situation closely.
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As China quarantines Wuhan, Coronavirus death toll rises to 25; over 800 cases reported
World | Jan 24, 2020, 06:55 AM ISTThe mysterious new strain of Coronavirus has now resulted in a total of 25 deaths in China with over 830 reported cases. The Chinese National Health Commission (CNHC) confirmed the rise in the death toll because of the epidemic outbreak. Even as the country quarantines Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, there seems no respite from the virus that has resulted in major filtration and screening at airports around the globe with incoming travellers from China.
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Coronavirus ALERT: China confirms possibility of virus mutation and epidemic outbreak
World | Jan 22, 2020, 01:22 PM ISTChina on Wednesday announced that 440 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 13 provincial-level regions in the country by the end of Tuesday. In a media address, China's health official confirmed 9 deaths.
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Pune institute 'fully prepared' to test novel coronavirus samples
India | Jan 21, 2020, 01:32 PM ISTThe MoHFW on Monday wrote to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) urging for details of travellers from Wuhan city who have sought visa to travel to India, since December 31, 2019 and to counsel the applicants while issuing visa and E-Visa.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Medical screening stepped up as China confirms 4th death
World | Jan 21, 2020, 09:14 AM ISTA fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, authorities said Tuesday, as more places stepped up medical screening of travelers from the country as it enters its busiest travel period. The increased control measures followed a sharp rise in the number of infections to more than 200 people since last month, with epidemiologists still uncertain of its nature and mode of transmission.
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What is Coronavirus? How worried should you be?
Science | Jan 20, 2020, 12:34 PM ISTA mysterious new virus has surfaced in mainland China that has got the doctors both inside and outside the country thinking. Let's have a look at what is the new Coronavirus? Why is it becoming a serious issue all of a sudden? And, Who all are in danger of being affected by it.