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  WHO chief condoles death of Chinese doctor in fight against coronavirus outbreak

  India | February 19, 2020 11:33 IST

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has condoled the death of a Chinese hospital chief who died of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicentrer of the outbreak.

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  Kiwis sweat on net ahead of 1st Test Match against India

  News | February 19, 2020 12:28 IST

  Kiwis were seen sweating ahead of the first Test Match against India on February 21. Kane Williamson led New Zealand cricket team will be facing Men in Blue in Wellington.

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  Coronavirus update: China death toll mounts to 2000, new cases decline for 2nd day

  World | February 19, 2020 7:07 IST

  The death toll due to noval Coronavirus has surged to 2,000, in China, according to the government. However, new virus cases in the country has recorded a decline for the second consecutive day.

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  India to send its largest military aircraft to evacuate more Indians from Wuhan

  World | February 19, 2020 0:05 IST

  India will send a C-17 military transport aircraft to the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to evacuate more Indians and deliver a consignment of medical supplies to China's coronavirus-hit people, official sources said. 

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  C-17 aircraft to evacuate more Indians from Wuhan, carry medical supplies

  India | February 18, 2020 21:52 IST

  India will send a C-17 military aircraft to Wuhan on February 20 to evacuate more Indians from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city and also provide medical supplies to China, military sources said on Tuesday.

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  220 people, in quarantine facility after return from Coronavirus-hit China, to be discharged today

  India | February 18, 2020 11:18 IST

  The Union Health Ministry has said that 220 people who were quarantined after their return from Coronavirus-hit China, shall be discharged from Indian Army facility in Manesar facility today. They have tested negative in their latest tests for Coronavirus.

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  Coronavirus update: Death toll mounts to 1,750; over 2,000 new cases

  World | February 17, 2020 8:44 IST

  Coronavirus deaths: Another 105 deaths have been reported from China due to deadly virus outbreak taking the overall death toll so far to 1,770.

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  Second coronavirus patient discharged in Kerala

  India | February 16, 2020 21:00 IST

  In further relief to Kerala, a student treated for the novel coronavirus in the state was discharged on Sunday after two consecutive test results returned negative, becoming India's second patient to recover from the infection, health authorities said.

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  'It was apocalyptic': Pilot who evacuated stranded Indians from Wuhan shares first hand experience

  India | February 15, 2020 9:27 IST

  Air India pilot Amitabh Singh, the man who flew the special aircraft to Wuhan to bring back the stranded Indian citizens from the epicentre of coronavirus has described the scene of the city as apocalyptic. The pilot said that he could see well-lit streets but they were all deserted. 

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  Terrifying map shows spread of coronavirus through over 60,000 travellers from Wuhan

  World | February 14, 2020 10:02 IST

  China on Friday reported another sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new virus, as the death toll neared 1,400. The National Health Commission said 121 more people had died and there were 5,090 new confirmed cases.

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  Nation divided as Nepal prepares to evacuate citizens from Corona hit- China

  News | February 12, 2020 19:21 IST

  Ever since the Nepal government announced its plan to quarantine evacuees from coronavirus-hit Wuhan in Bhaktapur province, locals here are demonstrating against the same as the proposed isolation centre is extremely close to human settlements.

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  China's President Xi Jinping appears in public for first time after Coronavirus outbreak

  World | February 10, 2020 22:30 IST

  More than a month after the Coronavirus outbreak in China, President Xi Jinping made his first appearance in public as he visited a community health center in Beijing on Monday

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  China witnesses rise in Coronavirus cases again a day after decline, death toll mounts to 908

  World | February 10, 2020 15:42 IST

  Coronavirus cases in China has once again reported rise after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow by 97 to 908, with at least two more outside the country.

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  WHO warns overseas coronavirus spread may be 'tip of the iceberg'

  World | February 10, 2020 10:31 IST

  The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday there have been "concerning instances" of coronavirus among people with no travel history to China, warning that it could be the "tip of the iceberg", as he urged all countries to prepare for the possible arrival of the novel virus that has killed over 900 people.

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  Coronavirus test report possible in 15 minutes

  World | February 09, 2020 21:24 IST

  A new test kit to detect coronavirus, which takes just 15 minutes, has been developed at Tianjin University of China. It will help save time in screening out potential patients.

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  Chinese scientists believe pangolins may've spread coronavirus from bats to humans

  World | February 07, 2020 16:39 IST

  After snakes and bats, Chinese scientists now suspect pangolins may be an intermediate host of the novel coronavirus which is wreaking havoc all over China and the world.

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  Coronavirus lockdown disrupts food supplies for birds, animals in Wuhan Zoo

  World | February 07, 2020 16:16 IST

  The coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 630 lives has also badly affected the food supplies of birds and animals at a zoo in Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic that is wreaking havoc in China and abroad

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  Coronavirus outbreak: 5 infected children cured in China's Wuhan

  World | February 07, 2020 6:52 IST

  Five children infected with the novel coronavirus have been cured and discharged from a hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. 

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  All 645 Indians evacuated from Wuhan test negative for Coronavirus: Health Ministry

  India | February 06, 2020 19:49 IST

  ​All 645 Indians who were evacuated from China's Wuhan have tested negative for novel coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The evacuees had been kept in isolation at Army Base and ITBP camps. India has so far reported three confirmed cases of nCoV from Kerala.

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  Coronavirus update: 83 under home isolation in Karnataka

  India | February 06, 2020 7:46 IST

  Karnataka communicable diseases department wing joint director Prakash Kumar has said that they are observing 83 people across the state, including Bengaluru, Tumkur and Mysuru for coronavirus symptoms.