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Coronavirus: Kerala wedding postponed after groom returns from China's Wuhan
India | Feb 05, 2020, 01:33 PM ISTA local health official said a reception was held in the evening, in which the groom did not participate. The bride was garlanded by the groom's mother and brought to the hall before the guests and a traditional "Sadya" was arranged for the guests.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan to convert gym, exhibition centre into temporary hospitals
World | Feb 04, 2020, 09:30 AM ISTThe newly-built Huoshenshan hospital, one of two planned makeshift hospitals in Wuhan, began accepting patients on Tuesday. The Huoshenshan hospital was completed on Sunday after 10-days of construction.
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Coronavirus claims 425 lives in China so far; another 1,500-bed hospital to open soon
World | Feb 04, 2020, 06:50 AM ISTCoronavirus outbreak: Chinese President Xi Jinping, presiding over a special meeting of the country’s top Communist Party body for the second time since the crisis started, said “we have launched a people’s war of prevention of the epidemic.”
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8 passengers who travelled with coronavirus-affected Kerala student identified: Bengal Govt
India | Feb 03, 2020, 10:36 AM ISTAt least 8 passengers have been traced who travelled in the same flight as that of the coronavirus-affected Kerala resident and landed at the airport in Kolkata on January 23. These passengers were seated in the two rows in front and behind the Kerala resident's seat.
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China builds 1,000-bed hospital in 10 days in Wuhan as Coronavirus patients toll surges
World | Feb 03, 2020, 07:46 AM ISTChina has finished the construction of a new hospital with 1,000 bed capacity in just 10 days to treat Coronavirus infected patients. It is also building another hospital with 1,500 bed capacity.
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China puts another major city under lockdown amid Coronavirus outbreak
World | Feb 03, 2020, 07:01 AM ISTWenzhou, which is around 800 km away from the epicenter of Coronavirus hit city Wuhan, has now been put under lockdown as the death toll from deadly virus surges to 304.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Maldives thanks India for flying back citizens stuck in Wuhan on Air India fli
World | Feb 02, 2020, 05:28 PM ISTMaldives’ President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the Indian government for bringing back seven Maldivians stuck in Wuhan, along with 323 other Indians aboard an Air India aircraft
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How Coronavirus threatens global economy
Business | Feb 02, 2020, 12:45 PM ISTWith travel restrictions and business closures aimed at stopping the spread of a new virus that has killed more than 300 people in China, the situation could end up causing ripple effects that harm the global economy, experts say.
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Coronavirus outbreak: India airlifts 323 more citizens, 7 Maldivians from China's virus-hit Wuhan
India | Feb 02, 2020, 09:01 AM ISTIndia on Sunday airlifted a second batch of 323 stranded Indians and seven Maldivian citizens from China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan city, taking the total number of people evacuated to 654, officials said.
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'Are left to die': Pak student slams Imran govt for not evacuating them from Coronavirus-hit China
World | Feb 02, 2020, 09:10 AM ISTPakistan students are pleading Iman Khan government for not evacuating its people who are stuck in Coronavirus hit Wuhan after seeing Indian students were being evacuated from China.
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Coronavirus Symptoms, risk, everything you must know
Health | Jun 02, 2020, 05:07 PM ISTThe novel Coronavirus has created an alarming health emergency situation across the world with WHO declaring it a pandemic. While no panic should be spread, it is important to know the latest about the outbreak to safeguard ourselves from getting infected or spreading it. Know everything here.
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Coronavirus: Three arrested for spreading false information in Kerala
India | Feb 02, 2020, 07:54 AM ISTThe Kerala government on Saturday said the condition of the medical student, kept in an isolation ward after testing positive for the novel coronavirus is satisfactory and that three people have been arrested for spreading false information on social media about the disease.
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Coronavirus: 11 test negative in Telangana; results of 7 awaited
India | Feb 01, 2020, 11:27 PM ISTThe Telangana government said on Saturday that 11 of the 18 samples tested for the novel coronavirus in the state have turned out to be negative.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Air India 'special' flight lands in Delhi from China's Wuhan
News | Feb 01, 2020, 12:53 PM ISTAir India 'special' flight that took off from China's Wuhan landed Delhi on February 01.
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Coronavirus China update: Over 250 dead, more than 11,000 infected
India | Feb 01, 2020, 07:43 AM ISTThe death toll from novel Coronavirus outbreak in China has surged to 259 while more than 11,791 have been infected with the deadly disease. Meanwhile, a total of 103 patients infected with the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been cured and discharged from hospitals in Wuhan city.
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Coronavirus: Army creates quarantine facility in Manesar for 300 Indians arriving from Wuhan
India | Jan 31, 2020, 09:13 PM ISTA 300-bed quarantine facility has been prepared by the Indian Army for the Indian citizens who will be arriving to New Delhi from deadly Coronavirus-hit Wuhan in China. Air India's 423-seater jumbo B747 plane took off from the Delhi airport at around 1.20 pm on Friday to evacuate Indian nationals.
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Air India flight takes off for Wuhan to airlift Indians stuck in quarantined coronavirus zone
India | Jan 31, 2020, 02:12 PM ISTThe Air India flight assigned to bring back stuck Indians back from Wuhan has departed IGI airport in New Delhi. Air India's 423-seater jumbo B747 plane took off from the Delhi airport. There are five doctors from the Health Ministry and one paramedical staff on board, they said, adding that around 400 Indians are expected to be evacuated.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Air India to send 'special' flight to evacuate Indians from China's Wuhan
News | Jan 31, 2020, 02:04 PM ISTKeeping in view of coronavirus, Air India is sending a 'special' flight to China on January 31. Atleast 400 Indians will be evacuated today from Wuhan in China.
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Coronavirus outbreak: WHO declares 'global emergency' as death toll rises to 213 in China
World | Jan 31, 2020, 07:13 AM ISTCoronavirus outbreak: China first informed WHO about cases of the new virus in late December. To date, China has reported more than 7,800 cases including 170 deaths. Eighteen other countries have since reported cases, as scientists race to understand how exactly the virus is spreading and how severe it is.
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Coronavirus outbreak: China reaches out to India for N95 masks
India | Jan 30, 2020, 11:14 PM ISTIn the backdrop of the threat posed by coronavirus, the manufacturers in Madurai are working extra hours to produce N95 masks in order to meet the high demand from China and domestic users as well.