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  Coronavirus outbreak: 5 travellers from China admitted to Delhi's RML hospital

  India | January 30, 2020 22:37 IST

  Five patients, recently returned from China, were admitted at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Thursday for suspected coronavirus case. Out of the five people, four are men while the remaining one is a woman.

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  Coronavirus outbreak: Tripura youth dies in Malaysia

  India | January 30, 2020 17:43 IST

  In the first reported death due to coronavirus infection from northeast India, a 22-year-old youth from Tripura died in a Malaysian hospital after he was reportedly infected by the dreaded virus, family sources said on Thursday. 

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  Death toll due to Coronavirus touches 170 in China; over 7,000 infected

  World | January 30, 2020 7:35 IST

  More than half of the coronavirus cases in which symptoms began before January 1 were tied to a seafood market, but only 8 per cent of cases after that have been, researchers found. They reported the average incubation period was five days.

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  Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak: India among top 30 high risk countries

  India | January 29, 2020 12:09 IST

  A 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: WHO admits mistake, revises its global threat assessment from ‘moderate’ to ‘high’

  World | January 27, 2020 21:47 IST

  Accused of being biased in favour of China, the WHO had been seen as being reluctant to declare coronavirus as a high-risk global threat in its previous situational reports

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  Coronavirus outbreak: India's plan of action to counter the deadly virus

  India | January 28, 2020 0:03 IST

  The deadly coronavirus epidemic has claimed at least 82 lives in China so far with the National Health Commission reporting 2,744 confirmed cases of the fatal affliction till date. In India, several people who returned from China are being kept under observation in hospitals to check for possible exposure to coronavirus.

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  Coronavirus update: China extends Lunar New Year holiday to contain epidemic as death toll surges

  India | January 27, 2020 12:27 IST

  In an attempt to further stop spreading epidemic, China has extended Lunar New Year holiday to contain coronavirus as death toll continues to surge.

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  China: Large quantity of coronavirus detected at Wuhan seafood market

  World | January 27, 2020 7:11 IST

  Experts 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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  No Indian citizen affected by coronavirus so far: MEA spokesperson

  World | January 26, 2020 18:22 IST

  No Indian citizen has been affected by the new strain of coronavirus, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Sunday, as 250 to 300 Indian students continue to remain in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak

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  Coronavirus update: More than 100 people under observation in India, govt reviews preparedness

  India | January 26, 2020 8:48 IST

  More than 100 people in India are under observation to detect whether they are infected by the deadly virus after its outbreak in China. Among all the states, over 99 people have been put under scanner in Kerala alone. So far, close to 50 people have los their lives in China due to the deadly virus.

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  Coronavirus update: Two test negative in Mumbai, another's blood sample to be tested

  India | January 25, 2020 11:53 IST

  Coronavirus update: The two persons who tested negative are still under observation in Mumbai while another's sample is yet to be tested. Decision on discharging them will be taken on Saturday.

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  Video: China building a separate hospital for treating coronavirus patients. And it's a race

  World | January 25, 2020 7:08 IST

  The Wuhan local government is rushing to build a 1,000-bedded hospital in the outskirts of Wuhan to treat coronavirus patients.​ The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) appears to have symptoms similar to those of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and may be capable of spreading from person to person and between cities.

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  Fact check: No, US government wasn’t aware of coronavirus until the Wuhan outbreak

  World | January 24, 2020 16:19 IST

  Some posts on social media, citing dodgy news reports, said that the Wuhan coronavirus was created in a lab

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  No Coronavirus case detected in India, 12828 passengers screened: Health Ministry

  India | January 23, 2020 18:11 IST

  India has amped up its efforts to prevent entry of Coronavirus into India.

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  Coronavirus: 571 confirmed cases in China, 17 deaths so far

  World | January 23, 2020 16:03 IST

  Chinese health authorities announced on Thursday that 571 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 25 provincial-level regions in the country by the end of Wednesday. A total of 393 suspected cases have been reported, according to the National Health Commission (NHC).

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  Coronavirus: Cases of new viral respiratory illness rise sharply in China

  World | January 22, 2020 19:31 IST

  Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings, after warning that a new viral illness that has infected more than 400 people and killed at least nine could spread further.

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  White House gives thumbs up to Modi-Xi summit; says US wants improved relations with India, China

  World | May 04, 2018 7:14 IST

  White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said that the Trump administration has had good relations with both India and China and wanted things to continue the same way in the future.

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  Xi-Modi 'heart-to-heart' Wuhan summit broke 'new ground' for bilateral ties: China

  World | May 21, 2018 13:35 IST

  Modi met Xi last week in an unprecedented two-day 'heart-to-heart' summit in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to "solidify" the India-China relationship after the Dokalam standoff last year.

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  Feels great to hear Indian music on foreign soil: PM Modi on his welcome with 'Tu tu hai wahi' in China

  India | April 28, 2018 21:46 IST

  "Feels great to hear Indian music on foreign soil, especially when the host nation plays it! Our artistes are popular across the world," the prime minister tweeted after returning to India.

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  Modi-Jinping 'heart-to heart' summit at Wuhan: 7 key takeaways

  India | April 28, 2018 22:22 IST

  From reducing border tensions to strengthening mutual ties- Here are some key takeaways from the two-day Modi-Xi 'informal summit' at Wuhan.