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Medical workers wearing protective gears move a patient suspected of contracting the coronavirus from an ambulance to the Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea. AP photo

South Korea takes a giant step towards containing virus after first...

2.5 million people asked to stay home after first Coronavirus death

20 Feb 2020 6:00 PM IST

The Diamond Princess cruise ship (back) in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, is seen at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama. AFP photo

Indians on quarantined Japan ship infected by Covid-19 number 7

One more Indian on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the coast of Japan was tested positive for...

20 Feb 2020 2:43 PM IST

Members of a police sanitation team spray disinfectant on a bridge as a preventive measure agaist the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bozhou, in Chinas eastern Anhui province. AFP photo

Too early to say Covid-19 less deadly than SARS: WHO

The death toll rose to 2,004, with most of the deaths in Hubei, where the virus first emerged in Dec before spiralling...

19 Feb 2020 3:47 PM IST

Members of a police sanitation team spray disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP Photo

COVID-19 cases jump by two-thirds in one day in South Korea

Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said in a statement that 20 new coronavirus cases had been...

19 Feb 2020 3:20 PM IST

An unidentified passenger is surrounded by the media after he disembarked from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Wednesday. AP photo

Japan ship quarantine ends, passengers leave Diamond Princess

Results were still pending for some passengers whoâ€™ve been tested for the coronavirus that had infected more than 540...

19 Feb 2020 12:03 PM IST

Facebook also confirmed that some of its official social media accounts were hacked on Friday.

Facebook bans Singapore -"anti-government-" page

The action was taken following a demand by the authorities

18 Feb 2020 6:06 PM IST

Workers produce facemasks at a factory in Handan in Chinas northern Hebei province. AFP photo

Thieves rob 6,000 hygiene masks in Japan

Four boxes containing the face masks disappeared from a locked storage facility at the Japanese Red Cross hospital

18 Feb 2020 3:53 PM IST

People still in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus stand on balconies of the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama . AFP Photo

88 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Diamond Princess cruise

The total number of positive cases of COVID-19 on Diamond Princess now stands at 542

18 Feb 2020 3:21 PM IST

Xu Zhiyong has asked for Xi Jinping to step down. (Twitter: Amnesty)

No end to China-'s crackdown on dissent despite coronavirus crisis:...

Over a dozen activists detained or disappeared after a gathering of disenters prior to coronavirus outbreak

18 Feb 2020 11:53 AM IST

File photo provided the Anti-Poaching Special Squad shows police gathering outside a store suspected of trafficking in wildlife in the city of Guangde in central Chinas Anhui province. AP photo

Covid-19 raises safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals

coronavirus is spreading through China, so far killing 1,380 people and sickening more than 64,000 â€” eight times the...

17 Feb 2020 9:23 AM IST

People wearing face mask walk at a downtown street in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. COVID-19 viral illness has sickened tens of thousands of people in China since December. AP photo

Covid-19 cases in China on rise, death toll up by 105

The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39 cases from the previous dayâ€™s figure

17 Feb 2020 9:10 AM IST

An Indonesian student (L) hugs her relative after being quarantined following the coronavirus outbreak, at the Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, East Java. (Photo: AFP)

Toll in coronavirus climbs to 1,665

WHO experts scramble to assist Beijing contain the spread of virus in the country.

17 Feb 2020 1:22 AM IST