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Workers deliver meals at the Jinyintan Hospital, designated for critical COVID-19 patients, in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. AP photo

Covid-19 deaths hit 1,400 in China, new cases at 5,090

The National Health Commission said 121 more people had died and there were 5,090 new confirmed cases

14 Feb 2020 11:15 AM IST

Maggie Zhang, Zhang uses a laptop computer at her parents home in in the northwestern city of Zhangye in Gansu province. Zhang, founder of SheTalks, a company in Beijing that organizes events for women, is working out of her parents apartment after she went back for the Lunar New Year and said she might stay through March. AP photos

Millions in China work from home over Covid-19

Many large companies have told employees to stay home

14 Feb 2020 10:27 AM IST

File photo shows a gathering of media outside the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Life on board the luxury cruise ship, which has dozens of cases of coronavirus. AP photo

2 Indian crew members of Diamond Princess test positive for...

A total of 138 Indians, including passengers and crew, were on board the ship

13 Feb 2020 11:17 AM IST

Technicians work on a second generation disinfection robot in a technological company in Qingdao, eastern Chinas Shandong Province. AP photo

Coronavirus death toll in China crosses 1,100

The National Health Commission said 2,015 new cases had been reported over the last 24 hours, declining for a second day

12 Feb 2020 11:54 AM IST

Thailand Army Chief Gen. Apirat Kongsompong speaks during a press briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday. AP Photo

Do not blame the army for solider-'s rampage, Thai general says

General Apirat Kongsompong broke down in tears as he apologised during a televised press conference

11 Feb 2020 1:08 PM IST

The quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess anchors at the Yokohama Port, Monday in Yokohama, Japan. AP photo

Coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess hits 136

The operator of a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama, near Tokyo, said an additional 66 cases were found aboard, in...

10 Feb 2020 4:12 PM IST

Mourners lay flowers at the Terminal 21 shopping mall, where a mass shooting took place, in the Thai northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima. AFP photo

Thai families claim their dead as nation mourns mass shooting

The gunman, Sergeant-Major Jakrapanth Thomma, was shot dead by a commando unit Sunday morning, ending a rampage that...

10 Feb 2020 3:30 PM IST

Twitter image by @jaavedjaaferi

Coronavirus was a masked villain in Asterix comic

It is interesting to note that Coronavirus the masked villainous chariot racer eventually failed to win

10 Feb 2020 11:30 AM IST

Workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai on February 9, 2020 with workers returning to work on Monday after the extended holiday due to the virus scare and the Lunar New Year. (AFP)

WHO warns of -'tip of the iceberg-' as Chinese begin returning to work

With toll topping 900, world health agency says there is concern about overseas cases

10 Feb 2020 8:31 AM IST

People wearing masks, walk in a subway station, in Hong Kong. AP photo

nCov can spread through contact transmission or aerosols

Coronavirus that traces its origin in the local seafood market of Wuhan, in central China, has killed 811 people,...

9 Feb 2020 12:23 PM IST

A nurse checks on a patient in the isolation ward for 2019-nCoV patients at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China. AP photo

Coronavirus death toll 811, but spread of virus slows

Warmer weather will reduce the ability of virus to spread and bring people out of enclosed spaces where they are more...

9 Feb 2020 11:35 AM IST

Soldiers carry a person out of Terminal 21 Korat mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. A gunman described as a soldier angry over a financial dispute killed a few people and then went on a far bloodier rampage Saturday in northeastern Thailand, shooting as he drove to the busy mall where shoppers fled in terror. (AP)

Thai mall gunman shot dead after massacre of 21 people

The shooter, a soldier armed with an assault rifle, holed himself up in a mall and posted updates on Facebook

9 Feb 2020 9:02 AM IST