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An Iranian health inspector checks a makeshift hospital set up inside the Iran Mall, northwest of Tehran, Iran.AFP Photo

Iran announces 129 new deaths, toll jumps to 1,685

The health ministry confirmed that 1,028 new cases had been recorded in the past 24 hours

22 March 2020 4:13 PM IST

Asian countries step up efforts to contain Covid19 outbreak as cases...

Tighter travel restrictions were imposed in several countries while Malaysia deployed its army to enforce a lockdown

22 March 2020 1:03 PM IST

Iran reports 123 new Covid19 deaths, toll climbs to 1,556

Iran reports 123 new Covid19 deaths, toll climbs to 1,556

A total of 20,610 people are now known to have been infected with coronavirus in Iran

21 March 2020 4:08 PM IST

North Korea fires ballistic missiles into the sea

North Korea fires ballistic missiles into the sea

The South Korean military condemned the launches as -"extremely inappropriate-" given the difficult situation due to...

21 March 2020 9:34 AM IST

An Iranian woman wearing a protective face mask chooses traditional items ahead of Nowruz, the national New Year 2-week celebration, at the Tajrish Bazaar in the capital Tehran. AFP Photo

Covid19: Iran reports 149 new deaths, toll climbs to 1,433

Nearly 19,644 people are now known to have been infected in Iran, one of the world-'s worst-hit countries

20 March 2020 4:47 PM IST

South Korean police officers wearing face masks move as they guard near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea. AFP Photo

South Korea to send charter flights to Italy to rescue citizens

Over the course of the outbreak South Korea has sent chartered flights to China, Iran and Japan to evacuate its citizens

20 March 2020 3:22 PM IST

24 Afghan soldiers killed in insider attack

Zabul provincial council chief Ata Jan Haq Bayan confirmed the toll, adding that the attackers had -"connections-" to...

20 March 2020 1:33 PM IST

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Iran says 149 new coronavirus deaths, toll reaches 1,284

A total of 18,407 people have contracted the disease in the country, one of the worst hit by the novel coronavirus

19 March 2020 5:16 PM IST

Benjamin Netanyahu (AP)

Israel-'s Netanyahu accused of exploiting virus crisis

Netanyahu has served as a caretaker prime minister since December 2018

19 March 2020 1:39 PM IST

China reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for first time since outbreak

China reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for first time since...

The country, however, saw a spike in imported positive cases

19 March 2020 9:14 AM IST

Death toll in Covid19 crosses 1,000 in Iran

The death toll-'s continued sharp increase worries experts that the outbreak in the Islamic Republic is far from being...

18 March 2020 4:36 PM IST

A shopkeeper waits for customers as a woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the new coronavirus, walks at the Tehrans Grand Bazaar, Iran. AFP Photo

103 year old Iranian woman survives Covid19, reports state

The unnamed woman had been hospitalised in the central city of Semnan for about a week

18 March 2020 4:28 PM IST