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Qatar puts India, 13 other countries in travel ban list

Qatar Airways had already suspended flights to and from Italy

9 March 2020 1:05 PM IST

According to the official All-China Womens Federation, women account for the majority of nurses and doctors on the frontline force (AFP)

Female medical staff in China given pills to delay periods

Reports of prioritising conserving suits over menstrual health invite flak from all over the world

9 March 2020 12:34 PM IST

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea (AP)

North Korea fires short-range projectiles

The launches is said to be a violation of an inter-Korean agreement aimed at lowering military animosities

9 March 2020 12:24 PM IST

Residents walk past a retail and office district with a screen showing propaganda which reads Go China! Go Wuhan as businesses slowly restart in Beijing. AP photo

China-'s makeshift hospital shut after coronavirus cases decline

Two makeshift hospitals were suspended on Sunday in Wuhan as the number of patients continued to drop

9 March 2020 10:43 AM IST

A firefighter disinfects the shrine of Saint Saleh to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in northern Tehran, Iran. AFP Photo

With 49 new deaths, toll in Covid19 climbs to 194 in Iran

The virus has spread to all of Iran-'s 31 provinces with 6,566 confirmed cases

8 March 2020 4:51 PM IST

Medical staff members wearing protective gear carry a patient infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Seoul. AFP Photo

Covid19 cases dip in South Korea in more than a week

South Korea-'s health ministry says the country is not yet at a point where they can say the situation has improved

8 March 2020 4:31 PM IST

A boy is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in Chinas eastern Fujian province, early on March 8, 2020. At least four people were killed following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on March 8. (AFP)

10 killed as hotel used as quarantine facility collapses in China

Some 70 people trapped in the rubble were rescued by firefighters

8 March 2020 10:24 AM IST

A man (left) is helped by rescuers as he is pulled from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in Chinas eastern Fujian province on March 7, 2020. Around 70 people were trapped after the Xinjia Hotel collapsed. Some 45 people were rescued from the rubble but 19 people were said to be still trapped.(AFP)

19 people trapped as repurposed coronavirus isolation building...

The building was originally a hotel but was converted to isolate coronavirus cases in Quanzhou city

8 March 2020 8:59 AM IST

Revolutionary Guard members disinfect an ATM machine to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Tehran, Iran.

Iran reports 21 new deaths in Covid 19, toll rises to 145

The health ministry also added that 1,669 of confirmed cases have recovered from the illness

7 March 2020 5:55 PM IST

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Kerala teen killed in Dubai accident

The accident happened when they were on their way back to the capital said the reports

7 March 2020 5:49 PM IST

file photo, shows Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman. AP Photo

Two royals including kings-'s brother detained in Saudi, reports say

The Saudi government media office did not immediately comment on the issue

7 March 2020 11:48 AM IST

Afghan security forces personnel stand guard on a road near the site of a gun attack that occured during an event ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Shiite leader Abdul Ali Mazari, in Kabul. AFP Photo

Attack on Kabul political rally claims 27 lives

The incident occurred at the commemoration ceremony for Abdul Ali Mazari -- a politician from the Hazara ethnic group

6 March 2020 5:15 PM IST