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A worker moves medical waste at a hospital in Beijing treating coronavirus patients. AFP photo

Covid-19 death toll surpasses 1,500, new cases decline

Some 1,700 medical workers have been infected, with six dying from the COVID-19 illness

15 Feb 2020 12:01 PM IST

A lab technician works on samples being tested in Wuhan. AFP photo

How does China test patients for covid-19?

To be counted as a suspected case, individuals have to check several boxes, including symptoms and travel history

15 Feb 2020 11:53 AM IST

A bus with a driver wearing protective gear departs from the dockside next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

11 passengers leave cruise ship

Those who test positive will be transferred to the hospital, says Japanese health min.

15 Feb 2020 1:37 AM IST

A bus with a driver wearing protective gear departs from the dockside next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship. (AFP)

Japan lets some passengers leave quarantine ship Diamond Princess

But they will still have to be lodged in isolation facilities

14 Feb 2020 10:16 PM IST

A man wears a face mask as he rides a bicycle along a street during a snowfall in Beijing, CHina. AP photo

Search on to find first Coronavirus victim

Experts say finding this so-called -"patient zero-" is critical for tracing all those potentially exposed to coronavirus

14 Feb 2020 9:36 PM IST

A man wears a mask as he walks across an empty intersection during the morning rush hour as snow falls in Beijing on Friday. AP photo

Over 1,700 health workers in China infected by Covid19

The health commission is highly concerned and has issued guidelines for the prevention and control of infection within...

14 Feb 2020 8:10 PM IST

Passengers wave to other passengers on the balconies of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port.(AFP)

Passengers on board Diamond Princess try to work up a little V Day...

The ship with 2018 coronavirus positive cases is being quarantined at Yokohama, Japan

14 Feb 2020 6:59 PM IST

A bus with a driver wearing full protective gear departs from the dockside next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship. AFP Photo

Japan allows elderly passengers to leave ship for quarantine on land

The first of them departed the massive cruise ship on Friday afternoon, travelling in buses with blacked out windows.

14 Feb 2020 3:46 PM IST

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