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Vietnams Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) addresses a live video conference on the special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Hanoi on Tuesday. (AFP)

In Asean conference, Vietnam backs Covid-19 emergency fund

Hanoi is chairing an Asean meeting on Covid-19, with the country touting its success so far.

14 April 2020 1:32 PM IST

An airline hostess wearing a facemask amid the concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus holds her smart phone next to empty check-in counters (R) at Beijing Capital International Airport. AFP photo

Beijing shuts its doors to neighbours fearing second wave of virus...

Between April 8 and April 13, some 1,037 people returned to Beijing from Wuhan. None tested positive for COVID-19

14 April 2020 9:23 AM IST

Passengers wearing face masks at Changsha railway station in China. (AFP Photo)

Imported cases of coronavirus worry China

Covid-19 cases have been increasing again after the country managed to contain the first wave of infections.

14 April 2020 9:13 AM IST

Representational image. (AP)

UK to airlift British nationals stranded in Ahmedabad

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport here will facilitate operation of three relief flights.

12 April 2020 12:22 PM IST

Security guards wear a head gear in the shape of coronavirus. (PTI photo)

Coronavirus outbreak: India reacts sharply to UN body representative's...

Of late, India has been raising its voice on the international fora on the issue.

11 April 2020 4:06 PM IST

The Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, beleived to be the source of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. AP photo

China must close wet markets to protect humans from zoonotic disease:...

A zoonotic disease is an illness that can be passed from an animal to a human

10 April 2020 1:15 PM IST

Hospital beds are pictured inside a field hospital that had offered beds for COVID-19 coronavirus patients during the height of the crisis in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photo

Only strict lockdown, social distancing can contain virus: Indians in...

India evacuated about 700 Indians and foreigners through two special Air India flights

9 April 2020 3:27 PM IST

People, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, shop for food items in the Geylang Serai market in Singapore. AFP photo

Indian man in Singapore dies of coronavirus

With 142 cases reported on Wednesday, Singapore has a total of 1,623 COVID-19 infections

9 April 2020 12:44 PM IST

Workers wearing protective gears walk to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo

South Korea to tighten border controls to curb Coronavirus cases

South Korea has been enforcing two-week quarantines on all passengers arriving from abroad since April 1.

8 April 2020 10:05 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures as he arrives at his office in Tokyo on March 18, 2020. Abe said the country will expand quarantine measures and a ban on entry from parts of countries including Italy and Spain affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

Japan PM proposes state of emergency to tackle Covid-19

Abe also proposes a stimulus package worth $1 trillion for the economy.

6 April 2020 5:36 PM IST

South Korea reports 86 new Covid19 cases, count rises to 10,000

South Korea said about half of the new cases came from the densely populous Seoul, where imported cases have been on the...

3 April 2020 9:14 AM IST

Australian student Alek Sigley says he was threatened with a firing-squad execution in North Korea (AFP Photo)

Australian student claims North Korea threatened to execute him

Alek Sigley was forced to read out a videoed -"letter of apology-" dictated by his captors before being released

2 April 2020 1:03 PM IST