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A self-contained breathing apparatus and a photo of recruits is pictured on a plaque inside a Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy dormitory which has been designated as a 2019 novel coronavirus quarantine site for travellers from Hubei Province in China. AFP photoWorld
Coronavirus sparks racism: Petition to ban Chinese gets 5 lakh...

A health lecturer at the University of Sydney, said the responses from governments may have compounded prejudice

7 Feb 2020 11:08 AM IST

Travellers wearing protective face masks at the departure area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. AFP photoWorld
21 Kerala medical students stranded in Chinese airport

The students were told that except Singapore citizens, no foreign nationals from China could board the flight

6 Feb 2020 2:35 PM IST

A security guard checks the temperature of people entering Yu Park in Shanghai. AFP photoWorld
Coronavirus kills 563, cases cross 28K

Among the deceased, 70 were from Hubei Province and its provincial Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak

6 Feb 2020 11:26 AM IST

A medical staff member collects a sample taken from a person to be tested for the new coronavirus at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photoWorld
Newborn tests positive for coronavirus in Wuhan

The disease is believed to have emerged in Dec in a Wuhan market that sold wild animals, and spread rapidly as people...

5 Feb 2020 6:39 PM IST

This photo taken A medical staff member checks a patient infected by the novel coronavirus inside an isolation ward at a hospital in Zouping in Chinas easter Shandong province. AFP PhotoWorld
Coronavirus outbreak: -'Working hard to ensure safety of Indians,-'...

The death toll in China because of the virus has gone up to 490 while the number of confirmed cases has touched 24,300.

5 Feb 2020 1:33 PM IST

Medical workers in protective suits lead a passenger tested positive for a new coronavirus from the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Yokohama Port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. AP photoWorld
Coronavirus deaths touch 490, Japan records 10 cases on ship

Ten people from the cruise ship tested positive and were taken to hospitals, while 3,700 passengers on the ship will be...

5 Feb 2020 1:06 PM IST

Malaysian PM Mahathir MohamadWorld
‘It-'s temporary’: Malaysia curbs India palm oil import amid CAA...

Malaysia-'s push to implement B20 biodiesel starting this month will also help sustain high crude palm oil prices, the...

4 Feb 2020 11:54 AM IST

Two AirAsia chiefs will step aside for at least two months as authorities and the airline look into claims that aerospace giant Airbus paid the company USD 50 million to secure a plane order. (Photo: File)World
2 AirAsia chiefs step aside as probe into Airbus bribery scandal...

Both men were to stand down -'for a period of two months or such other period that the company may deem fit-', the...

4 Feb 2020 11:45 AM IST

Indonesian nationals check-in at Tianhe airport in Wuhan, Chinas Hubei province, before boarding a flight and being evacuated to Indonesia. AFP photoWorld
Coronavirus deaths in China reach 360, higher than SARS fatalities

Hubei reported 56 new fatalities. That took the toll in China to 360, exceeding the 349 mainland fatalities from the...

3 Feb 2020 4:37 PM IST

A worker in a protective suit holds paperwork before an evacuation flight for EU nationals at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei Province. AP photoWorld
17,300 people infected by coronavirus worldwide

China sent medical workers and equipment to a newly built hospital, infused cash into financial markets and restricted...

3 Feb 2020 1:51 PM IST

Chinese employees work at the construction site of the Huoshenshan hospital, which means \Fire God Mountain\, before it was handed over to Chinas army in Wuhan. - Chinas army on February 2 was given control of a nearly-finished field hospital that will treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus epidemic that has severely strained medical facilities. (AFP)World
India, here-'s how to build a hospital

7000 ‘commando workers’ built Wuhan’s virus hospital in 10 days

3 Feb 2020 10:59 AM IST

26-year-old Wuhan native Lucy Huang, a documentary film-maker living in Beijing, puts on a protective facemask at her house in Beijing. Wuhan natives are being subjected to community checks bordering on stigma. (AFP)World
What’s it like to be someone from Wuhan?

‘As a Wuhan native, I feel very hurt. I feel disappointed that people don’t even have any sympathy.’

3 Feb 2020 10:16 AM IST

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