Day: March 16, 2020

UK supermarkets call for calm as virus fears trigger panic buying

10:52 pm March 16, 2020

London: British supermarkets have called on consumers to be more considerate and reiterated they have adequate supplies, as the coronavirus saw shelves plundered and a surge in online orders. The country’s leading groceries retailers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, penned a joint letter to customers, which ran in newspapers Sunday and Monday appealing for calm. […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Poland bans domestic flights, warns of virus spread

10:40 pm March 16, 2020

Warsaw: Poland on Monday suspended all domestic flights as part of sweeping measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. The measure comes after the EU country banned entry for foreigners and suspended international flights from Saturday. Poland has so far registered 150 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, including three deaths. […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Virus toll in Iran climbs as lockdowns deepen across Mideast

10:35 pm March 16, 2020

Tehran: Iran reported another 129 fatalities from the new coronavirus on Monday, the largest one-day rise in deaths since it began battling the Middle East’s worst outbreak, which has claimed more than 850 lives and infected a number of senior officials in the country. Businesses in Iran’s capital remained open, however, even as other countries […]

Malaysia bans mass gatherings, shuts most businesses

10:17 pm March 16, 2020

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s leader has announced a drastic two-week lockdown in the country following a sharp spike in the number of virus cases. Prime Minister Muhyiddini Yassin says religious institutions, schools, businesses and government offices will be shut until March 31. He says travel in and out of the country will be banned. Only essential […]

Coming home and staying there in COVID-19 times

COVID-19: Bar on visitors in Jharkhand Assembly premises

8:56 pm March 16, 2020

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said that the Assembly has taken a decision to ban visitors, but the House has not decided about adjournment in view of coronavirus outbreak in the country. If necessary, a decision would be taken (on the adjournment of the budget session, which is scheduled till March 28, […]