Day: March 24, 2020

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

3:43 pm March 24, 2020

Beijing: China reported 78 new confirmed cases, including 74 imported infections, while the death toll from the novel coronavirus increased to 3,277 after seven more fatalities were confirmed from the COVID-19, health officials said on Tuesday. The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland have reached 81,171 by the end of Monday. This included 3,277 […]

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ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Two Indians arrested for entering US illegally

3:39 pm March 24, 2020

New York: Two Indian nationals have been arrested and charged by the US border authorities for entering the country illegally and apprehended them during a failed smuggling attempt in upstate New York, officials said. The US Border Patrol Agents from the Burke and Massena Border Patrol Stations arrested four individuals in connection with the failed […]

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Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump says unproven coronavirus drugs could be ‘gift from God’

3:35 pm March 24, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday said antimalarial drugs that are under investigation to treat the new coronavirus could be a “gift from God” despite scientists warning against the dangers of overhyping unproven medicines. Trump announced last week his administration was working to dramatically expand access to hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, a related compound, following […]

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China reports 15 new coronavirus cases

China to lift travel curbs on Hubei province, including Wuhan

3:29 pm March 24, 2020

Beijing: China’s central Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged late last year, is to lift travel curbs after two months under lockdown, local officials said Tuesday. Healthy residents will be allowed to leave the province from midnight Tuesday, while Wuhan, the initial epicentre of the outbreak, will lift restrictions from April 8.

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Fauci says 'rolling reentry' of US economy possible in May

Fear in New York, but Trump says coronavirus restrictions could ease soon

3:23 pm March 24, 2020

New York: Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted New York, America’s coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump said he’d soon call for lifting the lockdown in some parts of the country. Trump — who faces reelection in November and is keen to avoid extended economic damage — told reporters he would be “opening […]

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