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Countries facing pressure to loosen virus restrictions

6:38 pm April 13, 2020

Tokyo: South Korean officials warned Monday that hard-earned progress fighting the coronavirus pandemic could be upset by new infections at bars and leisure spots, highlighting global tensions between governments desperate to maintain social distancing and citizens eager to resume their lives as economic pressure mounts and infections slow in some places. Some European nations have […]

UAE ready to fly stranded Indians if they test negative for coronavirus: Envoy

4:10 pm April 12, 2020

Dubai: The UAE has offered to fly stranded Indians and citizens of other countries, who wish to be repatriated, if they test negative for COVID-19, the country’s envoy to India told a Gulf daily. The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) had sent out a note verbale in this regard to all […]

German population slightly lower as virus hits immigration

China chasing coronavirus praise from Germany: report

3:54 pm April 12, 2020

Berlin: Chinese representatives tried to influence German government officials to give positive comments about Beijing’s management of the coronavirus outbreak, Germany’s Die Welt newspaper reported Sunday. The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December and Beijing has been criticised by some — most notably US President Donald Trump — over its […]

Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

China reports nearly 100 new coronavirus cases in one day, highest in recent weeks

3:32 pm April 12, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 99 new coronavirus cases, the highest in a single day in recent weeks, and 63 fresh asymptomatic infections, taking the total number of patients in the country to 82,052, health officials said here on Saturday, amid concerns about a second wave of the pandemic. According to China’s National Health Commission (NHC), […]

Doctors of Indian origin form global collaborative to fight COVID-19

11:29 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: Doctors of Indian origin across the world have joined hands under the umbrella of Global Indian Physician COVID-19 Collaborative’ to combat coronavirus which has engulfed 185 countries and claimed over one lakh lives. The move aims to “foster cross systems learning” to develop prevention and management strategy for COVID-19 which will include encompassing […]