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Death toll in collapse of hotel used as quarantine facility in China rises to 11

10:29 pm March 9, 2020

Beijing: The death toll from the collapse of a hotel used as a quarantine facility in China’s Fujian province amid the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 11, local officials said on Monday. The Xinjia Hotel in Licheng district in Quanzhou city was used to quarantine and observe people who had come to the province during […]

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

China reports 27 new virus deaths, lowest rise in cases since January

2:42 pm March 8, 2020

Beijing: China on Sunday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus infections since January, with nearly all the 44 new cases in the outbreak epicentre Wuhan. There were 27 new deaths from the virus, all in Wuhan and the lowest in more than a month, bringing the nationwide toll to 3,097, according to the National […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Kabul victims describe scenes of carnage after attack

7:19 pm March 7, 2020

Kabul: Kabul was reeling Saturday after Islamic State jihadists killed 32 people and wounded dozens more, with injured survivors describing scenes of terror as gunmen opened fire in the deadliest attack to hit Afghanistan since a US-Taliban deal. The attack at a crowded gathering in the capital has raised questions about Afghanistan’s abysmal security situation […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Indian among 15 new coronavirus cases in UAE

3:44 pm March 7, 2020

Dubai: An Indian national is among 15 new cases of the deadly coronavirus in the UAE, taking the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 45, health officials have said. The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) on Friday said in a statement that 13 out of 15 new cases in the UAE […]

Coronavirus cases to single-digit in Wuhan, China reports rise in 'imported cases'

Empty roads, no vehicles turn Wuhan into a ‘ghost town’

5:56 pm March 6, 2020

Aurangabad: Deserted streets, no private vehicles on the roads and public transport virtually absent – all these tell the grim story of Chinese city of Wuhan, the ground zero of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a student who recently returned from the neighbouring country. Ashish Kurme, an MBBS student studying at a university near Wuhan, […]