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Wuhan virology lab chief denies COVID-19 originated from institute, says virus ‘cannot be man made’

3:36 pm April 19, 2020

Beijing: A premier Chinese virology laboratory in Wuhan, which is in the eye of the storm for allegedly being the source of the novel coronavirus, has for the first time refuted the charge, including those of US President Donald Trump, that the deadly virus originated from his lab before it spread across the world and […]

Coronavirus: China declares Wuhan low-risk area

2:37 pm April 19, 2020

Beijing/Wuhan: China has classified the coronavirus epicentre Wuhan as a low-risk area, days after it revised the city’s death toll by 50 per cent, even as 16 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the country, health officials said on Sunday. According to the risk criteria defined in a guideline issued by China’s State Council, cities, […]

Abe apologises, but isn't charged for cherry blossom scandal

Japan passes 10,000 domestic cases of COVID-19

2:26 pm April 19, 2020

Tokyo: Japanese health ministry said Sunday that 568 new cases of the coronavirus were reported the day before, bringing a domestic total to 10,361. A combined total including 712 others from a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo earlier this year came to 11,073, with 174 deaths. The number of cases is still relatively small compared […]

COVID-19: India is not in community transmission stage, says ICMR

Coronavirus: Matterhorn mountain in Swiss Alps lights up with Indian flag in show of solidarity

3:47 pm April 18, 2020

Geneva: Switzerland has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic by projecting the tricolour on the famous Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps to give “hope and strength” to all Indians. Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter has been lighting up the 4,478-meter pyramidal peak straddling between Switzerland and Italy with spectacular […]

Coronavirus-hit Chinese economy shrinks 6.8 pct in Q1, worst since 1976

3:46 pm April 17, 2020

Beijing: China’s GDP took the worst hit since the disastrous Cultural Revolution in 1976, plummeting by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 as the country took unprecedented measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic that brought the world’s second largest economy to a standstill. China’s gross domestic product stood at 20.65 trillion yuan […]