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406 people brought back from Wuhan may be released next week if final samples test negative

7:35 pm February 15, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 406 people, who are housed at a quarantine facility of the ITBP after being brought back from China due to coronavirus outbreak there, may be released next week if their final samples turn out to be negative, officials said on Saturday. The final samples of all the people quarantined at […]

Coronavirus scare: 6 under home quarantine in Mizoram

10:07 pm February 9, 2020

Aizawl: The Mizoram government has placed six students, who had recently returned from China, under home quarantine as a part of precautionary measures in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the neighbouring country, officials said on Sunday. Blood samples of two among the six have been sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric […]

US citizen dies of coronavirus in Wuhan: embassy

2:54 pm February 8, 2020

Beijing: A US citizen has died from the new coronavirus at the epicentre of the epidemic in China, the US embassy said Saturday, in what appeared to be the first confirmed foreign death from the outbreak. “We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on […]

New virus cases in UK, Germany, Italy put Europe total at 31

2:28 pm February 7, 2020

London: Britain, Germany and Italy have announced more cases of the new virus from China, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Europe to 31. In Germany, all but two cases are related to auto parts supplier Webasto, whose headquarters near Munich was visited by a Chinese colleague. Germany’s 13th confirmed case of the […]

World Bank calls for global effort against coronavirus

7:15 pm February 5, 2020

Washington: The World Bank has called for countries to step up programs to fight the new coronavirus outbreak, and said it was considering mobilising its own resources against the disease. “We are calling on all countries to strengthen their health surveillance and response systems, which is essential to contain the spread of this and any […]