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China coronavirus: Death toll rises to 6 as leaders warn officials against cover up

7:32 pm January 21, 2020

Beijing: At least six persons have died of the new SARS-like virus in China with top leaders warning officials against any cover up of the information on its outbreak even as the WHO is considering declaring an international public health emergency to combat the deadly illness. The number of infected people has also increased sharply […]

Xi orders resolute efforts to contain new virus as China reports 3rd death

9:55 pm January 20, 2020

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of a new coronavirus that has infected more than 220 people and resulted in the death of three persons in the country as an expert warned that the virus is contagious between people. Chinese authorities said a third person died over […]

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus

9:43 pm January 20, 2020

Beijing: The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus. Team leader Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members, state media said. The National Health Commission task force […]

Tibet passes new law to make ethnic unity mandatory

5:13 pm January 13, 2020

Beijing : For the first time, Tibet has passed a law making ethnic unity mandatory, reflecting the significant role it plays in the sensitive remote Himalayan region’s economic and social development. The People’s Congress of Tibet on Saturday passed the legislation, which will take effect from May 1, guaranteeing ethnic unity in the territory, a […]

4 killed in Lanka military plane crash

4:23 pm January 3, 2020

Colombo: At least four people were killed when a Sri Lanka Air Force plane crashed in the central hilly area of Haputhale on Friday. The Chinese built Y-12 aircraft was flying to the east coast when it crashed in a mountainous area, killing all four people on board, officials said. The plane had departed on […]