coronavirus

NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown

9:33 pm March 2, 2020

Washington: NASA satellite images show a dramatic fall in pollution over China that is “partly related” to the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the space agency said. The reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution was first noticed near Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, but eventually spread across China, according to NASA scientists […]

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‘Most UAE Tour riders cleared’ after coronavirus scare

2:29 pm March 1, 2020

Paris: Most of the riders and teams taking part in the abandoned UAE Tour, and who had been quarantined in their Abu Dhabi hotels since Thursday after a coronavirus scare, were cleared to leave the country, sources said. “The pleasure of going home after several days spent at the hotel,” tweeted 2018 world champion Alejandro […]

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Coronavirus: 105 discharged from Maharashtra hospitals so far

9:03 pm February 29, 2020

Mumbai: As many as 105 persons, quarantined for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus, have been discharged from hospitals in Maharashtra while four persons are under observation, the state government said on Saturday. Two persons are quarantined at a hospital in Mumbai while one person each is admitted to isolation wards of hospitals in Pune […]

WHO upgrades global risk of virus spread to ‘very high’

10:39 pm February 28, 2020

Geneva : The UN health agency on Friday upgraded the global risk from the new coronavirus to “very high”, saying the continued increase in cases and countries affected was “clearly of concern”. “We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at global […]

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Facebook bans ads with false claims about new virus

2:07 pm February 27, 2020

San Francisco: Facebook said Wednesday that it is banning ads that make false claims about products tied to the new coronavirus. The social network said it is removing ads that feature a product and imply a limited supply, seeking create a sense of urgency in their mention of coronavirus. Ads that guarantee a cure or […]