coronavirus

China reports 30 new coronavirus cases; nine districts in Wuhan classified as low-risk’

2:57 pm April 5, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 30 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including five locally transmitted infections, even as nine of the 13 administrative districts of virus-hit Wuhan city were declared low-risk areas’ signifying a gradual return to normalcy, officials said on Sunday. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report said other than the […]

Coronavirus pandemic ‘amplifying’ poverty in UK

2:38 pm April 5, 2020

London: The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts. Official data shows that more than 14 million people in the UK are classed as living in poverty, or nearly one-quarter of the population. Some 4.2 million […]

China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

China, India and the COVID-19: Labeling the virus will not help anyone

1:57 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: There is a clear consensus by WHO and the international community that a virus should not be linked to any specific country, region or ethnic group and such stigmatization should be rejected. The pandemic of influenza in 2009 originated in North America, which WHO didn’t call “North American flu”, rather it was eventually […]

2 more COVID-19 deaths reported in TN; Toll rises to 5

11:11 am April 5, 2020

Chennai: Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, taking the toll due to the disease in the state to five, the government said. A 60-year old man from the city and a 71-year old man of Ramanathapuram in southern Tamil Nadu died in the government Stanely Medical College Hospital here, a […]

Shah Rukh Khan offers his office for BMC quarantine facility

9:09 pm April 4, 2020

Mumbai: Days after Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan announced several initiatives to help the central and state government in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the superstar has now opened his office for treating Covid-19 patients. The local municipal body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), took to social media on Saturday to thank […]