COVID-19

Production suspended on ‘Lord of the Rings’ series in New Zealand

4:57 pm March 16, 2020

Los Angeles: Production of Amazon’s “Lord of the Ring” series in New Zealand has been suspended for two weeks as the country deals with the coronavirus pandemic. Production staff, reportedly numbering 800, have been told not to come from Monday after the country closed its borders on March 13 to contain the spread of the […]

US Navy reports first suspected virus case on ship

4:05 pm March 16, 2020

Washington: The US Navy reported its first suspected case of the new coronavirus aboard a ship, saying a sailor had tested positive for the disease but the result needed to be confirmed by health authorities. It came a week after another US Navy sailor stationed in southern Italy contracted COVID-19, which has killed more than […]

SAARC video conference shows how leaders can present practical proposals: US official

Pak uses SAARC video-conference on coronavirus to raise Kashmir; govt sources slam Islamabad

11:56 pm March 15, 2020

New Delhi: Pakistan used the SAARC nations’ video-conference on coronavirus on Sunday to raise Kashmir, with the country’s State Minister of Health Zafar Mirza calling for an immediate lifting of the “lockdown” there to allow virus containment measures. Government sources here said the neighbouring country’s attempt to “politicise” a humanitarian issue by its “unwarranted” statement […]

Coronavirus: China reports 4 deaths, 31 new cases

Spain reports 2,000 new virus cases and more than 100 deaths

9:32 pm March 15, 2020

Madrid: Spain on Sunday reported some 2,000 new coronavirus cases and more than a hundred deaths over the last 24 hours, the latest spike in Europe’s second-most affected country after Italy. The new figures raise Spain’s number of COVID-19 infections to 7,753 — and its death toll to 288 — after the government imposed a […]

PM Modi participates in SAARC video conference to formulate joint strategy to combat coronavirus

6:11 pm March 15, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with leaders and representatives from SAARC nations participated in a video conference to chalk out a joint strategy to fight the coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 5,000 people worldwide. Apart from Modi, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Nepalese Prime Minister K P […]