novel coronavirus

China makes 2-week quarantine compulsory for foreign returnees as ‘imported’ cases rise

9:26 pm March 15, 2020

Beijing: China on Sunday reported 10 more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus, taking the death toll to 3,199, while the imported cases rose to 111, prompting authorities to order a compulsory 14-day quarantine in “special facilities” for foreigners arriving here from Monday. China’s National Health Commissions (NHC) said 20 new confirmed cases of the […]

Wife of Spanish PM Sanchez has coronavirus: PM’s office

4:08 pm March 15, 2020

Madrid: The wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said. The announcement came late Saturday, just hours after he announced a near total lockdown nationwide. Both Begona Gomez and her husband were well, and were at their official residence following the new measures introduced by the […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Coronavirus: 2 admitted in Nashik for suspected exposure

8:24 pm March 14, 2020

Nashik: Two people were on Saturday admitted in the Nashik civil hospital for suspected exposure to novel coronavirus, health officials said. One of them is a 41-year-old man from here who had gone to Bangladesh on March 8 and returned to India on March 13, while the other was a 33-year-old man who had visited […]

UAE ready to fly stranded Indians if they test negative for coronavirus: Envoy

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia extends travel ban to EU, 12 nations including India

11:45 pm March 13, 2020

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has extended its travel ban to include the European Union and 12 other countries, including India, as the number of coronavirus cases in the Kingdom jumped to 62, according to media reports on Friday. Saudi health officials on Friday announced 17 new coronavirus cases, raising the number of cases in the country […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Iran imposes lockdown to check all citizens for virus

11:29 pm March 13, 2020

Tehran: Iran said Friday the security forces will clear the streets nationwide within 24 hours so all citizens can be checked for coronavirus — its toughest measure yet to combat the outbreak. The COVID-19 epidemic in Iran — a nation of more than 80 million people — has now claimed over 500 lives and infected […]