novel coronavirus

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

No nCoV positive case in Odisha so far, 2 hospitalised

9:05 pm February 4, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday said it has identified 14 people who have returned to the state from China and Thailand following outbreak of the killer novel coronavirus (nCoV) but none have tested positive for it. While 13 people returned to the state from China, only one came from Thailand, said Odisha director of medical education […]

Lufthansa terminates services of 103 India-based flight attendants

Lufthansa extends China flight ban as virus toll climbs

11:35 pm February 3, 2020

Frankfurt am Main: Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa on Monday said it was suspending all flights to and from mainland China for longer than initially announced, as the death toll from the novel coronavirus climbed past 360. The Lufthansa group last week said it was halting its China flights until February 9, including those run by […]

Kerala govt declares coronavirus as state calamity

10:56 pm February 3, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Monday declared novel coronavirus epidemic as a “state calamity” with a third student testing positive for the infection in the state. State Health Minister K K Shailaja told reporters that the government has declared the epidemic as a “state calamity” to take all necessary steps to ensure the outbreak is […]

US military ready to house 1,000 for virus quarantine

3:19 pm February 2, 2020

Washington: The United States military will provide accommodation for 1,000 people if they need to be quarantined because of the deadly novel coronavirus, the Department of Defense said. Several facilities each capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms will be made available until February 29, the department said in a statement. The […]

Medical student’s condition satisfactory: 3 arrested for spreading false information on social media

10:57 pm February 1, 2020

Thrissur: The Kerala government on Saturday said the condition of the medical student,kept in an isolation ward here after testing positive for the novel coronavirus is satisfactory and that three people have been arrested for spreading false information on social media about the disease. The woman, who tested positive, is a student of Wuhan university […]