novel coronavirus

Mumbai airport handles 52 flights on Day 4

14 students return from Wuhan to Akola in Maharashtra

11:22 pm January 31, 2020

Akola (Maha): Fourteen students who were studying at Wuhan in China, the epicenter of novel coronavirus outbreak, have returned to Akola district in Maharashtra in the last two weeks, health officials said on Friday. These students were screened at the Mumbai airport and then again at local hospitals, and none of them had symptoms of […]

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

Maharashtra: nine under-observation patients test negative for coronavirus

9:27 pm January 31, 2020

Mumbai: Samples of nine out of the 12 people kept under observation in government-run hospitals in Maharashtra for possible exposure to novel coronavirus have tested negative, a senior health department official said on Friday. So far the state has not reported any confirmed case of coronavirus infection. Dr Pradeep Awate, the state’s disease surveillance officer, […]

China ambassador says no need for ‘unnecessary panic’ over virus

9:07 pm January 31, 2020

Geneva: China is decisively working to control the deadly outbreak of the novel coronavirus, its ambassador in Geneva said Friday, insisting there was no need for countries impose “excessive measures” like border closures. “There is no need for unnecessary panic, and no need for excessive measures,” Ambassador Chen Xu told reporters in Geneva.

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

India reaches out to over 600 Indians in coronavirus-hit Hubei province

10:47 pm January 30, 2020

New Delhi: The government has reached out to over 600 Indians living in China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, to ascertain their willingness to be brought back to India. India has already approached Chinese authorities to allow it to send two flights to Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, to bring back […]

Sensex skids 285 pts on F&O expiry; RIL slumps over 2 pc

7:22 pm January 30, 2020

Mumbai: Equities resumed their downward spiral on Thursday as concerns over the China coronavirus outbreak sapped risk appetite amid expiry of January derivatives contracts. India on Thursday reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, with a student testing positive in Kerala. After swinging over 550 points during the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled […]