South Korea

IndiGo cancels flights to Doha till March 17

7:24 pm March 9, 2020

Mumbai: Budget carrier IndiGo on Monday said it is cancelling flights to Doha till March 17, following travel ban imposed by Qatar on Indian nationals due to coronavirus scare. Qatar has temporarily banned entry of people coming from India and 13 other countries in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, which has infected thousands of people. […]

Gold jumps Rs 773 on safe-haven appeal

6:54 pm March 6, 2020

New Delhi: Gold on Friday jumped Rs 773 to Rs 45,343 per 10 gram in the national capital as mounting worries over the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus drove investors towards the safe-haven metal. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 44,570 per 10 gram, according to HDFC Securities. Silver […]

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Japan to quarantine visitors from China, South Korea over virus

7:16 pm March 5, 2020

Tokyo: Japan will quarantine people coming from China and South Korea for two weeks on arrival to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the country’s prime minister said Thursday. “We will strengthen immigration quarantines on people from the two countries,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a cabinet-level taskforce meeting on the virus. “We will […]

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

Six coronavirus deaths in US, 91 confirmed cases: Pence

1:59 pm March 3, 2020

Washington: The number of deaths in the US from the deadly coronavirus rose to six on Monday while the total number of confirmed cases in the country crossed 90, Vice President Mike Pence has said, as the novel virus continues to spread around the world despite travel restrictions. All the six deaths in the US […]

South Korea has 18 new virus cases fuelled by clubs

S Korea coronavirus cases approach 5,000

1:55 pm March 3, 2020

Seoul: South Korea’s coronavirus case total — the largest in the world outside China — approached 5,000 Tuesday as authorities reported 477 new cases. Two more people had died, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, taking the toll to 28. South Korea has seen a rapid rise in infections in recent days […]