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EU bans Pakistan airline from flying to Europe for 6 months

Pakistan resumes flights from coronavirus-hit China

3:37 pm February 3, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday resumed flights from coronavirus-hit China after two planes from the country landed at the airport in Islamabad. Pakistan had suspended flights from China till February 2 after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of the novel virus as a global health emergency. The death toll in the coronavirus epidemic soared […]

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 […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Asian markets fall on fears over economic impact of virus

2:51 pm January 30, 2020

Hong Kong: Asian markets fell on Thursday with investors concerned about the economic impact from the spread of the new coronavirus as China reported more than 1,700 new infections. Airlines around the world are either suspending or paring back services in and out of China following cases of human-to-human transmission outside the country and manufacturers […]

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

Coronavirus: 633 people under observation in Kerala

8:50 pm January 28, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: A total of 633 people, who returned to Kerala from China in recent days, are under observation for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus, state Health Minister K K Shylaja said on Tuesday. Of the 633, seven are under observation in isolation wards at different hospitals, according to officials. The situation in the state […]

14 people tested for coronavirus in UK

2:36 pm January 24, 2020

London: A total of 14 people have been tested in the UK for the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed 25 lives in China and the British government has admitted an “increased likelihood” of its spread to the country. Public Health England, the executive arm of the government’s Department for Health, said on Thursday night that […]