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India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Facebook bans ads with false claims about new virus

2:07 pm February 27, 2020

San Francisco: Facebook said Wednesday that it is banning ads that make false claims about products tied to the new coronavirus. The social network said it is removing ads that feature a product and imply a limited supply, seeking create a sense of urgency in their mention of coronavirus. Ads that guarantee a cure or […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

China reports 71 more virus deaths

2:51 pm February 25, 2020

Beijing: China on Tuesday reported another 71 deaths from the novel coronavirus, the lowest daily number of fatalities in over two weeks, which raised the toll to 2,663. The National Health Commission also reported 508 new confirmed cases, with all but nine in hard-hit Hubei province. It is up from Monday’s 409 cases nationwide. Multiple […]

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

China doing good job on coronavirus: Trump

2:52 pm February 8, 2020

Washington: China is doing a good job on its fight against the deadly coronavirus that has taken the lives of large number of people, President Donald Trump has said, adding that the US was helping them out. “China is working very hard. Late last night, I had a very good talk with President Xi and […]

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

New virus cases in UK, Germany, Italy put Europe total at 31

2:28 pm February 7, 2020

London: Britain, Germany and Italy have announced more cases of the new virus from China, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Europe to 31. In Germany, all but two cases are related to auto parts supplier Webasto, whose headquarters near Munich was visited by a Chinese colleague. Germany’s 13th confirmed case of the […]

World currently ‘not in a pandemic’ of China virus: WHO

9:02 pm February 4, 2020

Geneva: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a “pandemic”. “Currently we are not in a pandemic,” Sylvie Briand, head of WHO’s Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, told reporters in Geneva. Instead, she said, “we […]