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NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown

9:33 pm March 2, 2020

Washington: NASA satellite images show a dramatic fall in pollution over China that is “partly related” to the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the space agency said. The reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution was first noticed near Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, but eventually spread across China, according to NASA scientists […]

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Two fresh coronavirus cases reported in India

8:30 pm March 2, 2020

New Delhi: Two fresh cases of the novel coronavirus — one in Delhi and another in Telangana — have been reported in India, taking the number of people who have tested positive for the respiratory virus in the country to five so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The infected person from Delhi […]

China allows non-residents of Wuhan to leave virus centre

1:48 pm February 24, 2020

Beijing: Non-residents of Wuhan may leave the quarantined city at the epicentre of China’s virus epidemic if they show no symptoms and have never had contact with patients, authorities said Monday. Wuhan, a city of 11 million, has been under lockdown since January 23 after authorities shut down transport links into and out of the […]

Xi’s early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions

6:51 pm February 16, 2020

Beijing: A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis. The publication of the Feb 3 speech was an apparent attempt to demonstrate that the Communist Party […]

US citizen dies of coronavirus in Wuhan: embassy

2:54 pm February 8, 2020

Beijing: A US citizen has died from the new coronavirus at the epicentre of the epidemic in China, the US embassy said Saturday, in what appeared to be the first confirmed foreign death from the outbreak. “We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on […]