New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Saturday issued a travel advisory to those visiting China from India or coming back from there in the wake of the outbreak of the contagious novel coronavirus. The ministry urged the travellers to cut their further travelling plans in case they felt sick and had fever, cough and cold. […]
Bhubaneswar: The Health department of Odisha on Saturday issued toll-free numbers to facilitate people inform about suspected cases of novel Coronavirus infection for quick action. The move comes a day after the authorities laid out necessary precautionary measures to be followed in case of detection of the fatal viral disease that has triggered panic after […]
New Delhi: With the novel coronavirus leading to over 100 fatalities in China, people need to be extra cautious while making their travel plans, be it an international conference abroad or a vacation. While several organisations have started putting restrictions on the travel of their employees to China, there could still arise the need for […]
New Delhi: Air India said another special flight to evacuate Indians from coronavirus-hit Wuhan in China would depart from the Delhi airport on Saturday afternoon, hours after the first flight with 324 passengers landed in the Indian capital . Wuhan is the epicentre of novel coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 200 persons in […]
Beijing: The Chinese government on Monday accused the US of causing “panic” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak, after the latter declared a public health emergency, saying it would deny entry to foreign nationals who had visited the Asian giant in the past two weeks. Addressing the media here, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying […]
Beijing: Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, one of the eight whistle-blowers who warned other medics of the coronavirus outbreak but were reprimanded by the police, died of the epidemic on Thursday, official media reported. Li, a 34-year-old doctor who tried to warn other medics of the epidemic, died of coronavirus on Thursday in Wuhan, the state-run […]
New Delhi: The Indian women’s hockey team’s upcoming tour of China has been cancelled due to deadly coronavirus outbreak, leaving Hockey India scrambling to find a new opponent. The team was supposed to be in China from March 14 to 25 as part of their preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “Due to the outbreak […]
New Delhi: India had offered to evacuate people from all the neighbouring countries while bringing back Indian students from the Chinese city of Wuhan in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The minister said that seven Maldives nationals chose to avail the offer […]
Beijing: From disinfection and street patrols to food and medicine delivery in quarantine wards, robots were being deployed at the front lines to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has claimed hundreds of lives in China. More than 30 disinfection robots designed and produced by a Shanghai-based enterprise have entered major hospitals in […]
Beijing: China’s National Health Commission on Saturday announced that it has given the coronavirus a temporary official name, novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP). The Commission announced the new name at a press conference on Saturday and said it should be adopted by government departments and organisations in China until a permanent name for the infection has […]
London: The novel coronavirus which has led to the death of over 700 people in China may stay infectious for up to nine days, researchers have warned. On average, they survive between four and five days, according to the study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection. “Low temperature and high air humidity further increase […]
Beijing: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 811, authorities said on Sunday, while the number of confirmed cases have crossed 37,000. Chinese health authorities said it received reports of 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Chinese President Xi Jinping, offering India’s assistance to China to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. In his letter, the prime minister expressed solidarity with the president and the people of China over the outbreak of the virus in the country, official sources said. Modi offered India’s […]
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday there have been “concerning instances” of coronavirus among people with no travel history to China, warning that it could be the “tip of the iceberg”, as he urged all countries to prepare for the possible arrival of the novel virus that has killed over […]
New Delhi: A scientist involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine at Australia’s University of Queensland has said that it may take about one year before people will actually be able to use it. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a partnership against epidemics by public, private, philanthropic, and civil organisations earlier commissioned the University […]
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