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Erdogan sought to downplay coronavirus spread over fear of tourism industr
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): Turkish Health Ministry remained in denial of the existing cases of coronavirus in the country despite evidence showing confirmed cases having travel history to Turkey, as authorities silenced whistleblowers and used media to push the narrative of the co
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Centre rolls out guidelines for 'home quarantine' to contain coronavirus s
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New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Amid the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday issued guildelines for home quarantine.
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South Korea reports 84 more COVID-19 cases, 8,320 in total
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Seoul [South Korea], Mar 17 (ANI): South Korea reported 84 new cases of novel coronavirus on Tuesday, marking the third day in a row that the confirmed cases stayed below 100 in the country.
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Hong Kong to quarantine everyone entering city from Thursday amid coronavi
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Hong Kong, Mar 17 (ANI): Hong Kong will quarantine for 14 days all people entering the semiautonomous region from a foreign country beginning Thursday as part of the measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday.
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Russia to temporarily ban entry of foreign nationals amid coronavirus conc
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Moscow [Russia], Mar 17 (ANI): Russia will ban the entry of foreign citizens and stateless persons from March 18 to May 1 as part of the measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus in the country, its government announced on Monday.
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Nearly 14,000 new COVID-19 cases reported globally in 24 hours; tally exce
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Nearly 14,000 people were infected with the novel coronavirus globally over the past day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases above 167,500, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its report on Tuesday.
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Sri Lankan President thanks PM Modi for SAARC conference; promises Colombo
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conducting the "fruitful and constructive" video conference with leaders of the SAARC nations, and promised his country's "fullest support" to combat the coronavir
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Pak Minister raises Kashmir issue at SAARC COVID-19 video conference, Indi
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New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): It was "churlish" of Pakistan to politicise a humanitarian issue by raking up the Kashmir matter at a video conference between SAARC leaders held with an aim to chalk out a joint strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Indian government sources said on Su
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PM Modi proposes creation of emergency fund for COVID-19; offers USD 10 mi
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New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday proposed the creation of an emergency fund for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic and pitched India's initial offer of USD 10 million for this fund.
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Coronavirus: Doon University suspends classes, postpones exams
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Amid coronavirus outbreak concerns, all teaching activities at Doon University in Uttarakhand have been suspended till March 31.
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Positive coronavirus cases rise to 107 in India
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New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): With 14 new positive cases of coronavirus, India's tally has reached 107, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
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Coronavirus: Karnataka postpones exams for classes 7 to 9
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Amid growing coronavirus cases, the Karnataka government on Sunday postponed examinations of class 7, 8 and 9 till March 31, 2020.
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