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Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 1,380, confirmed cases near 64,000
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 14 (ANI): The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in mainland China has risen to 1380, while the number of confirmed cases has reached 63,851, country's National Health Commission said on Friday.
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India asks travellers from coronavirus-hit nations to fill 'self-reporting
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Travellers arriving in India from the coronavirus-affected countries, including Singapore, have been asked by the Health Ministry to fill up a "self-reporting form" at the airport, requiring them to share details such as contact number and address, among othe
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2 Indians onboard Diamond Princess tested positive for coronavirus; embass
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Two Indian crew members on board quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess have been tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed on Thursday, and informed that the Indian embassy in Tokyo is rendering all
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More coronavirus cases 'highly likely' in UK as London confirms first case
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 13 (ANI): More cases of the new strain of coronavirus are highly likely to be reported in the United Kingdom, country's health officials have warned, as they confirmed the ninth case of the deadly virus, involving a woman who flew into the country from China -- the epicentre
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British 'superspreader' may have passed coronavirus to 11 people in 3 Euro
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 11 (ANI): A British businessman may have unwittingly spread the new strain of coronavirus to at least 11 people in three European countries in the course of his travels, as per public Health Authorities and accounts in British media.
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UK reports 4th case of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 9 (ANI): The UK Health authorities on Sunday confirmed the fourth case of coronavirus in the country, involving a person who was a "known contact of a previously confirmed UK case" and caught the virus in France.
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Nepal donates 100,000 masks to China amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 8 (ANI): Nepal has donated 100,000 protective masks to China, which is battling against the new strain of coronavirus that has claimed the lives of 722 people in that country alone, Nepali Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced.
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American citizen dies of coronavirus in Wuhan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 8 (ANI): A 60-year-old Amerian citizen has died from the new strain of coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, officials at the US embassy in Beijing said on Saturday.
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No Indian on ship quarantined off Japan coast tested positive for nCoV: Ja
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Several Indians are onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the Japanese coast, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, adding that none of them have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus.
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80 Indian students still in coronavirus-hit Wuhan: Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): An estimated 80 Indian students are still living in the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday, adding that 70 of them chose to stay behind at the time of the evacuation operation.
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India extended offer of evacuating people from Wuhan to all its neighbours
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday informed Rajya Sabha that India had offered all its neighbouring countries including Pakistan to evacuate their people from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan but only Maldives chose to take up the offer.
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Singapore raises Coronavirus outbreak alert to 'Orange' as more cases surf
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, Feb 7 (ANI): Singapore on Friday raised the risk assessment level on the novel coronavirus outbreak from Yellow to Orange as three more cases, with no confirmed travel history to China or links to the past cases, surfaced.
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