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Evacuate Indian students stuck abroad due to coronavirus: RSP member in Lo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Revolutionary Socialist Party member NK Premachandran on Wednesday demanded that the government take immediate steps for the evacuation of Indian students stranded in Italy, Iran, Malaysia, and the Philippines amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
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Sydney Film Festival 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus concerns
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 18 (ANI): Joining the growing list of the cancelled events due to the concerns of the spread of novel coronavirus, the organizers of the Sydney Film festival has decided to not hold the already scheduled event.
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Kyrgyzstan reports first 3 cases of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], Mar 18 (ANI): Kyrgyzstan Health Ministry on Wednesday reported the first three cases of the novel coronavirus in the country, involving people with travel history to Saudi Arabia.
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Turkey reports first death from coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 18 (ANI): Turkish Health Ministry on Tuesday reported the first death from novel coronavirus in the country, while 51 additional cases were diagnosed, raising the tally to 98.
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At Chennai's Washermanpet anti-CAA protest temporarily called off amid co
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Following the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the month-long agitation at Washermanpet here against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) was temporarily called off by the prot
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Novel coronavirus remains stable on surfaces for hours
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Maryland [USA], Mar 18 (ANI): The novel coronavirus infectious particles can remain stable in air and linger on solid surfaces for spans ranging from several hours to days, suggests a new study.
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Pakistan: Spike in COVID-19 cases raises questions about quarantine proced
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 18 (ANI): At least 134 people released from quarantine camps in Pakistan's Taftan border crossing with Iran have tested positive for novel coronavirus, raising questions about screening procedures and living conditions at these camps which presently house hundreds o
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Baba Sehgal teaches ways to battle coronavirus in new song 'Namaste'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): With an attempt to spread information in his usual fun manner, rapper and musician Baba Sehgal recently released his new song 'Namaste' which is based on ways to deal with the novel coronavirus.
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Confirmed coronavirus cases above 179,000 : WHO
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 18 (ANI): More than 11,500 people were infected with the novel coronavirus globally on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases above 179,000, the World Health Organisation said in its latest coronavirus situation report for Tuesday.
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Will take 12-18 months to develop vaccine for coronavirus: Mark Esper
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Mar 18 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in a press briefing on Tuesday that the Department of Defense believes it will take 12 to 18 months to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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South Central Railways cancels 17 trains
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], March 17 (ANI): Due to poor patronization, the South Central Railways on Tuesday cancelled 17 trains amid the novel coronavirus scare.
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Scientists map immune system's response to COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Mar 17 (ANI): Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia's first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body's ability to fight the virus and recover from the infection.
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