Beijing [China], Feb 9 (ANI): Workers and volunteers with red sleeves, loudspeakers, and digital thermometers are combing communities in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, to ensure no confirmed or suspected patients of the deadly virus are left unattended.
Beijing [China], Feb 9 (ANI): Local authorities have said that the novel coronavirus can spread through direct transmission, contact transmission, or aerosol transmission.
Beijing [China], Feb 9 [ANI]: Surpassing the fatalities caused by SARS epidemic in 2003, the death toll due to the novel coronavirus has reached 810 in China.
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A new score to measure long-term multiple health conditions has been discovered by scientists that performs better than the current Charlson Comorbidity Index and may help in health care planning and delivery.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): The 'Banarasi saree' trade is among the many industries in India that is facing the brunt of travel and export-import restrictions imposed due to the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus in China.
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has offered to test samples of novel coronavirus (nCoV) for other Southeast Asian countries as well, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi (India), Feb 7 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary, Preeti Sudan on Friday held a meeting via video conference (VC) with health secretaries of states and union territories along with senior officials from ministry of shipping, ministry of external affairs, ministry of civil aviation,
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): A Chinese national onboard an Air India flight from New Delhi to Pune vomited during the flight triggering concerns over novel coronavirus, leading to a delay in flight operations on that route by over four hours.
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.
Manila [The Philippines], Feb 7 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved two million dollars in new funding to support efforts to combat the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Mumbai Port Trust has taken proactive steps to combat novel coronavirus which has claimed over 600 lives in China.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Mumbai Port Trust has restricted entry of crew and passengers of ships coming from China or certain other Southeast Asian Countries as a precautionary measure against novel coronavirus.