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Nepal sends domestic carrier to evacuate citizens from China's virus-hit c
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 15 (ANI): A Nepal Airlines special aircraft Airbus A-330 aircraft departed on Saturday afternoon from Kathmandu for Wuhan city in China's Hubei province (China) for the evacuation of Nepali citizens amid the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 1500 peopl
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First suspected coronavirus case reported in Pak's Abbottabad
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Abbottabad [Pakistan], Feb 15 (ANI): The first suspected case of the new strain of coronavirus was reported in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, involving a person who had recently returned from China -- the epicentre of the outbreak.
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Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 1,523, confirmed cases over 66,000
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 15 (ANI): The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has risen to 1,523, while the number of confirmed cases has reached 66,492, the country's National Health Commission announced on Saturday.
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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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Fake news can make disease outbreaks worse, research shows
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14 (ANI): It has come to notice that the spread of misinformation, harmful advice, fake news about diseases could be making its outbreaks worse, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
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India has stocked enough medicines, other necessary requirements to tackle
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): India has already stocked medicines and other necessary requirements to tackle coronavirus outbreak if a situation like China arrises in the country, Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said here on Thursday.
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Evacuation of Indians from Wuhan was challenging: AI's Captain Amitabh Sin
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Air India's Director of Operations, Captain Amitabh Singh, who led the team that evacuated Indians from China's Wuhan city in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak there, has said that it was a "challenging operation".
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High level GoM reviews current status of novel coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): A meeting of high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) was held here on Thursday to review, monitor and evaluate the preparedness and measures taken regarding the management of novel Coronavirus in the country.
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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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Increased hand hygiene at airports can reduce spread of Coronavirus: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): With the outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in China and other parts of the world, a recent study has suggested that implementing disease mitigation strategies like proper hand hygiene at airports across the globe can be effective in preventing the infection.
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Valentine's Day in the shadow of Coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): With the outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in China and other parts of the world, experts suggest that couples should ditch kissing and cuddling this Valentine's Day to avert infection by the virus.
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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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