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Coronavirus was a masked villain in Asterix comic

It is interesting to note that Coronavirus the masked villainous chariot racer eventually failed to win

10 Feb 2020 11:30 AM IST

Workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai on February 9, 2020 with workers returning to work on Monday after the extended holiday due to the virus scare and the Lunar New Year. (AFP)

WHO warns of -'tip of the iceberg-' as Chinese begin returning to work

With toll topping 900, world health agency says there is concern about overseas cases

10 Feb 2020 8:31 AM IST

People wearing masks, walk in a subway station, in Hong Kong. AP photo

nCov can spread through contact transmission or aerosols

Coronavirus that traces its origin in the local seafood market of Wuhan, in central China, has killed 811 people,...

9 Feb 2020 12:23 PM IST

A nurse checks on a patient in the isolation ward for 2019-nCoV patients at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China. AP photo

Coronavirus death toll 811, but spread of virus slows

Warmer weather will reduce the ability of virus to spread and bring people out of enclosed spaces where they are more...

9 Feb 2020 11:35 AM IST

Soldiers carry a person out of Terminal 21 Korat mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. A gunman described as a soldier angry over a financial dispute killed a few people and then went on a far bloodier rampage Saturday in northeastern Thailand, shooting as he drove to the busy mall where shoppers fled in terror. (AP)

Thai mall gunman shot dead after massacre of 21 people

The shooter, a soldier armed with an assault rifle, holed himself up in a mall and posted updates on Facebook

9 Feb 2020 9:02 AM IST

Thai soldier kills 20 shoppers in mall while posting Facebook updates

Thai soldier kills 20 shoppers in mall while posting Facebook updates

Mall secured by police but whereabouts of killer not known

9 Feb 2020 12:52 AM IST

Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess. ANI photo

No Indian quarantined on Japan ship diamond princess tested positive...

As many as 61 of some 3700 people onboard the vessel have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus

8 Feb 2020 11:30 AM IST

The cruise ship Diamond Princess is docked at Yokohama Port, near Tokyo on Friday. AP Photo

41 new cases of coronavirus reported from a quarantined cruise ship

The Japanese media reported there were 2,257 people aboard

7 Feb 2020 2:52 PM IST

A self-contained breathing apparatus and a photo of recruits is pictured on a plaque inside a Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy dormitory which has been designated as a 2019 novel coronavirus quarantine site for travellers from Hubei Province in China. AFP photo

Coronavirus sparks racism: Petition to ban Chinese gets 5 lakh...

A health lecturer at the University of Sydney, said the responses from governments may have compounded prejudice

7 Feb 2020 11:08 AM IST

Travellers wearing protective face masks at the departure area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. AFP photo

21 Kerala medical students stranded in Chinese airport

The students were told that except Singapore citizens, no foreign nationals from China could board the flight

6 Feb 2020 2:35 PM IST

A security guard checks the temperature of people entering Yu Park in Shanghai. AFP photo

Coronavirus kills 563, cases cross 28K

Among the deceased, 70 were from Hubei Province and its provincial Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak

6 Feb 2020 11:26 AM IST

A medical staff member collects a sample taken from a person to be tested for the new coronavirus at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photo

Newborn tests positive for coronavirus in Wuhan

The disease is believed to have emerged in Dec in a Wuhan market that sold wild animals, and spread rapidly as people...

5 Feb 2020 6:39 PM IST