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Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Sunday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the evacuation of seven Maldivian nationals from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan. (Photo: File)

Maldives President thanks India for evacuating 7 citizens from...

The virus originated in Wuhan in December last year and has since then spread to various cities around the world.

2 Feb 2020 3:01 PM IST

Two girls with face masks ride the subway in Hong Kong on Saturday. AP photo

Coronavirus death toll in China hits 259, WHO asks countries to...

South Korea and India flew hundreds of their citizens out of Wuhan

1 Feb 2020 11:50 PM IST

Pakistan declares national emergency to battle locusts

PM Khan ordered formation of high-level committee to be headed by Bakhtiar to take decisions at federal level for...

1 Feb 2020 4:38 PM IST

Medical staff walk to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases building at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. AFP Photo

Fearing spread of virus, Singapore bars arrivals from China

Singapore has atleast 13 confirmed infections of coronavirus

31 Jan 2020 4:28 PM IST

File photo shows an airplane carrying US citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, lands at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. AP photo

WHO declares global health emergency as coronavirus death toll climbs...

Many nations have already urged their citizens not to visit China, while some have banned entry for travellers from...

31 Jan 2020 10:47 AM IST

A currency trader wearing a mask watches a calendar at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. AP news

Big economic hit looms as coronavirus cases surpass SARS

The vast majority of infections are in China where the virus originated in an illegal wildlife market in the city of...

30 Jan 2020 9:15 PM IST

People line up to buy face masks from a medical supply company in Nanning in southern Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. AP photo

China virus death toll rises to 170, transmission a concern

The WHO said the few cases of human-to-human spread of the virus outside China, in Japan, Germany and Vietnam, were of...

30 Jan 2020 10:21 AM IST

Tourists wearing face masks queue at the immigration counter at an airport. AFP photo

Coronavirus scare turns Macau into a ghost town

The outbreak also coincides with the Lunar New Year holiday during which Macau seasonally enjoys record visitation

29 Jan 2020 5:02 PM IST

Chinese president Xi Jinping (AP file photo)

What Xi told the World Health Organization about coronavirus

Wuhan has been turned into a near ghost town under a lockdown that has largely confined the industrial hub-'s residents...

29 Jan 2020 4:52 PM IST

A worker takes the temperature of a customer at the entrance of a Walmart store in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei Province. AP photo

Beijing pharmacy fined 3 million yuan for hiking mask prices amid...

The store raised the price of a box of 3M brand masks to 850 yuan while the online price was just 143 yuan

29 Jan 2020 3:43 PM IST

Nuclear test behind earthquake in North Korea: Seoul

Punggye-ri is the only known site in North Korea used to test nuclear weapons. At least six tests were conducted from...

29 Jan 2020 12:44 PM IST

A Japanese chartered plane carrying evacuees from Wuhan, China, landed at Haneda international airport in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Countries on Wednesday began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus. AP photo

Coronavirus deaths touch 132, foreigners leave Wuhan

The lockdown of 17 cities has trapped more than 50 million people in the most far-reaching disease control measures ever...

29 Jan 2020 11:11 AM IST