Global Emergency

Coronavirus outbreak: How bad will the epidemic get? When will a vaccine be ready?

On 30 January, the WHO declared the outbreak a global health emergency, acknowledging that the disease is a risk beyond China.

Chinese man in Philippines is first death related to coronavirus outside of China

The 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan was hospitalized with a fever, cough, sore throat and died after developing severe pneumonia.

Google search for coronavirus will now provide safety tips, latest updates and more from WHO

The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak on Friday climbed to 213 with the number of confirmed cases totaling to 9,692.

WHO declares global emergency as China's coronavirus outbreak toll reaches 213; about 100 cases reported in at least 18 other countries so far

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency

Do masks really work to keep coronavirus at bay? Health experts, around the world, are not too sure

With the virus spreading, demands for masks are increasing and UNICEF sent 6000 kgs of masks and protective suits to China.

Coronavirus outbreak in China: From emergency flights to isolation; here's what India, USA, Japan, Australia, EU, and others are doing to evacuate citizens

Many Asian countries – Hong Kong, Thailand, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia – have people who have been infected.

Coronavirus causes 25 new fatalities in China, taking the death toll to 132 people

Fever and weakness are the typical symptoms of the infection along with ten to 14 days as the incubation period.

Australian scientists grow coronavirus in the lab — game-changing tool to diagnose, develop vaccines

Chinese released genome sequence of the virus to help in diagnosis but the real virus help verify all test methods.

Coronavirus death tally jumps to 106 in China, confirmed cases of pneumonia stand at 4,515

Barring Tibet, all Chinese provinces have confirmed virus cases, posing a major challenge for the health authorities to contain.

36-year-old man in Mumbai has been admitted to the hospital due to possible coronavirus exposure

The man, a resident of Tardeo in south Mumbai, is currently kept under observation at Kasturba Hospital.