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Coronavirus toll leaps to 1,310 in China's Hubei, which also sees 14,840 new confirmed cases; officials using new methodology to count infected
• 5 years agoThe Chinese province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday, as global health experts warned the epidemic could get far worse before it is brought under control.
Coronavirus outbreak: Rapid infection, virus' evasive nature, gaps in testing make outbreak control particularly challenging
• 5 years agoA multitude of details about the new virus from Wuhan itself is shaping how the severity of the outbreak.
Wuhan coronavirus looks increasingly like a pandemic, say world's top infectious disease experts
• 5 years agoA pandemic — an ongoing epidemic on two or more continents — may well have global consequences, despite the extraordinary travel restrictions and quarantines now imposed by China and other countries, including the United States
Maldives' president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih thanks India for evacuating seven Maldivians from coronavirus-hit Wuhan
• 5 years agoMaldivian 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.
Coronavirus outbreak: India temporarily suspends e-visa facility for Chinese travellers and foreigners residing in China
• 5 years ago'Due to certain current developments, travel to India on e-visas stands temporarily suspended with immediate effect', the Indian Embassy announced
Coronavirus in India: Kerala reports second confirmed case; Army, ITBP set up special quarantine facilities as Air India evacuates 647 Indians from Wuhan
Fp Staff • 5 years agoA second confirmed coronavirus case was reported in Kerala, even as Air India evacuated 323 Indians from Wuhan in China in its second special flight, which landed at Delhi airport on Sunday
Coronavirus outbreak: Kerala govt says condition of medical student satisfactory, arrests 3 for spreading false information
• 5 years agoKerala government said the condition of the medical student, kept in an isolation ward after testing positive for coronavirus is satisfactory and that 3 people have been arrested for spreading false information on social media about the disease.
Coronavirus outbreak: 324 Indian nationals evacuated from China in special Air India flight; plane lands in Delhi from Wuhan
• 5 years agoAir India's jumbo B747 plane took off from the Wuhan airport in the early hours of Saturday for Delhi, evacuating 324 Indian nationals from China as the neighbouring country continued to deal with the outbreak of novel coronavirus,
Coronavirus outbreak: Toll rises to 259 reports China's state broadcaster CCTV; more than 2,000 new cases confirmed
• 5 years agoThe total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of Friday, an increase of 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country’s National Health Commission.
Coronavirus outbreak: Special Air India flight with stranded Indians from Wuhan to leave for home on Saturday
• 5 years agoIndia announced plans to operate two flights from Wuhan to airlift around 400 students stranded in Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus, officially known as 2019-nCoV.