September 17, 2020 12:07 pm
LONDON, Sept 17: Global coronavirus cases are expected to pass 30 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing.
February 29, 2020 16:56 pm
BEIJING, Feb 29: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 85,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 27, 2020 15:45 pm
BEIJING, Feb 27: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 82,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 24, 2020 16:45 pm
BEIJING, Feb 24: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 79,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 22, 2020 19:00 pm
BEIJING, FeB 22: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected nearly 78,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 20, 2020 20:00 pm
SEOUL, South Korea, Feb 20: South Korea reported its first death from the new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a southeastern city urged its 2.5 million people to stay inside as infections linked to a church congregation spiked.
February 19, 2020 20:30 pm
BEIJING, Feb 19: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 75,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 17, 2020 18:15 pm
BEIJING, FeB 17: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 71,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 16, 2020 18:30 pm
BEIJING, Feb 16: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 69,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 16, 2020 07:52 am
BEIJING, Feb 16: The long wait for anxious Nepali citizens wishing to return home from China’s coronavirus-hit Hubei Province, the epicenter of the viral outbreak, is finally over with the arrival of a Nepal Airlines Corporation aircraft on Saturday evening for evacuation.
February 15, 2020 14:26 pm
BEIJING, Feb 15: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 67,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 14, 2020 19:30 pm
BEIJING, Feb 14: More than 1,700 Chinese medical workers have been infected by the new virus that has killed nearly 1,400 people and spread to other parts of Asia and as far as the U.S. and Europe, a senior Chinese official announced Friday.
February 14, 2020 13:50 pm
BEIJING, Feb 14: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 64,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 12, 2020 15:00 pm
TOKYO, Feb 12: Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday that 39 new cases of a virus have been confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined at a Japanese port.
February 12, 2020 14:24 pm
BEIJING, Feb 12: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 45,100 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
February 11, 2020 13:35 pm
BEIJING, Feb 11: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 43,000 people globally.
February 10, 2020 14:43 pm
BEIJING, Feb 10: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 40,600 people globally.
February 8, 2020 15:00 pm
BEIJING, Feb 8: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 34,800 people globally.
February 7, 2020 15:00 pm
BEIJING, Feb 7: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 31,400 people globally.
February 5, 2020 14:50 pm
CHINA, BEIJING, Feb 5: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 24,500 people globally.
February 3, 2020 14:50 pm
BHAIRAHAWA, Feb 3: A 'help desk' has been set up at Belahiya point along the Nepal-India border in Rupandehi district as a preventive measure against the coronavirus infection.
January 31, 2020 15:38 pm
LONDON, Jan 31: Two patients from the same family in England have tested positive for coronavirus, the first such cases in Britain, England’s chief medical officer said on Friday.
January 30, 2020 20:00 pm
SEATTLE, Jan 30: People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in South Korea have told parents to equip their children with masks and hand sanitizer when they return from winter vacation. But do the masks work? It depends.