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UK declares coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health
Published On: February 10, 2020 01:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Feb 10: Britain said on Monday that the new coronavirus was a serious and imminent threat to public health, a step that gives the government additional powers to fight the spread of the virus.
'Enemy of mankind': Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
Published On: February 10, 2020 11:20 AM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Feb 10: China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.
China slowly returns to work as coronavirus toll hits daily record
Published On: February 10, 2020 09:47 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 10: Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic that has now killed more than 900 people, mostly on the mainland.
Coronavirus turns busy Chinese cities into ghost towns
Published On: February 9, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 9: After making sure everyone’s face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand, the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park, a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in China’s capital Beijing.
Coronavirus deaths top 800, surpassing SARS, as China heads back to work
Published On: February 9, 2020 07:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Feb 9: China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.
China allocates $10.26 billion to fight coronavirus
Published On: February 9, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 9: China’s finance ministry said on Sunday all levels of government had allocated a total of 71.85 billion yuan (8 billion pounds) as of Saturday afternoon to fight coronavirus.
New virus has infected more than 37,500 people globally
Published On: February 9, 2020 02:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 9: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 37,500 people globally.
Thai soldier who killed 20 shot dead in shopping mall siege
Published On: February 9, 2020 11:43 AM NPT By: Reuters
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND, Feb 9: Thai security forces on Sunday shot and killed a rogue soldier who went on a rampage in a shopping mall in a northeastern city, ending an overnight siege after a series of attacks that left at least 20 people dead.
American dies of coronavirus in China; five Britons infected in French Alps
Published On: February 9, 2020 11:40 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 9: A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak.
Antarctic base records hottest temperature ever
Published On: February 8, 2020 08:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA/BUENOS AIRES, Feb 8: A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the south pole.
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