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China says U.S. creating, spreading fear after virus outbreak
Published On: February 3, 2020 02:12 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 3: The United States has taken actions that create and spread fear following a coronavirus outbreak in China, instead of offering any significant assistance, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.
Fearing virus, Hong Kong residents stock up on food, essentials
Published On: February 3, 2020 11:42 AM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Feb 3: Panic-stricken residents have emptied shelves in major supermarkets in Hong Kong, stockpiling meat, rice, cleaning products and soap as fears escalate over a coronavirus epidemic on the mainland.
Maldives bans travellers from China over virus fears, minister says
Published On: February 3, 2020 11:38 AM NPT By: Reuters
MALE, Feb 3: The Maldives has banned travellers arriving from China as a precautionary measure to combat the spread of coronavirus, the tourism minister of the Indian Ocean islands said on Monday.
Man shot dead by UK police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
Published On: February 3, 2020 10:51 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Feb 3: Sudesh Amman, the man shot dead by police in what officials described as a terrorism incident in south London, had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents.
China finishes new hospital for virus patients as toll grows
Published On: February 3, 2020 10:33 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 3: China sent medical workers and equipment Monday to its just-completed, 1,000-bed hospital for treating victims of a new virus that has caused 362 deaths and more than 17,300 infections at home and abroad.
Hourslong clashes between police, protesters engulf Beirut
Published On: February 3, 2020 10:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIRUT, Feb 3: Lebanese security forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and used water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters from central Beirut in clashes that lasted for hours into early Sunday.
Iran welcomes election of Allawi as Iraq prime minister - Iran foreign ministry
Published On: February 2, 2020 11:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Feb 2: Iran welcomes Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi’s election as prime minister of Iraq, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday, according to the official IRNA new agency.
New China virus details show challenge for outbreak control
Published On: February 2, 2020 11:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CHINA, Feb 2: It can spread person to person, even if someone is showing no symptoms. The next in line can continue to pass it on. The incubation period is so long that people may not know where or when they picked it up.
Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors
Published On: February 2, 2020 07:50 PM NPT By: Reuters
BANGKOK, Feb 2: Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus with combination of medications for flu and HIV, with initial results showing vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment, they said on Sunday.
Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide
Published On: February 2, 2020 06:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea, Feb 2: A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians.
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