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Britain to quarantine incoming travellers for 14-days - Times report
Published On: May 9, 2020 04:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, May 9: Britain is to introduce a 14-day quarantine period for almost everyone arriving into the country to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday.
China open to probe of origins of coronavirus, says envoy: report
Published On: May 8, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
BERLIN, May 8: China is open to an independent investigation to determine the origins of the coronavirus now sweeping the world, its ambassador to Berlin told a German magazine on Friday, amid U.S. allegations that it came from a laboratory.
Tea and singing: Britain honors World War Two anniversary
Published On: May 8, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, May 8: Britons stood in silence and Queen Elizabeth was to address the nation on Friday’s 75th anniversary of “Victory in Europe” Day, though the coronavirus dampened commemorations for the end of World War Two on the continent.
Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed - WHO
Published On: May 8, 2020 06:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA, May 8: A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an “amplifying setting”, the World Health Organization said on Friday, calling for more research.
Indian train kills 16 workers laid-off in coronavirus lockdown
Published On: May 8, 2020 05:23 PM NPT By: Reuters
SATARA, India, May 8: An Indian train killed 16 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back to their home village after losing their jobs in a coronavirus lockdown, police said.
Iran quake of magnitude 5.1 kills two, injures 38 in Iran
Published On: May 8, 2020 04:54 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, May 8: Two people died and 38 were injured when a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Iran in the early hours of Friday and people fled their homes in panic, state television reported.
China, U.S. hold trade talks on implementation of signed phase one deal
Published On: May 8, 2020 02:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 8: Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer held a phone call late on Thursday in which they spoke about U.S.-China trade, the U.S. government said in a statement.
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday, despite rising COVID-19 curve
Published On: May 7, 2020 07:32 PM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, May 7:Pakistan’s coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, despite the fact that the number of cases in the country is still accelerating.
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in India kills nine, hundreds hospitalised
Published On: May 7, 2020 03:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
CHENNAI, May 7: A chemical gas leak at an LG Polymers plant in southern India on Thursday killed at least 9 people, and emergency services rushed more than 300 to hospital and evacuated hundreds more from nearby areas, a police official in Andhra Pradesh state said.
Britain's COVID-19 death toll rises to 30,076
Published On: May 7, 2020 11:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, May 7: Britain’s COVID-19 death toll has risen by 649 to 30,076, according to figures announced on Wednesday by government minister Robert Jenrick.
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