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INFOGRAPHICS: COVID-19 impact in SAARC countries

Published On: April 8, 2020 10:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 8: As the entire world is battling against the coronavirus pandemic, South Asian countries are no exception.

PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19

Published On: April 8, 2020 04:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, April 8: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in a stable condition on Wednesday after receiving oxygen support for COVID-19 complications, raising questions about how key decisions would be taken in his absence.

Japan’s state of emergency is no lockdown. What’s in it?

Published On: April 8, 2020 12:24 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TOKYO, April 8: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hard-hit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. But this is no European or Wuhan-style lockdown.

People allowed to leave China's Wuhan as coronavirus lockdown eases

Published On: April 8, 2020 10:28 AM NPT By: Reuters

WUHAN, China, April 8: The central Chinese city of Wuhan began allowing people to leave on Wednesday for the first time since it was locked down 76 days ago to contain the novel coronavirus, despite fears of a second wave of infection if such restrictions are eased too soon.

INFOGRAPHICS: High-profile officials affected by COVID-19 globally

Published On: April 7, 2020 09:55 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, April 7: After novel coronavirus disease first originated in Chinese Hubei province in December last year, it has been spreading globally like a wildfire.

India lifts restrictions on 24 drug exports amid coronavirus

Published On: April 7, 2020 10:39 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 7: India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines made from them, the government said in a statement.

Thousands of Pakistanis in UAE seek to return home amid coronavirus outbreak

Published On: April 6, 2020 07:37 PM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, April 6: More than 20,000 Pakistani workers stuck in the United Arab Emirates are seeking to return home, as the Gulf Arab state tightens restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Ukraine continues to battle forest fire near Chernobyl

Published On: April 6, 2020 04:18 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine, April 6: Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears.

Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic

Published On: April 6, 2020 04:12 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, April 6: India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of containing the disease appear so bleak should domestic transmission start to multiply.

Japan PM to declare state of emergency of up to six months - media

Published On: April 6, 2020 01:26 PM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, April 6: Japan will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus, media reported, with the government preparing a stimulus package to soften the blow on an economy already struggling to avoid a recession.