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Iran says coronavirus toll jumps by 17 with 1,000-plus new infections
Published On: March 6, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, March 6: Iran’s death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124, as 17 died over the past 24 hours and more than 1,000 were additionally diagnosed with the disease, a health ministry spokesman said in Tehran.
India’s beleaguered health system braces for virus surge
Published On: March 6, 2020 07:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, March 6: India is bracing for a potential explosion of coronavirus cases as authorities rush to trace, test and quarantine contacts of 31 people confirmed to have the disease.
UK records first coronavirus death, moves to stop spread
Published On: March 6, 2020 07:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, March 6: Britain is moving into the second of four phases in its plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Thursday, as the UK recorded its first death of a patient and confirmed cases rose.
Coronavirus deaths rise to more than 3,300 worldwide
Published On: March 6, 2020 05:33 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, March 6: More than 98,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus globally and over 3,300 people have died, according to a Reuters tally. Mainland China accounted for more than 3,000 deaths, while the toll in Italy stood at 148.
Gunmen kill at least 27 at memorial for Afghan Shiite leader
Published On: March 6, 2020 05:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 6: Gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more in Afghanistan’s capital on Friday at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader, officials said.
Army helicopter carrying diplomats crashes in Myanmar - spokesman
Published On: March 6, 2020 04:44 PM NPT By: Reuters
YANGON, March 6: A military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashed in eastern Myanmar on Friday afternoon, injuring two pilots, a military spokesman said.
Rationing and robbery: Coronavirus outbreak sparks toilet roll panic
Published On: March 6, 2020 04:12 PM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY/TOKYO, March 6: In Australia, major grocers have restricted supplies to one pack per person. In Japan, rolls are chained to the wall in public toilets. In Hong Kong, armed robbers carried out a heist as supplies were delivered to a supermarket.
As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor
Published On: March 6, 2020 03:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BANGKOK, March 6: The number of people infected with the new virus charged toward 100,000 Friday, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines in its spread.
Coronavirus cases surge across U.S. as Americans face looming outbreak
Published On: March 6, 2020 02:24 PM NPT By: Reuters
LOS ANGELES, March: The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday, surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than $8 billion to fight the outbreak.
Bhutan bans tourists after first coronavirus case, India total hits 31
Published On: March 6, 2020 02:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 6: Bhutan said on Friday it had banned the entry of tourists for two weeks after it confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, in a tourist who arrived form neighboring India.
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