coronavirus

Society

Shoppers shout over the wall in China's Wuhan

Neighbourhoods in the Wuhan are still shut off by two-metre-tall plastic walls, set up early in the crisis to enforce social distancing and isolate communities

Apr 1, 2020

By Reuters

Technology

1.5 million Israelis using voluntary coronavirus monitoring app

The app allows users to decide whether to report their exposure to the Coronavirus to Israel ministry

Apr 1, 2020

By Reuters

Football

Bayer Leverkusen players to get pay cut due to Coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus outbreak has created a major stir around the world claiming the lives of over 42,000 globally

Apr 1, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Turkmenistan bans use of the word 'Coronavirus' as country sharing border with Iran in self-denial

The people wearing masks and those uttering the dreaded word in the Central Asian country face arrest

Apr 1, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Business

Oil falls towards $25 as oversupply fears mount with US inventory rise

Pledges of higher output from Saudi Arabia and Russia after a supply pact collapsed and a downfall in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic have hammered the market

Apr 1, 2020

By Reuters

Society

Rouhani: US has lost opportunity to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus

Countries like UAE, China, Britain, France, Qatar and Turkey, have sent shipments of medical supplies, including gloves and surgical masks, to Iran

Apr 1, 2020

By Reuters

Technology

Coronavirus: Neither WhatsApp nor TikTok, this famous app is being used by hackers to spread malware

Researchers said that thousands of new Zoom domains have been registered since the virus hit the world

Apr 1, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Tech & Trend

Carnegie Mellon researchers develop app that could detect Coronavirus infection using your voice

The COVID Voice Detector app uses your smartphone or computer's microphone to analyse your voice and determine for signs of COVID-19 infection

Apr 1, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Society

Japan is grappling to hold back the deadly Coronavirus outbreak

The coronavirus outbreak has created a major around the world in recent times claiming the lives of over 42,000 people globally

Apr 1, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Technology

UN privacy chief says Coronavirus surveillance may lead to dictatorship; Snowden claims it can outlast pandemic

United Nations' privacy chief has warned that surveillance could lead to authoritarianism and Snowden said that this could prove dangerous

Apr 1, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Science

Preliminary study finds the UK lockdown is slowing the spread of Coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak has created a major stir around the world claiming the lives of over 42,000 people worldwide

Apr 1, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Top doctor claims US is dealing with the Coronavirus crisis like Soviet's handled Chernobyl disaster

The way US is dealing with the Coronavirus crisis has been compared to the Soviet's handling of Chernobyl 34 years ago

Apr 1, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Entertainment

K-Pop star Kim Jaejoong is not Coronavirus positive: Here is the truth behind the singer's Instagram post

The South Korean star Jaejoong updated his Instagram post apologising for the joke, said he was creating awareness

Apr 1, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Science

Scientists found Coronavirus in sewage and this could be early warning of re-emergence of COVID-19

Scientists affiliated with KWR Water Research Institute, Netherlands took samples from seven cities and airports to detect presence of coronavirus in sewage

Apr 1, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

Entertainment

Jack Black makes TikTok debut; posts a 'Quarantine dance' wearing just shorts [VIDEO]

Celebrities around the world are taking to social media to keep fans entertained during coronavirus lockdown

Apr 1, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Who is Jia Jia, Chinese columnist missing over letter asking President Xi to resign?

Society

Chinese university student goes missing after criticising President Xi Jinping on social media

A Chinese university student named Zhang Wenbin has gone incommunicado after posting a video of himself calling out President Xi Jinping on March 30, 2020

Apr 1, 2020

By Manthan C.

Crime

SHOCKING: Man enters Coronavirus isolation hotel posing as a cop and rapes two women at gunpoint

A man in his early thirties stormed into isolation hotel rooms posing as a cop and raped two women on the same night

Apr 1, 2020

By Vinod DSouza

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits hospital

Health

Moscow's COVID-19 doctor who met President Putin just a week ago, tests positive for Coronavirus

Moscow's top doctor who greeted Russia president Vladimir Putin in Komunarka hospital tested positive for Coronavirus

Apr 1, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Technology

These drive-by thermal sensors can identify Coronavirus-infected people in cars

A Tel Aviv-based company, UVeye, has added thermal imaging sensors to its vehicle inspection stations that can detect if a car's driver or passenger is infected with coronavirus

Apr 1, 2020

By Manthan C.

Politics

Hoax busted: Video of Trump asking terminally ill to vote for him goes viral, here is the truth

The video where Trump is asking even people who are terminally ill to hang on and vote for him is going viral on social media

Apr 1, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Fake news

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