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Coronavirus Update: With 109 fatalities on Monday, death toll crosses 1,000 mark; 43,000 confirmed global cases

On Monday, 109 fatalities and 2,478 new confirmed cases were reported in mainland China

Feb 11, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Tech & Trend

After LG and Amazon, Sony becomes latest tech giant to pull out of MWC 2020 due to coronavirus

The Mobile World Congress 2020 event will be a less-than-stellar show with many big names in the tech industry pulling out of the annual mobile expo which will be held in Barcelona

Feb 10, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Health

Oscars, movies help pass the time on cruise ship quarantined in Japan

Health authorities have said the quarantine will stretch to February 19 unless something unexpected happens

Feb 10, 2020

By Reuters

Science

UK declares NCoV 'imminent threat' to public health

On Sunday, around 200 British and foreign nationals evacuated on the UK's final rescue flight arrived at RAF Brize Norton

Feb 10, 2020

By IANS

Health

This is the amount China has spent to fight coronavirus that has killed over 900 already

China allocated on Saturday an additional amount of 71.85 billion yuan ($10.26 billion) to fight the virus outbreak

Feb 10, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Health

China slowly gets back to work as coronavirus toll hits daily record

The government has started to reduce the restrictions in the country and workers have slowly started to get back to work

Feb 10, 2020

By Reuters

Health

Hong Kong: Nine members of the same family get infected with coronavirus after sharing a meal

Nine out of the ten new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Hong Kong on Sunday were reported among family members who shared a hotpot and a barbecue meal

Feb 10, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Health

Coronavirus toll surpasses SARS; WHO team rushes to Beijing amid 97 new deaths

On Sunday, the coronavirus death toll surpassed 900, while more than 40,000 cases have been reported in mainland China alone

Feb 10, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Business

Asian markets fall as coronavirus concerns weigh on sentiment

The coronavirus outbreak has dominated broader market sentiment with better-than-expected US jobs data on Friday failing to lift sentiment

Feb 10, 2020

By Reuters

Society

Teenagers charged for pulling a prank in Walmart claiming to be victims of Coronavirus

Teenagers who pulled a dirty prank in Walmart in Illinois by holding a sign that read that they have the new coronavirus has been charged by the police for their misdemeanour

Feb 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Fake news

Smartphones

Coronavirus: China orders iPhone manufacturer Foxconn not to restart production until next week

Chinese authorities have blocked a plan by the Taiwanese OEM which makes smartphones for global vendors including Apple to resume production until next week

Feb 9, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Health

What is the situation in Chinese hospitals amid Coronavirus epidemic? Videos on social media reveal

Videos circulating online shows the alarming situation in the hospitals and how the health care workers are in the most dangerous situation

Feb 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Health

Spain's second Coronavirus case confirmed; Briton tested positive in Mallorca

The new victim of the deadly coronavirus is the second prey of the outbreak in the European country Spain

Feb 9, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Business

Pork supplies, prices are affected by the Coronavirus in China: Official

Kong Liang mentioned that the coronavirus outbreak has made major disruption in the supply of vital feed and veterinary medicine

Feb 9, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Health

Scientists detect new virus with no recognizable genes including 600 microbes new to science

Scientists have discovered one virus which has no recognizable genes, while another group of researchers have discovered thousands of new viruses

Feb 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Health

Coronavirus turns busy Chinese cities into ghost towns

China's financial hub Shanghai and other cities of the country have turned into ghost towns after the government asked residents not to go out because of the coronavirus

Feb 9, 2020

By Reuters

Politics

Videos show residents being locked and welded inside homes over Coronavirus outbreak in China

Video on Twitter shows that the houses and apartment blocks are being welded and chained so that people can't go outside

Feb 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Health

Bangladesh scraps plans to evacuate remaining nationals from China

Bangladesh had earlier evacuated 312 citizens and quarantined them in Dhaka on February 1, as per reports

Feb 9, 2020

By IANS

Science

Using steroids to treat novel Coronavirus could cause more harm than good, say scientists

In a commentary published by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, scientists conclude that the benefits provided by steroids or corticosteroids are minimal

Feb 9, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Indonesia: Hundreds of people affected by haze-related illness

Society

Coronavirus outbreak: After India, Singapore airlifts 174 citizens from Wuhan

174 Singaporeans return home from Wuhan while PM Lee reveals the country's strategy against Coronavirus outbreak

Feb 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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