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The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS, which are life threatening.

Metros

Maharashtra constitutes specialist team to tackle virus threat

The health department has alerted major hospitals in the state to gear up by putting in place infection control...

25 Jan 2020 6:34 AM IST

Metros

Coronavirus: Two under watch in Mumbai

Around 1,789 passengers underwent thermal screening.

25 Jan 2020 5:47 AM IST

Sri Lankan airport officials with facemasks at Bandaranaike International airport in Katunayake on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

World

Coronavirus: China locks down 36 million

26 die, 850 affected worldwide; 10 Indians put under observation.

25 Jan 2020 4:08 AM IST

It may have originated in bats, according to genetic analysis, but researchers say there could have been an intermediate host in the transmission to humans that one study suggested could have been snakes.

India

Kerala nurse tests positive for coronavirus in Saudi

In China, 17 dead, 630 infected; public transport suspended.

24 Jan 2020 1:21 AM IST

$Pope Francis attends the Ash Wednesday mass on February 26, 2020, at the Santa Sabina church in Rome. Pope Francis postponed his official appointments on February 29 and was working from home, the Vatican said, a day after cancelling a scheduled appearance at mass because of \a mild ailment\. Francis, 83, had appeared earlier in the week to be suffering from a cold. He was seen blowing his nose and coughing during the Ash Wednesday service, and his voice sounded hoarse. (AFP)$ World