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Passengers wearing face masks at Changsha railway station in China. (AFP Photo)

Coronavirus could push 11 million people into poverty: World Bank

Growth in the developing East Asia and Pacific, is projected to slow to 2.1 per cent in the baseline

31 March 2020 1:49 PM IST

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Covid19 is a long term battle, can't let down our guard: WHO

WHO does not expect any country to be safe, as the coronavirus will eventually get everywhere

31 March 2020 1:43 PM IST

A naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat patients who do not have the new coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up to capacity with those that do. (AP Photo)

Deadliest day in US as virus toll crosses 3000

Hospitals in the New York City area have been overrun with patients suffering from COVID-19

31 March 2020 1:38 PM IST

A worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple Universitys Liacouras Center. (Photo- AP)

Amid stagggering number of coronavirus deaths, New York asks for...

Even before the governor's appeal, close to 80,000 former nurses, doctors and other professionals were stepping up to...

31 March 2020 12:13 PM IST

Netanyahu has until October to face a pre-trial hearing after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced in February his intention to indict the leader. (Photo:AP)

Israel: After staffer tests positive for virus, PM Netanyahu placed...

The prime minister decided that he and his close staff would be in confinement until tests were completed

30 March 2020 6:18 PM IST

People wearing protective clothings, masks and gloves, attend the funeral of a victim who died after being infected with the new coronavirus, at a cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran. AFP Photo

Covid19: Death toll in Iran rises to 2,757, over 40,000 cases reported

Iran has been scrambling to contain COVID-19's spread since it reported its first cases on February 19

30 March 2020 5:51 PM IST

Covid19 death toll in Spain rises to 7,340 after 812 deaths in one day

It is the first decline in the number of deaths in a 24-hour period since Thursday

30 March 2020 3:49 PM IST

Covid19: Cases climb to 700,000 worldwide

The figures represent only a fraction of the number of infections as many countries only carry out tests on suspected...

30 March 2020 2:55 PM IST

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Princess Maria Teresa of Spain dies of coronavirus

The princess' death comes weeks after King Felipe VI reported negative for covid-19

30 March 2020 12:49 PM IST

In an effort to free up ICUs, France evacuates Covid19 patients

In an effort to free up ICUs, France evacuates Covid19 patients

Two specially equipped high-speed trains carried 36 patients from Mulhouse and Nancy to hospitals along France's western...

30 March 2020 12:16 PM IST

Germany set to amp up widespread testing to contain virus outbreak

Germany is already carrying out more coronavirus tests than any other European country at a rate of 300,000 to 500,000 a...

30 March 2020 10:39 AM IST

Italy's lockdown to be lifted only gradually, goverment tells Italians

The message from ministers and health officials came as Italy's world-topping toll rose by 756

30 March 2020 9:18 AM IST