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People walk through a sparse international departure terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) as concern over the coronavirus grows on March 7, 2020 in New York City. AFP Photo

State of Emergency declared in New York after virus kills 19

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency to bolster the medical response to the outbreak, as statewide total...

8 March 2020 5:06 PM IST

A tourist wearing a face mask takes pictures inside the Duomo gothic cathedral as it reopened to the public after being closed due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak in northern Italy, in Milan. AFP Photo

Italy shuts down museums, theatres in a bid to contain virus outbreak

The government has also closed down schools, nightclubs and casinos

8 March 2020 5:01 PM IST

Medial workers wearing protective gear move a patient infected with the coronavirus disease from an ambulance to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea (AP)

Florida reports first two Covid19 deaths

The cases mark the first US coronavirus deaths outside California and Washington

8 March 2020 11:55 AM IST

A woman wearing a face mask stands in a subway train in Milan, Italy. New quarantine restrictions announced by the government have effectively shutdown the northern region of Lombardy. (AP)

Millions put under corona quarantine in Italy

The region around Milan and Venice have been shut out to contain the coronavirus outbreak

8 March 2020 9:59 AM IST

Virus scare confines thousands on a cruise ship off California's coast

The Grand Princess was forbidden to dock in San Francisco amid evidence that the vessel was the breeding ground for the...

7 March 2020 2:55 PM IST

File photo of acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. AP Photo

Trump replaces chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with Mark Meadows

The long-rumored move comes as Trump has been pulling together a team of loyalists and allies ahead of the re-election...

7 March 2020 2:19 PM IST

Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters during a coronavirus briefing in the White House, Washington. AP Photo

Two test positive for virus at Mike Pence's conference

Secretary of State Mike Pence is leading the US response to coronavirus

7 March 2020 11:48 AM IST

People wearing masks visit the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. AFP Photo

Bethelhem church shut down over Covid 19 fears

The announcement by the tourism ministry highlighted the spread of the virus across Middle East, where worship has been...

6 March 2020 4:02 PM IST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with Vice President Mike Pence and the White House coronavirus task force leaders, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo

White House to sign bill to fight Covid 19 outbreak

The Senate passed the measure on Thursday to help tackle the virus outbreak

6 March 2020 11:53 AM IST

First case of Covid 19 confirmed in Bhutan

Schools in three areas -- including the capital Thimphu -- will be closed for two weeks to contain the outbreak

6 March 2020 11:08 AM IST

Represenational image (AP photo)

Indian girl in Dubai diagnosed with Covid19

The girl tested positive for the COVID-19 after she contracted the infection from her father who travelled overseas

5 March 2020 2:55 PM IST

A woman walks past South Korean soldiers wearing protective gear as they spray disinfectant on the street to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Gangnam district in Seoul. AFP photo

Covid-19 deaths in China over 3K, Coronavirus cases in South Korea...

All the deaths were in the epicentre of the virus, Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, which continued to be ground...

5 March 2020 12:11 PM IST