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China and US will unite to fight the pandemic, Chinese president Xi...

The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, but Xi said China "wishes to continue sharing all...

27 March 2020 12:59 PM IST

Students wearing face masks, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, walk home from school in Singapore. AFP Photo

Singapore imposes stringent rules in a bid to contain virus outbreak

Under the new rules, Singaporeans intentionally close to someone could be jailed for six months

27 March 2020 11:48 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi interacts with fellow world leaders during the virtual G20 Summit, to advance a coordinate global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (PTI)

G-20 plans to inject USD 5 trillion into global economy

Leaders of the world's biggest say they'll do what it takes to tackle the coronavirus pandemic

27 March 2020 10:49 AM IST

Medical personnel scan a new coronavirus patient at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. AFP photo

The term China virus is absolutely wrong, asserts Beijing

This was Beijing's efforts to combat a perceived global negative fallout on China's image due to the Coronavirus...

25 March 2020 10:05 PM IST

In Wuhan, people volunteer for coronavirus vaccine's clinical trial

The trial, led by experts from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, gained its approval on March 16

25 March 2020 6:54 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia speaking during a televised speech addressing the nation about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

Narendra Modi to participate in G-20 summit by video

The extraordinary virtual summit has been called to coordinate the response to the coronavirus pandemic

25 March 2020 12:46 PM IST

An empty arrival area at Tribhuvan International airpot in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP Photo

Kathmandu confirms second case of Covid19

On January 24, a Nepali national who returned from China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the virus, was tested positive...

23 March 2020 2:21 PM IST

Covid19 deaths spike to 13,000 worldwide

More than 300,000 infections have been confirmed worldwide, with the situation increasingly grim in Italy

22 March 2020 3:09 PM IST

As Covid19 cases climb, Asia steps up efforts to contain outbreak

Malaysia deployed its army to enforce a lockdown as the number of cases in the region soared past 95,000

22 March 2020 1:15 PM IST

A health worker wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, checks the body temperature of passengers. AFP Photo

China reports first local case of Covid19 in four days

The new domestic infection came about in Guangdong province, and was linked to a previous imported case

22 March 2020 10:50 AM IST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, an artillery firing competition between army units is held in the countrys west in North Korea. AFP Photo

Amid virus outbreak, North Korea fires ballistic missiles

North Korea has not reported any cases of the coronavirus

21 March 2020 9:34 AM IST

Workers wearing protective gears disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea

South Korea to evacuate citizens stranded in Italy

Over the course of the outbreak South Korea has sent chartered flights to China, Iran and Japan to evacuate its citizens

20 March 2020 3:19 PM IST