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Workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai on February 9, 2020 with workers returning to work on Monday after the extended holiday due to the virus scare and the Lunar New Year. (AFP)

China stutters back to work as virus deaths soar

With toll topping 900, world health agency says there is concern about overseas cases

10 Feb 2020 8:31 AM IST

People wearing masks, walk in a subway station, in Hong Kong. AP photo

Coronavirus can spread through direct transmission, aerosols

Coronavirus that traces its origin in the local seafood market of Wuhan, in central China, has killed 811 people,...

9 Feb 2020 12:26 PM IST

A nurse checks on a patient in the isolation ward for 2019-nCoV patients at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China. AP photo

Coronavirus deaths touch 811, but virus weakens

Warmer weather will reduce the ability of virus to spread and bring people out of enclosed spaces where they are more...

9 Feb 2020 11:38 AM IST

Armed commando soldiers rush people out of the Terminal 21 Korat mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. A gunman described as a soldier angry over a financial dispute killed a few people and then went on a far bloodier rampage Saturday in northeastern Thailand, shooting as he drove to the busy mall where shoppers fled in terror. (AP)

Thai shooter shot dead after he killed 21 people in shopping mall

The shooter, a soldier armed with an assault rifle, holed himself up in a mall and posted updates on Facebook

9 Feb 2020 9:02 AM IST

In this photo made available by the Crime Suppression Division of the Royal Thai Police, people are seen heading to an exit of the Terminal 21 Korat mall guarded by armed police in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Saturday, February 8, 2020.(AP)

Thai soldier kills 20 shoppers in mall

Killer posts Facebook updates as he carries out carnage with assault rifle

9 Feb 2020 12:56 AM IST

Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess (ANI photo)

No Indian on quarantined Japan ship tested positive for coronavirus

As many as 61 of some 3700 people onboard the vessel have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus

8 Feb 2020 11:35 AM IST

Flowers are placed near a photo of the late Dr. Li Wenliang at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Friday, February 7, 2020. As the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus rose again in China Saturday, the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminations from the public over the death of the doctor who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the disease over a month ago. (AP)

China authorities feel the heat of public anger as virus toll reaches...

Communist Party strikes a remorseful note over death of whistleblower doctor

8 Feb 2020 9:24 AM IST

Photo: Imran Khan Instagram

Saudi hesitant about Pak's request for OIC meeting on Kashmir: Report

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan voiced frustration over the OIC's silence on Kashmir during his visit to Malaysia

7 Feb 2020 11:53 AM IST

Dr Li Wenliang posted this picture of himself in hospital on Weibo.

China virus crisis deepens as whistleblower doctor dies

Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang sounded the first alarm on the outbreak in December but was censured for 'rumour-mongering'

7 Feb 2020 11:29 AM IST

The entrance to the Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy, designated as a 2019 novel coronavirus quarantine site for travellers from Hubei Province of China. AFP photo

Virus sparks Xenophobia: Petition to ban Chinese gets 5 lakh...

A health lecturer at the University of Sydney, said the responses from governments may have compounded prejudice

7 Feb 2020 11:13 AM IST

Travellers wearing protective face masks at the departure area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.AFP photo

21 Kerala medical students stuck in Chinese airport

The students were told that except Singapore citizens, no foreign nationals from China could board the flight

6 Feb 2020 2:38 PM IST

An empty street is seen in Hangzhou, Shanghai in the wake of coronavirus. AFP photo

Shanghai cancels sporting events, Chinese GP may be called off

The last Formula One race to be cancelled was the Bahrain Grand Prix of 2011, due to months of social unrest in the Gulf...

6 Feb 2020 2:21 PM IST