TIMES OF INDIA
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 09, 2020, 18: 22: 50 IST
The death toll from coronavirus has surged past 800 in China, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic. The viral outbreak has now infected more than 37,000 people globally. In India, three cases of infection were reported, all from Kerala. Stay with TOI for live updates
DGCA suspends pre-flight alcohol test at Kerala airports, reports PTI
Aviation regulator DGCA has stopped the pre-flight breathalyzer (BA) test for the aircrew operating out of Kerala’s four airports during the next 15 days in the wake of the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak.
PM Modi also conveyed appreciation for help in evacuation of Indian citizens from Hubei province
In letter to Chinese President Xi, PM Modi offers India’s assistance to deal with Coronavirus outbreak in China: Sources
PM Modi writes to Chinese President Xi Jinping; expresses India’s solidarity with people of China over Coronavirus outbreak: Sources
All 406 Wuhan returnees at ITBP facility in Delhi test negative
“A sampling of all returned from China was done. Samples of all 406 people are found negative of coronavirus,” the ITBP said in a statement.
Thousands from cruise ship in Hong Kong freed after virus tests
Health authorities in the Asian financial hub said the crew and a similar number of passengers had been released from a quarantine imposed due to fears that some staff could have contracted the deadly virus on a previous voyage and passed it on.
China’s coronavirus deaths surpass SARS as millions stagger back to work, reports Reuters.
China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in 2002/2003, as millions prepare to return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break. Authorities had told businesses to tack up to 10 extra days onto holidays that had been due to finish at the end of January as the rising numbers of dead and infected cast a pall over the country. Read more
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