Wash your hands, Iran’s Khamenei states, as coronavirus toll rises
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iranians should follow the recommendations of authorities…
Task Force Specialist Immediately Opposes Trump On ‘Quick’ Coronavirus Vaccine– Again
President Donald Trump promised Monday that “very exciting things are happening rapidly” on the coronavirus front, including a possible “quick”…
Toilet paper and disinfectant makers boost production amidst coronavirus panic buying concerns
Posted March 03, 2020 18:56:06 Manufacturers of toilet paper, tissues and hand sanitiser are boosting production to keep up with…
South Korea sect leader tests negative for coronavirus as 600 new cases reported
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities said on Tuesday the leader of a religious sect has tested negative for…
Want To Help Prevent The Spread Of Coronavirus? Take Care Of Yourself.
You can’t turn on the news or scroll through social media lately without being hit with the hysteria about the…
Elizabeth Warren Reveals Prepare For Swift Federal Action On Coronavirus
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday will lay out a detailed plan for swift federal action to combat the coronavirus…
Italian nationwide in Rajasthan tests favorable for coronavirus
A 69-year-old Italian national in Rajasthan tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday, state health minister Raghu Sharma said…
South Korea seeks murder charges as coronavirus eliminates more than 3,000 worldwide
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the center of a ballooning…
Factbox: Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, sending global markets into a…
Tehran reports 66 dead from coronavirus as WHO team heads to Iran
A member of the medical team sprays disinfectant to sanitize outdoor place of Imam Reza's holy shrine, following the coronavirus…
China’s president says research centers to be set up to help contain coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves after a news conference at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, March 29,…
EU prepares steps to assist economy as coronavirus hits
FILE PHOTO: European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a news conference on public finances in EU states at European…
France’s Macron cancels events to concentrate on coronavirus response
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony for late French journalist and intellectual Jean Daniel at the Hotel…
New York State Announces First Confirmed Coronavirus Case
The state of New York on Sunday confirmed its first positive case of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that’s infected almost…
Washington State Officials Announce 2nd Coronavirus Death in U.S.
SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus.…
NASA Images Show Air Pollution In China Dropped During Coronavirus Slowdown
Astounding images taken by pollution monitoring satellites show a significant decrease in toxic gases above China over the last several…
Australia warns it can’t stop the spread of coronavirus from overseas
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s chief medical officer said on Monday it was no longer possible to completely prevent people with…
Murder probe sought for South Korea sect at center of coronavirus break out
SEOUL (Reuters) - The government of Seoul asked for a murder investigation into leaders of a Christian sect at the…
U.S. agency investigating production of faulty coronavirus test packages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing…
Amazon confirms two employees in Italy have contracted coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal…
Arundhati Roy on Delhi violence: ‘This is our version of the coronavirus. We are sick’
Beloved friends, comrades and my fellow writers, This place where we are gathered today is only a short bus ride…
Morocco to delay sports, cultural occasions over coronavirus: state media
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco will postpone sports and cultural events over coronavirus fears, a government committee charged with overseeing the…
Dominican Republic verifies very first case of coronavirus
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Health authorities in the Dominican Republic said on Sunday that they had confirmed the first case…
Viral economies: On coronavirus impact
The coronavirus is pushing the world into a recession, and India cannot be immune to it The global economy appears…
Abu Dhabi hotels allow some guests to leave after coronavirus scare
DUBAI (Reuters) - Two luxury hotels in Abu Dhabi, which had been in lockdown amid concerns about the coronavirus during…
Iran’s Guards allocate facilities to tackle coronavirus outbreak
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have allocated facilities across the country to help eradicate the new coronavirus, a…
Perth man ends up being very first Australian to pass away after contracting coronavirus
Updated March 01, 2020 17:46:48 An elderly Perth man who spent time on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship has…
US confirms its first death from coronavirus
Updated March 01, 2020 18:37:50 As coronavirus spreads around the world and Australia records its first death from the virus,…
How prepared is the US for a coronavirus outbreak?
Shoppers in Los Angeles buy toilet paper, food and water at a store, as people begin to panic buy and…
US imposes travel constraints after verifying first coronavirus death
WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced restrictions on travel from Iran and advised fellow citizens not to…
Mainland China reports 573 new coronavirus cases on Feb. 29
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 573 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 29, up from 427 the previous day…
Washington state man becomes first U.S. coronavirus fatality
(Reuters) - A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States’ first fatality from…
Trump states U.S. considering limitations at Mexican border over coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering shutting the country’s southern border with Mexico to control the spread of…
Trump Includes New Travel Bans However Continues To Minimize Coronavirus Risk
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Saturday announced new coronavirus-related travel restrictions on Iran, South Korea and Italy, but continued…
The White House Is Actually Messing Up Its Coronavirus Reaction
As the deadly coronavirus continues to sweep across the globe, the White House is taking the extraordinary step of combating…
Global downturn looms as countries struggle to contain coronavirus outbreak
GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus spread further on Friday, with cases reported for the first time in at least six…
Factbox: Countries evacuating nationals from China coronavirus areas
(Reuters) - A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens…
Indians among travelers, crew on board Japan cruise liner as new cases of coronavirus emerge
An unspecified number of Indians were among the nearly 3,000 passengers and crew members on board a cruise ship quarantined…
Sony and Amazon take out of Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus risk
Sony and Amazon are the latest companies to cancel their presence at Mobile World Congress 2020 due to the new…
More than 900 dead in China from coronavirus outbreak
More than 900 people have now died in mainland China from the coronavirus that emerged in the central city of Wuhan at…
Modi offers India’s assistance to China to handle coronavirus break out
PTI New Delhi , February 09, 2020 17:02 IST Updated: February 09, 2020 17:03 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi with…
Where’s Xi Jinping? China’s leader commands coronavirus fight from safe heights
An entrance to the Wuhan City Central Hospital in Wuhan.WUHAN: President Xi Jinping strode onstage before an adoring audience in…
Spanish authorities confirm Briton is country’s second coronavirus case
MADRID (Reuters) - A British man has tested positive for coronavirus in Mallorca, the second case of the fast-spreading new…
Malaysia expands China tourist ban as coronavirus spreads
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after…
United States and Japanese guys in Wuhan end up being very first non-Chinese coronavirus fatalities
Posted February 09, 2020 06:23:17 An American in the Chinese city of Wuhan has died of the new coronavirus, the…
Dozens of Asia trade fairs, conferences postponed amid coronavirus fears
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - More than two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in Asia have been postponed because of…
Voices from Hubei, two weeks into coronavirus lockdown
Group chats counting the number of those infected and dead reflect the grim reality of life in the current coronavirus…
Japanese man hospitalized with pneumonia in Wuhan dies, coronavirus suspected
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man hospitalized with pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus…
Royal Caribbean prohibits Chinese passport holders as coronavirus infections increase
Updated February 08, 2020 16:12:30 A major cruise line has banned citizens from China, regardless of when they were last…
US citizen dies of coronavirus in Wuhan
BEIJING: A US citizen has died from the new coronavirus at the epicentre of the epidemic in China, the US…