Coronavirus news

Beijing: The death toll due to the fast-spreading novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 563, authorities said on Thursday, while the number of confirmed cases also rose to 28,018. The National Health Commission on…
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Cuttack: The samples of the medical student from Odisha who had been suspected to have contacted the coronavirus  has returned from NIV Pune, and is negative. This comes as a major relief. It is noteworthy that, the student had written a…
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Amaravati: Two youngsters from Andhra Pradesh including a 22-year-old woman, who is due to be married this month, are stranded in coronavirus-hit China and have appealed to the government to evacuate them. Annem Naga Jyothi and Satya Sai…
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Kathmandu: At least 180 Nepalis, mostly students, have approached the country's Embassy in Beijing, asking it to evacuate them from Hubei province, where the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak originated. The embassy in Beijing on…
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Bhubaneswar: At least four swabs sent from Odisha to National Institute of Virology in Pune have found negative in the test for deadly Novel Coronavirus. Persons from whom the samples had been collected include three Chinese Contractors…
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New Delhi/Beijing: The Central government on Sunday temporarily banned the e-visa entry of Chinese and other foreign nationals into India in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. In a tweet posted by the Indian embassy in…
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Dubai: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed its fifth case of the novel coronavirus in a man from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak. The fifth patient is a Chinese national who travelled to the UAE…
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New Delhi: A second case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been kept in isolation and is currently stable and being closely monitored. The patient has a…
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Manila: The Philippines on Sunday reported the country's first death from the novel coronavirus, making it the first country outside China to report a fatality. The victim was a 44-year-old Chinese male from the city of Wuhan, the…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday constituted a task force for the management of suspected coronavirus cases and to take steps to ensure the prevention of the spread of the infection in the state. The high-level task force has…
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