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New York  : Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have surpassed 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, as hundreds of health experts began meeting at its headquarters in Geneva to help halt the spread of the disease, now officially known as COVID-19. more
Coronavirus outbreak in China: 97 patients die in a day

Beijing: China recorded nearly 97 new Coronavirus deaths in a day taking the toll to 908, media reports said on Monday.

Makeshift hospital in Wuhan receives coronavirus-infected patients

Wuhan/Xinhua: The newly-built Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, received the first batch of patients infected with the virus Saturday, according ...

Coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt normal life in China

Wuhan: It seems there is no break from the coronavirus outbreak which has disrupted normal life in China as 3,399 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 86 deaths were rep ...

Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need

New York : Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic, has created potentially dangerous shortages for those who need th ...

$675 million appeal to stop coronavirus in its tracks, as deaths rise

New York : The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Wednesday for $675 million to boost international measures to counter the new coronavirus epidemic, as deaths from t ...

China: First batch of Coronavirus-affected patients received at Wuhan hospital built in 10 days

Wuhan: A hospital built in 10 days in Chinese city Wuhan received its first batch of patients affected by novel Coronavirus, which claimed more than 360 lives in the country, on Monday, m ...

Coronavirus spread now a global emergency declares World Health Organization

New York : The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee declared on Thursday, call ...

French Health Minister says 20 evacuees from China showing signs of coronavirus infection

Moscow/Sputnik: About 20 passenger of France’s evacuation flight from virus-stricken Wuhan, China have displayed symptoms of infection with coronavirus and are currently under medic ...

First Coronavirus death outside China: Man dies in the Philippines

Manila: In the first case of death reported outside China, a person died from the disease in the Philippines, media reports said on Sunday.