Kolkata : The Indian Premier League (IPL) is “very much on schedule”,” BCCI President Sourav Ganguly told PTI on Friday, asserting that all measures will be in place to tackle the rapidly-spreading novel coronavirus threat which has wreaked havoc on sporting calendars globally. The glitzy T20 event, featuring both Indian and international stars, gets underway […]
Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday encouraged his countrymen to adopt ‘Namaste’, the Indian way of greeting instead of the normal handshakes as one of the measures to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. At a press conference following a review meeting to contain the Coronavirus here, Netanyahu said that several […]
Bengaluru : Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that all necessary arrangements have been made to deal with the situation and there and there is no need to worry about coronavirus. “We have issued instructions to all hospitals. We have made all the arrangements. People in Karnataka should not worry,” Yediyurappa was quoted speaking […]
Beijing : The virulence of the novel coronavirus continues to show a declining trend in China which reported 29 new fatalities, the lowest in weeks, taking the death toll to 2,744 while the confirmed cases climbed to 78,497, officials said on Thursday. The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said it received reports of 433 new […]
Tehran : Iran’s deputy health minister has been infected with the new coronavirus, a ministry official said on Tuesday, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic. “The coronavirus test for Mr Harirchi, the deputy health minister who was on the front lines combating the coronavirus, was positive,” Alireza Vahabzadeh, a media adviser to the […]
South Korean : South Korea reported another large jump in new virus cases Monday a day after the president called for “unprecedented, powerful” steps to combat the outbreak that is increasingly confounding attempts to stop the spread. The 161 new cases bring South Korea’s total to 763 cases, and two more deaths raise its toll […]
Beijing : The death toll in China’s novel coronavirus epidemic has climbed to 1,523 with 143 new fatalities reported mostly from the worst-affected Hubei province while the confirmed cases jumped to over 66,000, health officials said on Saturday. The country’s Health Commission said it received reports of 2,641 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection […]
Mangaluru : State Health Minister Sriramulu on Thursday, February 6 said that there was no need for fear in the state amid Coronavirus health scare. The state government has taken precautionary measures and passenger screening process has been undertaken at the city port and airport for detection of any cases. “So far no positive case […]
Mangaluru : In the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak in China and some reported cases in India, district minister Kota Shrinivas Poojari said that there is no need for the public to panic over the issue, but advised people to take precautionary measures. The minister addressed an emergency meeting at the deputy commissioner’s office on […]
Kolkata : Four persons have been kept in the isolation ward of Beliaghata ID Hospital in Kolkata over concerns that they may be infected with the novel coronavirus. Two of them were admitted on Monday and the rest last week. Three of the four had returned from China on January 23 by the same flight […]
