Pakistan on Tuesday expressed the hope that the government, with the cooperation of the people, will soon get be able to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and, to this effect, strict measures are being taken gradually. Special assistant to Prime Minister on health, Dr Zafar Mirza, said that no countrywide lockdown is being…
Month: March 2020
Trump tweets daughter Tiffany’s claim that lockdown needs to be little over a week even as coronavirus spreads
President Donald Trump, on March 23, retweeted his youngest daughter Tiffany’s claim that the US has “eight days to slow the spread” of the novel coronavirus. The tweet comes at a time when the POTUS is facing criticism for suggesting that he could lift lockdowns across the country significantly earlier than what the experts have…
China to lift 3-month lockdown over Hubei province, Wuhan city
Beijing/Wuhan: China on Tuesday announced that it will lift the three-month lockdown on more than 50 million people in the central Hubei province, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, on Wednesday as the COVID-19 began to abate. The prolonged lockdown of Hubei’s capital Wuhan will end on April 8, lifting the mass quarantine over the…
Greta Thunberg says she may have coronavirus
Stockholm: Cimate activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that it was “extremely likely” that she had contracted the new coronavirus, after experiencing several symptoms following a trip to central Europe. “Around ten days ago I started feeling some symptoms… I was feeling tired, had shivers, a sore throat and coughed,” the teenage climate champion said in…
Canceled SXSW announces winners as ‘S-house’ wins big – Here’s the full list of films which won over the jury
NEW YORK – South by Southwest, the sprawling conference and film festival, was one of the first major gatherings canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Its organizers, however, eager to lend a hand to the movies that had been set to premiere at SXSW, went ahead with the announcement of its film awards on March…
Saudi Arabia reports first coronavirus death
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reported its first death from the new coronavirus as the total number of infections spiked to 767, according to the health ministry. An Afghan resident in the western city of Medina died from the coronavirus, the ministry said, while reporting 205 new infections — the biggest jump in the kingdom in…
Sharif asks people to obey govt amid coronavirus outbreak
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) president Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday appealed the nation to act on the directives issued by the incumbent government of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) in order to curb the spread of coronavirus. Speaking at a news conference in Lahore, the Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) said that Pakistan is facing the…
After killer Coronavirus, Hantavirus wreaks havoc in China
BEIJING: Amid the killer coronavirus pandemic that has created fear in the world, another deadly virus — Hantavirus has surfaced in China. According to China’s Global Times reports, a man from Yunnan Province died shortly after testing positive to Hantavirus. A person from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work…
South Africa announces 21-day lockdown over coronavirus, calls in Army
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a 21-day lockdown of the country in a bid to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic and called in the army to assist in monitoring the situation. With the number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa rising to 402 in less than a week, Ramaphosa…
New York state accounts for over 5% of global coronavirus cases, numbers expected to increase
The US state of New York currently has over 20,000 positive cases of coronavirus. Statistically, this amounts for five per cent of all global cases so far. The number of cases saw a sharp spike from 5,700 to over 20,800 in the state. The World Health Organisation had recently warned that the US could become…
Could United States become the next epicentre of COVID-19?
With the number of coronavirus cases rising rapidly, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the United States could become the next epicentre of the pandemic. “A very large acceleration” in the number of coronavirus cases has been recorded recently. Out of the new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, 85 per cent…
Coronavirus – ‘Paid holiday’ drives thousands out of Bengaluru
Hours before Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced the lockdown of the entire state, thousands of people left Bengaluru for their hometowns, in a move that may spread the virus to the districts. The chief minister’s announcement via Twitter came around 9.30 pm. However, the paid holiday declared by the government without sealing the district…
PM Modi to Address the Nation Again Tonight on ‘Vital Aspects’ of Covid-19 Outbreak
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm on Tuesday on the coronavirus outbreak. “Will address the nation at 8 PM today, 24th March 2020, on vital aspects relating to the menace of COVID-19,” Modi tweeted. वैश्विक महामारी कोरोना वायरस के बढ़ते प्रकोप के संबंध में कुछ महत्वपूर्ण बातें देशवासियों के…
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