Coronavirus

China’s president visits Wuhan amid drop in infections, deaths number

Mar 10, 2020 11:51

China’s President Xi Jinping has visited the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, amid a drop in the number of infections and deaths and in a sign that the worst of the epidemic may be over in the country.
Coronavirus in China: No new local cases out of Hubei for 3rd day

Mar 10, 2020 11:26

China has confirmed 17 new coronavirus deaths, the lowest since January, raising the total number of fatalities in the country to 3,136.
Italian PM puts whole country in lockdown over COVID-19 outbreak

Mar 10, 2020 11:20

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has put the whole country on lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has so far infected over 9,000 and killed over 450 in the European country.
Ban on Iran flights to go down in history as disgraceful: Envoy

Mar 10, 2020 10:19

Iran’s ambassador to France Bahram Qassemi has lambasted certain European governments for imposing restrictions on Iranian flights into the continent, saying the move would go down in history as shameful given that Iran is currently fighting a serious epidemic almost on its own.
Coronavirus ‘very real’ threat to become pandemic: WHO

Mar 10, 2020 10:16

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a grave warning against the China-generated coronavirus outbreak, saying there is a "very real" threat that the flu-like pathogen would become a pandemic.
Only one of 14 temporary hospitals running in Wuhan as more patients recover

Mar 10, 2020 04:32

Another two temporary hospitals in Wuhan, the capital city of central China's Hubei Province, closed on Monday, with only one of the 14 temporary hospitals remaining in operation.
EU leaders to hold crisis teleconference to tackle coronavirus

Mar 10, 2020 02:57

The leaders of the European Union have decided to hold an emergency teleconference in order to coordinate a joint response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Leader cancels New Year speech over coronavirus epidemic

Mar 10, 2020 02:37

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has canceled his regular New Year speech at the Imam Reza Holy Shrine in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad in line with health officials’ recommendations to prevent further spread of an ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the country.
US lying about how bans are affecting Iran’s access to medicine: Minister

Mar 09, 2020 12:22

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has lashed out at the United States for claims that Tehran’s import of medicine and other humanitarian goods are exempt from Washington's unilateral sanctions, calling such claims “a very big lie”.
Moscow goes ‘high alert’, will jail people ignoring coronavirus self-isolation rules

Mar 09, 2020 10:38

In Moscow, there is now a ‘high alert regime’ and authorities have imposed extra measures to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus; meanwhile, the battle against COVID-19 goes on in other parts of the globe.