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Coronavirus: Mayor advises all New Yorkers to cover faces while outside

2 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ US

New York mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday urged all of the city's residents to cover their faces when outside and near others to help stop the spread of the coronavirus...

Govts across world should not use coronavirus pandemic to target minorities: US official

2 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Governments and establishments across the world should not use the coronavirus pandemic to target minorities, a key US official said on Thursday in an oblique criticism of developments in India, from where there have been reports of broad scapegoating of Muslims because of infractions by a few of travel and health guidelines...

White House moves toward promoting face masks to fight virus

2 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ US

The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many Americans wear face coverings in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus as the president defends his response to the crisis...

US futher tightens public health protocols, social distancing norms

2 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ US

American health and public safety mandarins are further tightening public health protocols and social distancing norms, even as toll from the pandemic neared 7,000 in America. People are being asked to wear any kind of mask all the time. Some officials have gone so far as to recommend that families practice social distancing even within the confines of their homes...

Prince Charles opens new London hospital for virus patients

4 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ UK

Charles, who on Monday completed a week of self-isolating as he recovered from COVID-19, said via video link that he was "enormously touched" to be asked to open the new Nightingale Hospital, which was built in just nine days at the vast ExCel conference center in east London, with corridors stretching a full kilometer (just over half a mile)...

Should I make my own mask?

4 hours ago

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China scrambles to plug border gaps as thousands flood home

9 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ China

Regions along China's porous borders with southeast Asia are working hard to improve surveillance and curb illegal immigration, authorities said, as thousands flood into a country seen as a safe haven in the global war against the coronavirus pandemic...

Wearing masks must be a national policy: NYT opinion

9 hours ago

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Why the US might ask people to wear face masks to fight coronavirus

10 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ US

The reason? Many people without symptoms are contagious without knowing it -- and the thin barrier provided by a simple surgical mask, or even a homemade substitute, could help reduce the spread...

Trump again tests negative for coronavirus, says wearing masks okay

13 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Trump's physician, Sean Conley, said in a letter released by the White House that Trump was tested with a new, rapid point-of-contact test and the result came back in 15 minutes. "He is healthy and without symptoms," Conley said. At his daily White House news briefing, Trump said Americans should wear protective face masks if they wish. Scarves work just as well, he said...

China to observe April 4 as mourning day for coronavirus victims

14 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ China

During the commemoration, national flags will fly at half-mast across the country and in all Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, and public recreational activities will be suspended across the country, official media reported on Friday...

Covid-19: Did China hide reality of outbreak from the world?

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Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

16 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ South Asia

With about 40,000 people per square kilometer (103,600 per square mile) living in plastic shacks side by side, which is more than 40 times the average density of Bangladesh, the refugees are dangerously exposed to the virus. Each shack is barely 10 square meters (107 square feet) and many are overcrowded...

Afghanistan prepares to swap 100 Taliban prisoners for 20 security forces

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As unknown carriers loom, nations scramble for masks

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US opening doors to Indian medical graduates under Covid-19 pressure

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ US

New York and New Jersey have taken the lead in temporarily drafting foreign medical graduates — hundreds of Indians among them — in addition to enlisting retirees and medical school students, to join the battle against the coronavirus epidemic...

Af-Taliban prisoner exchange to begin

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Iran Covid-19 cases top 40,000

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ South Asia

With the tally climbing, President Hassan Rouhani stood accused of failing to take prompt action by some of his political opponents...

Bhutan increases quarantine period to 21 days amid COVID-19 outbreak

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ South Asia

Thimphu [Bhutan], Mar 30 (ANI) Bhutan on Monday announced that the quarantine period will be extended for 21 days with effect from March 31 in view of coronavirus cases in the landlocked country...

ADB gives Bangladesh $300,000 in aid against COVID-19

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ South Asia

Acording to the country's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh currently stands at 48, with five deaths...

UN security council condemns 'heinous' terror attack on Sikh gurdwara in Afghanistan

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Covid-19: Sri Lanka starts programme to deliver essential goods to homes

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UK coronavirus death toll rises to 2,921, up 24% in a day

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ UK

The United Kingdom's coronoavirus death toll rose 24 percent to 2,921 as of April 1. As of 0800 GMT on April 2, a total of 163,194 people had been tested of which 33,718 tested positive, the health ministry said...

China reports 35 new imported coronavirus cases, six deaths

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ China

China reported 35 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus while the death toll from the COVID1-9 infections increased to 3,318 after six more fatalities were confirmed on Wednesday from the virus hit Hubei province, health officials said on Thursday...

Over half of Britons say government was too slow on coronavirus: Poll

yesterday

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'Iran only acts in self-defence,' foreign minister tells Trump

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ World

Iran said on Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it and its allies against attacking US troops in Iraq...

Russian plane lands in US with medical supplies to combat coronavirus

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ US

The Permanent Mission of Russia to NATO on Thursday tweeted a video of the Russian Ministry of Defence cargo aircraft Ruslan AN-124-100 arriving at the John F Kennedy airport in New York. "MoD cargo aircraft Ruslan AN-124-100 arrived in Flag of United States NY JFK airport with 60 tons of medical equipment, ventilators, masks & other protection gear to assist in fighting real common adversary- COVID19," the mission said in the tweet...

US begins repatriation of its nationals from India, receives help from government: Official

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ US

The US has begun repatriation of its stranded nationals, who want to return home, from India which is undergoing a 21-day lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus pandemic, a senior American diplomat said, praising the Indian govt for extending full support. So far, the US has repatriated over 30,000 citizens from over 60 countries on more than 350 flights...

US coronavirus deaths pass 5,000: Johns Hopkins

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ US

The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 5,000 late Wednesday, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, 5,116 people had died, the tally showed, on the same day the US saw 884 people killed in 24 hours. The US death toll is lower than those of Italy and Spain but above the 3,316 recorded for China...

Trump casts doubt on Chinese coronavirus figures

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ World

President Donald Trump cast doubt Wednesday on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up. "How do we know" if they are accurate, Trump asked at a press conference. "Their numbers seem to be a little bit on the light side."..

Trump warns Iran of 'heavy price' in case of attack on US troops

2 days ago

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Puerto Rico shutters police stations amid Covid-19 curfew

2 days ago

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UK records over 500 daily coronavirus deaths for first time

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ UK

Britain reported 563 daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the first time the national toll has exceeded 500, bringing the total fatalities to 2,352, according to official figures."As of 5pm (1600 GMT) on 31 March, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 2,352 have sadly died," the health ministry said on its official Twitter page...

Airlander 10: Flying won't be the same again

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Rest of World

The Airlander 10 is all set to be officially unveiled and promises to change the aviation industry around the world...

Images suggest North Korea may be preparing missile launch

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Rest of World

Satellite imagery analysis suggests North Korea may be preparing a long-range ballistic missile launch, Japan's Kyodo News reported. The report came as the international community discusses further sanctions against Pyongyang for conducting its fourth nuclear test earlier this month...

Halt work on hydro projects in JK: Pak tells India

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pakistan

Pakistan's two parliamentary committees in a joint resolution asked India to immediately suspend the ongoing construction of the Kishanganga and Ratle hydro power projects in Jammu and Kashmir, Dawn reported. ..

UK government promises more virus tests as criticism grows

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Covid-19 death toll crosses 1,000 in New York City

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US virus deaths pass 4,000: Johns Hopkins University

2 days ago

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The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths was 4,076 -- more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday...

Now Trump says it's wrong to compare coronavirus to regular flu

2 days ago

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Tokyo bans indoor smoking from today

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ World

Japan lags behind many countries in its efforts to reduce tobacco usage, and the ban — just in Tokyo — only applies to traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes too are banned. The ban was part of Tokyo’s preparations for the 2020 Olympics, and covers establishments with hired employees...

Under pressure, China reveals 1,541 cases it had kept hidden

2 days ago

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CNN reporter Cuomo, brother of NY governor, has coronavirus

3 days ago

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Covid-19: Ships with people from ill-fated cruise beg Florida to dock

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated South American cruise are pleading with Florida officials to let them carry off the sick and dead..

Live coronavirus found in spit and poop even after recovery

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ China

In an alarming find, Chinese doctors have recovered live coronavirus in spit and human excreta in samples from recovering COVID-19 patients.The study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that some patients had positive, real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results for SARS-CoV-2 in the sputum or faeces after the pharyngeal swabs became negative...

Coronavirus: White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible. The public could get its first close look at the Trump administration's own projections Tuesday at the daily briefing...

US set to surpass China's toll of 3,300 deaths

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak had the United States poised Tuesday to surpass China's grim toll of 3,300 deaths, with New York governor Andrew Cuomo saying up to one million more healthcare workers were needed. Hard-hit Italy and Spain have already overtaken China...

Coronavirus: New York hospital doctor prepares for the worst

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

With the rapid rise of hospitalizations and a health system nearly at capacity, New York doctor Shamit Patel is preparing for the worst over the next few days, all while hoping he won't have to start choosing which coronavirus patients to treat. Just 10 days ago, only half of the 46-year-old internist's patients at Beth Israel -- one of the Mount Sinai hospitals in Manhattan -- were suffering from Covid-19...

World's busiest border falls quiet with millions of Mexicans barred from US

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

The world's busiest land border has fallen quiet as restrictions to contain the coronavirus prevent millions of Mexicans from making daily trips north, including many who work in US businesses. At least 4 million Mexicans residing in cities along the 1,954-mile (3,144-km) border have been hit hard by the restrictions on non-essential travel...

Extreme isolation: World's last virus-free corners hold tight

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ World

A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect place to ride out a pandemic -- but residents on Palau say life right now is far from idyllic. The microstate of 18,000 people is among a dwindling number of places on Earth that still report zero cases of COVID-19 as figures mount daily elsewhere...

Coronavirus: Next 30 days are very vital, says Donald Trump

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

US President Donald Trump's remarks came a day after he extended the "social distancing" guidelines until April 30, expecting the peak death rate from Covid-19 to hit the country in two weeks. "Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days," Trump said...

Restrictions are slowing coronavirus infections in US, new data suggest

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Harsh measures, including stay-at-home orders and restaurant closures, are contributing to rapid drops in the numbers of fevers — a signal symptom of most coronavirus infections — recorded in states across the US, according to new data...

How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump's Easter plan

3 days ago

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UN adopts 4 resolutions, voting by email because of Covid-19

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

The UNSC adopted 4 resolutions, with its 15 members voting by email because of the coronavirus pandemic. Members voted to keep troops in Darfur until end of May; maintain the UN political mission in Somalia until June 30; extended the mandate of the UN panel of experts for N Korea until April 30, 2021 and stressed the importance of supporting the peacekeeping operations...

Trump extends shutdown to April 30 as social distancing begins to slow down death rate

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Amid signs that social distancing measures are helping decelerate the death rate from coronavirus infection, the United States has extended its lockdown guidelines to April 30 after President Donald Trump on Sunday accepted expert projections that 100,000-200,000 people could die of coronavirus infection notwithstanding with such a shutdown...

Wuhan's virus ground-zero market hides in plain sight

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ China

In the Chinese city of Wuhan, the wet market that spawned the pandemic which has brought the world to its knees now slumbers quietly behind a tidy-looking blue-and-white partition. But there are ample clues that something toxic once lurked inside the Huanan Seafood Market — police tape, chest-high barriers and staff in head-to-toe hazmat suits lugging equipment...

China building makeshift hospital for Pakistan to treat coronavirus patients

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ China

China, which has sent medical teams and supplies to Pakistan where coronavirus cases are increasing steadily, said on Monday that it was building a makeshift hospital there to treat COVID-19 patients. The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 1,664 while the death toll stood at 18, health officials said on Monday, underlining that local transmission of the deadly COVID-19 is increasing...

US Presidential Election: Will Trump lead by addition or subtraction?

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:...

COVID-19: US healthcare system, one of the best in world, under deep stress

4 days ago

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Prisoners riot in Iran, region's worst virus outbreak

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ World

Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of violent prison disturbances in the country, which is battling the most severe coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East...

Coronavirus: UK hospitals trial new version of a breathing aid

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ UK

A new version of a breathing aid that can help coronavirus patients has been developed in less a week by a team involving Mercedes Formula One, and is being trialled at London hospitals...

Donald Trump extends social distancing guidelines until April 30 to curb COVID-19 spread

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Briefing the press at the White House on COVID-19, the President said, "We will be extending our guidelines to April 30 to slow the spread."...

Grammy-winning American singer John Prine in 'critical' condition with coronavirus

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Grammy-winning American singer John Prine has been hospitalized for coronavirus and is in "critical" condition, his family said Sunday...

Germany bets on South Korean model in coronavirus fightback

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ World

In the race against the coronavirus, Germany is betting on widespread testing and quarantining to break the infection chain, a strategy borrowed from South Korea whose success in slowing the outbreak has become the envy of the world...

New York state surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

New York state's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed Sunday above 1,000, less than a month after the first known infection in the state. It took Spain 18 days to go from its first death to its 1,000th. Italy took 21 days. New York state took 16 days...

Trump says US won't pay Harry and Meghan security

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

"I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom," Trump tweeted. "It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the US. However, the US will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!"..

Peak US death rate likely in two weeks: Trump

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended "social distancing" guidelines until April 30. "Easter should be the peak number," Trump said of the Christian holiday which falls on April 12...

Thousands of foreign tourists left helpless with food, medicines

5 days ago

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US could see 100,000-200,000 deaths from Covid-19: Top health expert

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

In a frightening warning, the US will see 100,000 to 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the Trump administration's topmost infection disease expert forecast on Sunday as the pandemic infected nearly 125,000 people in the country...

Covid-19 : Over 2,000 deaths in US

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

More than 2,000 patients have died due to coronavirus in the United States which is grappling with at least 121,289 active cases reported across 50 States. There are at least 124,686 cases of coronavirus in the United States as of Sunday, as per media reports. The total includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other U.S. territories, as well as all repatriated cases...

Prince William, Kate Middleton support mental health campaign amid coronavirus pandemic

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ UK

Britain's Prince William and wife Kate Middleton have backed a mental health campaign to help people through the anxiety and stress associated with the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 1,019 lives in the UK...

Spain announces record 838 virus deaths in 24 hours

5 days ago

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Loss of smell, taste early symptom of Covid-19: Report

5 days ago

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Canadian PM's wife has recovered from coronavirus illness

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ World

Trudeau's office announced on March 12 that she had tested positive for the coronavirus after she fell ill upon returning from a trip to London. The prime minister and his family have been in self isolation at home since then. He and their three children didn't show symptoms...

New York: Empire state of pandemic

6 days ago

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Coronavirus outbreak: Italy's front-line medical heroes, in portraits

6 days ago

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China's Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown

6 days ago

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Some COVID-19 patients still have virus even after symptoms go

6 days ago

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'Corona criminals' prey on Europe's virus fears

6 days ago

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Locking down doesn’t mean drinking up

6 days ago

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'Choppy waters' await US Navy as virus strikes aircraft carrier

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

The US Navy, the military service hit hardest by the coronavirus, scrambled to contain its first at-sea outbreak, with at least two dozen infected aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, one of 11 active aircraft carriers whose mission is central to the Pentagon's strategy for deterring war with China and Iran...

Why the US is leading the world in confirmed coronavirus cases

6 days ago

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Trump signs $2.2 trillion stimulus after swift congressional votes

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening coronavirus epidemic...

Lawmakers hold up rescue package as US overtakes China in number of coronavirus cases

7 days ago

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Covid-19 vaccine: Research on at Oxford lab, clinical trial on humans soon

7 days ago

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UK police use drones to stop dog walkers during coronavirus crisis

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ UK

Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch said the police must behave within the rule of law after it also emerged that road checkpoints had been set up to quiz drivers about their journeys. Social media users compared Britain's police actions to "the Stasi", East Germany's notorious state police...

Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Donald Trump China and US must 'unite to fight virus': State media

7 days ago

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New York subway fire: One killed, multiple injured

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

A New York Police Department spokesman who described the situation at the Harlem station as ``fluid'' confirmed that a man in his 30s was pronounced dead and eight other adults were hospitalized...

Coronavirus outbreak takes toll on New York City's public servants

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ US

Two people who helped keep New York moving during the crisis, bus operator Oliver Cyrus, 61, and train conductor Peter Petrassi, 49, were killed by the virus Thursday, according to their union...

Coronavirus: Are gun shops 'essential' businesses during a pandemic?

7 days ago

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Xi Jinping tells Donald Trump: China and US must 'unite to fight Covid-19'

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ China

The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, and Chinese state media said Xi told Trump he hoped the "US will take substantive actions to improve Sino-US relations."..