More than half of the coronavirus cases in which symptoms began before January 1 were tied to a seafood market, but only 8 per cent of cases after that have been, researchers found. They reported the average incubation period was five days.
A report by the University of Southampton's WorldPop team has found Bangkok is currently the city most at risk from a global spread of the virus -- based on the number of air travellers predicted to arrive there from the worst affected cities in mainland China.
Accused of being biased in favour of China, the WHO had been seen as being reluctant to declare coronavirus as a high-risk global threat in its previous situational reports
The deadly coronavirus epidemic has claimed at least 82 lives in China so far with the National Health Commission reporting 2,744 confirmed cases of the fatal affliction till date. In India, several people who returned from China are being kept under observation in hospitals to check for possible exposure to coronavirus.
In an attempt to further stop spreading epidemic, China has extended Lunar New Year holiday to contain coronavirus as death toll continues to surge.
Experts of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have successfully isolated the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the environmental samples of a seafood market in Wuhan, indicating that the virus stems from wild animals on sale at the market.
No Indian citizen has been affected by the new strain of coronavirus, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Sunday, as 250 to 300 Indian students continue to remain in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak
More than 100 people in India are under observation to detect whether they are infected by the deadly virus after its outbreak in China. Among all the states, over 99 people have been put under scanner in Kerala alone. So far, close to 50 people have los their lives in China due to the deadly virus.
Coronavirus update: The two persons who tested negative are still under observation in Mumbai while another's sample is yet to be tested. Decision on discharging them will be taken on Saturday.
The Wuhan local government is rushing to build a 1,000-bedded hospital in the outskirts of Wuhan to treat coronavirus patients. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) appears to have symptoms similar to those of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and may be capable of spreading from person to person and between cities.
Some posts on social media, citing dodgy news reports, said that the Wuhan coronavirus was created in a lab
India has amped up its efforts to prevent entry of Coronavirus into India.
Chinese health authorities announced on Thursday that 571 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 25 provincial-level regions in the country by the end of Wednesday. A total of 393 suspected cases have been reported, according to the National Health Commission (NHC).
Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings, after warning that a new viral illness that has infected more than 400 people and killed at least nine could spread further.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said that the Trump administration has had good relations with both India and China and wanted things to continue the same way in the future.
Modi met Xi last week in an unprecedented two-day 'heart-to-heart' summit in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to "solidify" the India-China relationship after the Dokalam standoff last year.
"Feels great to hear Indian music on foreign soil, especially when the host nation plays it! Our artistes are popular across the world," the prime minister tweeted after returning to India.
From reducing border tensions to strengthening mutual ties- Here are some key takeaways from the two-day Modi-Xi 'informal summit' at Wuhan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were seen enjoying an instrumental rendition of 1982 Bollywood song 'Tu, tu hai wahi,' during the informal-summit in Wuhan.
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