British PM Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID 19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self isolating but will still lead the government’s response to the outbreak. Continue Reading
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Corona fear grips African cities
Each morning at a crowded bus station east of Nairobi, Kenyans load their bags on to minibuses emblazoned with the faces of pop stars and Jesus, heading to their villages in the hope of escaping the coronavirus. Continue Reading
Pakistan areas with COVID-19 cases sealed
The federal and provincial governments of Pakistan have decided to seal the areas where new cases of coronavirus were reported, as the addition of over 100 cases from across the country has taken the overall number of infections to 1,193, the media reported today. Continue Reading
Prince Charles declared COVID-19 positive
Britain’s Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus, but is otherwise in good health , his spokesman said today. Continue Reading
Hantavirus in China claims one life
Amid coronavirus outbreak scare, other diseases are also tossing their ugly heads. Reports of swine flu and bird flu are also being reported from India and other countries, but there is a shocking news of a man tested positive for hantavirus–another deadly virus– has come from China. Continue Reading
”Pakistan spreading coronavirus to get global aid”
Kashmiri political activists have slammed Pakistan for shifting coronavirus affected people from the eastern province of Punjab and the rest of the country to Mirpur city in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). Continue Reading
Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China
China reported 78 new confirmed cases, including 74 imported infections, while the death toll from the novel coronavirus increased to 3,277 after seven more fatalities were confirmed from the COVID-19, health officials said today. Continue Reading
German Chancellor in quarantine after meeting infected doctor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in quarantine after meeting a doctor on Friday who has since tested positive for coronavirus, as per her spokesman. Continue Reading
Coronavirus leads to worldwide lockdown
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organization warned young people they were ”not invincible”. Continue Reading
N Korea fires two ballistic missiles
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles today toward the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, Yonhap news agency reported, citing South Korea’s military. Continue Reading