coronavirus outbreak
Quarantined in India, 23 Bangladeshis to return home Saturday
Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals, quarantined in the suburbs of Indian capital for 14 days, will return home on Saturday afternoon after they tested negative for the Coronavirus.
Pandemic increasingly takes over daily lives, roils markets
The coronavirus pandemic has taken over daily lives around the globe, overwhelming hospitals, shuttering schools and offices, halting U.S. presidential campaign rallies and world sports while increasing fears about the financial toll.
Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US
The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Gulf moves to contain virus as top Iran aide tests positive
Dubai announced Friday that it would hold a major horse race without spectators later this month in response to the new coronavirus, as a senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader was quarantined at home after testing positive.
Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows
New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis.
Australia's COVID-19 cases increase to 156
The number of confirmed Australian cases of COVID-19 has soared past 150.
2 coronavirus patients recover, one goes back home: IEDCR
Two of the coronavirus patients have fully recovered while another has returned home, said Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora on Friday.
Coronavirus global death toll hits 4,983; 70,387 patients recovered
The death toll from coronavirus or Covid-19 has reached 4,983 globally as of Friday.
Indian stock market halt for trading as benchmark indices hit lower circuit
Indian stock market halted its trading for 45 minutes on Friday morning after the benchmark indices hit its lower circuit, down 10 percent.
India confirms first death from COVID-19
India confirmed on Thursday its first case of death from COVID-19 after a 76-year-old man from Kalburgi city, 575 km north of Bengaluru in the country's southwestern state of Karnataka passed away on Wednesday.