Shanghai 'shuts' half of its make-shift hospitals amid sharp decline in COVID-19 infectionsThe patients treated at makeshift hospitals in Shanghai have dropped to about 50,000, one-fifth of the peak number when the epidemic was at...
15 May, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
China willing to help India in COVID-19 fightChina is aware that the epidemic in India has been severe recently, and there is a temporary shortage of necessary materials for epidemic p...
22 Apr, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
Hotter, humid weather may not halt spread of COVID-19: StudyTemperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of COVID-19 disease, according to a global study that found school closures and...
08 May, 2020, 12.14 PM IST
Chinese biz major Fosun donates masks to India to fight Covid-19The first batch of medical protective supplies to India, 5,000 pieces of surgical masks that were cleared for use in the “red zone” of hosp...
18 Mar, 2020, 08.53 AM IST
Out of over 6,700 inbound passengers, 75 test positive for COVID-19: Chinese custom officialsA total of 75 inbound passengers in China have tested positive for the coronavirus out of the 6,700 travellers who showed possible symptoms...
04 Mar, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
Taiwan reports five new coronavirus cases, total at 39The government's Central Epidemic Command Centre said a cleaner and three nurses were the four staff who had been infected at the hospital,...
29 Feb, 2020, 12.42 PM IST
Death toll of coronavirus in China climbs to 2,835 with 47 more fatalitiesChina's National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report on Saturday said it received reports of 427 new confirmed cases of the novel c...
29 Feb, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
WHO team visits hospitals in China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan: Death toll reaches 2,592The country's national health commission (NHC) said it received reports of 409 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 1...
24 Feb, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
Virus shows plight of China's overstretched doctorsRising demand for health care has far outpaced the increase in the supply of doctors. Between 2005 and 2018, the number of fully licensed d...
21 Feb, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
Death toll in China's coronavirus climbs to 2,118The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in China has climbed to 2,118 with the death of 114 more people, while the overall confirmed c...
20 Feb, 2020, 12.23 PM IST
A mask factory in just six days! China shows once again why it's a manufacturing powerhouseEarlier, China managed to build a temporary hospital in Wuhan with 1,500 beds in just 10 days. It has also managed to make eight other temp...
17 Feb, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
China virus death toll rises to 1770; total cases climb to over 70,500Of the new deaths, 100 were from Hubei Province, three in Henan, and two in Guangdong. Though 10,844 people had been discharged from hospit...
17 Feb, 2020, 11.40 AM IST
Tradition comes to rescue: China administers 3,000-year-old medicine on patients affected by CoronavirusTreatment in Wuhan hospitals combine TCM and western medicines.
15 Feb, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
Desperate times, desperate measures: China to sanitize & quarantine cash midst Coronavirus scareExperts have been asking people to frequently wash hands and face.
15 Feb, 2020, 04.48 PM IST
Tesla's China factory to resume production on Monday with help from Shanghai government amid coronavirus epidemicThe company had warned that it would see a 1-1.5 week delay in production of Model 3 cars.
08 Feb, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Why all novel coronavirus cases so far are from KeralaFrom immigration officials and police to panchayats and local level health volunteers, the system put in place following the Nipah scare of...
04 Feb, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
Coronavirus' ability to spread getting stronger: Chinese health officialsChina's National Health Commission (NHC) on Sunday said that the new coronavirus is contagious even in its incubation period, which lasts u...
26 Jan, 2020, 09.48 PM IST