China reports 15 new COVID-19 cases as Wuhan gears up to test its 11 million peopleAccording to China's National Health Commission (NHC), seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday of which one is imported...
13 May, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
Amid attack from Trump, WHO praises China for handling coronavirus pandemicNoting that there are zero COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, Maria van Kerkhove, the technical lead for the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme at a ...
02 May, 2020, 12.09 PM IST
China's asymptomatic cases climb to over 980; govt steps up vigil for May Day holidaysChina's asymptomatic coronavirus cases have increased to 981, including 631 in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, the epicentre of the d...
01 May, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
COVID-19: China shuts down largest makeshift hospital in Wuhan, last batch of medics leaveAs the number of coronavirus cases abates, China shutdown one of its largest makeshift hospitals built in February to treat the surging COV...
15 Apr, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
Wuhan's lessons in containing Covid-19: Wear masks, no home quarantine for patientsCiting the experience of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, for which he is the president, Wang told the local media that some medics i...
13 Apr, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
China's Wuhan lockdown ends, but another begins as local coronavirus cases riseThe Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, but a northern town starte...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.27 AM IST
China lifts 73-day lockdown of Wuhan amid sharp increase in COVID-19 casesThe Chinese health authority said on Wednesday that 62 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, inclu...
08 Apr, 2020, 09.28 AM IST
Drop in China's new coronavirus cases; none in Wuhan for sixth dayThe city of Wuhan, at the centre of the outbreak, reported no new cases for a sixth day, as businesses reopened and residents set about rec...
30 Mar, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
China's rearguard actions to arrest COVID-19 spread offer lessons for India: Health expertsIndia's nationwide lockdown is broadly compared to that of China's sledgehammer clampdown of over 56 million residents of cental Hubei prov...
28 Mar, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
China's coronavirus epicentre Hubei to resume domestic flights from SundayChina has said the domestic passenger flights will resume operations in the coronavirus epicentre Hubei province, except for its capital Wu...
28 Mar, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
Hubei, China's coronavirus epicentre, sees single-digit cases for first timeChina confirmed only eight new coronavirus infections in Hubei province, the first time the epicentre of the epidemic recorded a daily tall...
12 Mar, 2020, 09.03 AM IST
Covid-19: 'Very homesick' Wuhan residents trickle back to stricken cityThe young couple stepped from a Chinese bullet train onto the deserted platform of Wuhan Station and into the epicentre of the coronavirus ...
05 Mar, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Indian, Chinese officials communicating over delay in grant of permission to IAF flight: ChinaIndia has announced its plan to send Indian Air Force's biggest plane C-17 Globemaster with medical supplies to China and to evacuate remai...
24 Feb, 2020, 06.37 PM IST
WHO team visits Wuhan city as China's Coronovirus death toll jumps to 2,442By the end of Saturday, a total of 2,442 people had died of the disease and 76,936 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been ...
23 Feb, 2020, 08.57 AM IST
India to send consignment of medical supplies to China later this week to combat coronavirusChina has said that it needed medical masks, gloves and suits especially for the medical staff attending the virus affected patients. Masks...
17 Feb, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
India reaches out to over 600 Indians in coronavirus-hit Hubei province"We have established contact with over 600 Indians across the province and are individually ascertaining their willingness to be repatriate...
30 Jan, 2020, 10.04 PM IST
Will provide necessary assistance for evacuation of foreign nationals from Wuhan: ChinaBesides India, several other countries including the US, France, Japan, South Korea, are making arrangements to airlift their nationals fro...
29 Jan, 2020, 04.37 PM IST