Brussels, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The European Union (EU) has announced a new aid package worth 232 million euros ($252 million) to boost global preparedness, prevention and containment of the fast-spreading coronavirus. The funding will “help…
London, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Health Organisation has said it is too early now to call the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic yet, but the world should do more to prepare for such an eventuality,…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Centre has offered to facilitate air lifting specific requirements of the IT and electronics manufacturing sectors from China amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, the Manufacturers’ Association of Information Technology (MAIT) said…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Global oil benchmark, Brent on Monday extended early losses and logged one of the biggest single day fall in the recent past. Brent crude futures fell nearly 5 per cent…
Rome, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Global stocks, led by Italy, tumbled on Monday after the country declared a lockdown in at least 10 cities applying to nearly 50,000 people — the first-ever in Europe — in…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday that devotees travelling to Kartarpur in Pakistan to pay obeisance at the Darbar Sahib gurdwara there were screened for novel…
Seoul, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea reported its seventh coronavirus death and 161 new confirmed cases on Monday bringing the total number to 763, with health authorities vowing to contain the spread of the virus…
Hong Kong, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is a new dangerous trend emerging in the coronavirus (COVID-19) epicentre of Wuhan as several cured patients have tested positive and were sent to quarantine again for 14 days….
Rome, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Venice Carnival was ordered shut on Sunday, two days ahead of schedule, and a lockdown imposed in party northern Italy, as authorities scramble to control the country’s coronavirus outbreak, which…
Beijing, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Xi Jinping has said that the coronavirus epidemic that has killed over 2,400 people is China’s “biggest public health emergency”. “It has the fastest transmission, widest range of infection and…
Tokyo, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday ordered his government to promptly draw up a basic policy to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Japan. Abe told…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Passengers arriving from Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam will also be screened for novel coronavirus infection at Indian airports, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Sunday. So…
Seoul, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea on Sunday raised its four-tier virus alert to the highest “red” level as the number of COVID-19 cases soared to 602 and the death toll rose to five. South…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) India Inc has adequate cushion available to deal with any temporary disruptions caused due to coronavirus outbreak, industry body Assocham said on Sunday. According to the industry body, Indian industry…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the world community is racing against time to find an effective solution to contain the novel coronavirus, several political leaders and even others including doctors and researchers have…
San Francisco, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The novel coronavirus “occurred naturally from animals to people” rather than being “made in some biological weapon research”, a leading US epidemiologist has said, refuting a conspiracy theory on the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid a high alert against coronavirus across the country, Kerala Health Minister K. K. Shailaja on Saturday said there are only 142 people under observation at homes and in hospitals in…
Sydney, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia has created their first vaccine candidate in the laboratory for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The team will move immediately into…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 24-year-old Indian woman, whose father has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get her evacuated from the cruise ship Diamond Princess where several have been affected by coronavirus, was…
By Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A week after India sought permission to send a special flight to deliver medical supplies and evacuate remaining Indian nationals from Wuhan, the epicentre of Covid-19…