Health
Tenerife hotel with 1,000 guests in lockdown after Italian tests positive for coronavirus
A tourist hotel in the Canary Islands was placed in quarantine Tuesday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the ...South Korea ‘very grave’, Moon says as coronavirus cases approach 1,000
The novel coronavirus outbreak in South Korea is “very grave”, President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday as he visited its epicentre and the ...Schools, shrines shut in Iraq’s Najaf over coronavirus
– Shrines have shuttered, streets are deserted and schools closed in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, where only pharmacies draw crowds after ...Italy tries to contain virus as neighbors fear its spread
Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy’s north on Monday as authorities sought to contain cases of COVID-19 virus that have ...Virus-hit China postpones parliament for first time in decades
China decided Monday to postpone its annual parliament session for the first time since the Cultural Revolution, as the country battles the ...South Korea raises virus alert to ‘grave’ as infections surge
South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level Sunday after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections. ...South Korea ups emergency response as viral cases surge
South Korea’s government banned major rallies in its capital and declared a health emergency in its fourth largest city as 100 new ...China announces biggest drop in new virus cases in almost a month
China reported the biggest drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak in nearly a month on Thursday. The National Health Commission ...China’s virus-hit industrial cities start to ease transport curbs, restore production
Big manufacturing hubs on the Chinese coast are starting to loosen curbs on the movement of people and traffic while local governments ...WHO urges calm as China virus death toll nears 1,900
The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose again on Tuesday but Chinese and international health officials sought to calm global ...














