Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need

Feb 08, 2020, at 08:20 am

New York/IBNS: Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic, has created potentially dangerous shortages for those who need them most, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday.

Coronavirus threat: Kerala govt withdraws 'State Calamity' status

Feb 07, 2020, at 11:22 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The Kerala Government on Friday withdrew the "State Calamity" status, which was declared on Monday after the students from China tested positive with Novel Coronavirus.

Coronavirus: DAK seeks testing facility in Kashmir

Feb 07, 2020, at 06:33 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Seeking testing facility for coronavirus in Kashmir, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said it would help in detecting positive cases faster and speed up the diagnosis.

Singaporean Health Ministry confirms 3 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 33

Feb 07, 2020, at 06:20 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Three new coronavirus cases were registered in Singapore on Friday, bringing the total number of people infected with the virus in the country to 33, the Health Ministry said in a press release.

41 more test positive for novel coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan

Feb 07, 2020, at 06:15 pm

Tokyo/Xinhua/UNI: Test results showed that 41 more people on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast in Japan are infected with the novel coronavirus, the Japanese Health Ministry said Friday.

Slight fall in coronavirus infections ‘nothing to celebrate’, says UN health agency

Feb 07, 2020, at 09:48 am

New York/IBNS: A slight drop overnight in the number of people infected by the new coronavirus is welcome but “nothing to celebrate”, a top UN health official said on Thursday.

Chinese doctor who first tried to warn about coronavirus dies

Feb 07, 2020, at 08:39 am

Wuhan/IBNS:  A Chinese doctor, who first tried to warn about the deadly coronavirus outbreak,  died due to the infection on Friday, media reports said.

Coronavirus: 2,826 people under observation in Kerala

Feb 06, 2020, at 10:55 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: As many as 2,826 people were placed under surveillance in the state, of which 83 were in the isolation wards in different hospitals, the Health Department said in a statement here on Thursday.

Female Genital Mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually: UN health agency

Feb 06, 2020, at 09:12 am

New York/IBNS: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it also exacts a crippling economic toll, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  

$675 million appeal to stop coronavirus in its tracks, as deaths rise

Feb 06, 2020, at 08:52 am

New York/IBNS: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Wednesday for $675 million to boost international measures to counter the new coronavirus epidemic, as deaths from the outbreak neared 500.

Coronavirus: 2,528 people under observation in Kerala

Feb 05, 2020, at 09:40 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Though no new positive case of Coronavirus was reported in Kerala on Wednesday, 2,528 people are placed under surveillance in the State, of which 93 are in the isolation wards in different hospitals across the State, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.

Malaysia announces 2 coronavirus cases among Wuhan evacuees

Feb 05, 2020, at 05:56 pm

Bangkok/Sputnik/UNI: Malaysia confirmed two cases of the coronavirus among its nationals who had been evacuated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, according to the country's health authorities say media reports.

Saudi Arabia confirms bird flu case at farm in Riyadh

Feb 05, 2020, at 05:29 pm

Riyadh/Xinhua/UNI: Saudi Arabia has conformed a bird flu case at a farm in Riyadh, Arab News reported late on Tuesday.

Global measles vaccination drive to protect up to 45 million children: Report

Feb 05, 2020, at 05:06 pm

London/IBNS: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will help vaccinate up to 45 million children in seven developing countries over the next six months in a series of major vaccination campaigns to help halt a recent surge in global measles cases.

Malaysia reports first recovered case from novel coronavirus

Feb 05, 2020, at 10:29 am

Kualalumpur/Xinhua/UNI: A four-year-old Chinese national who had previously diagnosed with the novel coronavirus has fully recovered and will be allowed to return home to China, the Malaysian Health Ministry said late Tuesday.

China: Coronavirus death toll touches 490

Feb 05, 2020, at 08:45 am

Beijing/IBNS: The death toll due to the outbreak of coronavirus in China touched 490 on Wednesday, media reports said.

Coronavirus in India: Kerala on high alert after third citizen confirmed infected

Feb 04, 2020, at 04:27 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: After declaring Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as state calamity, the Kerala government has put all its health machineries on high alert as all three confirmed cases in India so far were reported from this southernmost state, senior health officials said.

Hong Kong reports first Coronavirus death

Feb 04, 2020, at 04:13 pm

Hong Kong/IBNS: Hong Kong City reported its first case of death from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday.

Tackle ‘unacceptable inequalities’ in cancer care, saving up to seven million lives, WHO urges

Feb 04, 2020, at 10:27 am

New York/IBNS: Global cancer rates could rise by 60 per cent over the next 20 years unless cancer care is ramped up in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Coronavirus emergency: here's what we know so far

Feb 04, 2020, at 10:14 am

New York/IBNS: A new strain of coronavirus (officially named 2019-nCoV), which has caused respiratory diseases in China, and spread to at least 23 other countries, has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). Here are the basic facts you need to know about the virus (figures correct as of February 3 2020).

WHO official praises China's "proactive" response to coronavirus outbreak

Feb 03, 2020, at 10:17 pm

Manila/Xinhua: A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday praised China for its "proactive" effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Uttar Pradesh: Coronavirus: 132 Chinese tourists undergo check-up 

Feb 03, 2020, at 06:05 pm

Kushinagar/UNI: In view of the Coronavirus in China, 132 Chinese tourists were checked up by a team of the health department in this district of Uttar Pradesh.

Cabinet Secretary holds review meeting on Novel Coronavirus

Feb 03, 2020, at 05:09 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: At a time when third case of coronavirus outbreak was reported in India, the Cabinet Secretary held a high level review meeting on the preparedness for Novel Coronavirus with Secretaries of Health and Family Welfare,External Affairs, Home Affairs, Civil Aviation, Dept of Health Research, and representatives fromITBP, AFMS and NDMA, here on Monday.

French Health Minister says 20 evacuees from China showing signs of coronavirus infection

Feb 03, 2020, at 10:10 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: About 20 passenger of France’s evacuation flight from virus-stricken Wuhan, China have displayed symptoms of infection with coronavirus and are currently under medical supervision in the very plane they arrived, said Minister of Health Agnes Buzyn.

Coronavirus: Death toll touches 361, China set to open new hospital in Wuhan

Feb 03, 2020, at 09:41 am

Beijing/IBNS: China is all set to open a new hospital in Wuhan city of the country where the deadly Coronavirus outbreak took place.

Second coronavirus case reported in Kerala

Feb 02, 2020, at 10:39 pm

Thrissur/UNI: With India's second case of coronavirus reported in Kerala, medical officers in Thrissur have stepped up the monitoring and supervision of all suspected patients even as the condition of the affected girl student in the isolation ward of medical college is reported stable.

Free online medical services help curb coronavirus outbreak

Feb 02, 2020, at 09:03 pm

Hefei/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese hospitals and companies have launched free online medical consultation services in an effort to avoid cross-infections and ease pressure on hospitals amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Eighth coronavirus case in US confirmed in Boston, Massachusetts - health officials

Feb 02, 2020, at 09:00 pm

Washington/Sputnik/UNI: An eighth case of coronavirus infection has been confirmed in the United States in a man in his 20’s returning to Boston from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, state health officials said Saturday.

North Korea sends aid to China to help fight against coronavirus

Feb 02, 2020, at 08:52 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Pyongyang has sent aid to China to help it in battling the deadly coronavirus outbreak, while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended words of support in a letter to President Xi Jinping, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.

Mother-to-child transmission of novel coronavirus possible: expert

Feb 02, 2020, at 08:47 pm

Hangzhou/Xinhua/UNI: There is a potential risk of mother-to-child transmission of the novel coronavirus infection, according to Chen Zhimin, an expert from the respiratory medicine department of the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University.