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Chinese markets selling bats and other exotic wild animals reopen amid Coronavirus pandemic

China has reopened its wet markets, where the coronavirus outbreak originated from, to sell bats and other exotic wild animals, potentially exposing the world to another pandemic

Mar 31, 2020

By Manthan C.

Coronavirus

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers the keynote address at the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue

Indian police fire tear gas on jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown

The Indian police forces fired tear gas into a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers in the western part of the country

Mar 30, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

New York nurse compares situation with Holocaust, captures chilling photos at hospital

The New York nurse linked the picture which he took at the hospital to the gruesome images of Holocaust victims

Mar 30, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Battered Wuhan wakes up to a bigger picture, finds figures far higher than reported

Data on cremations and shipments of urns suggest that the Wuhan COVID-19 death toll will be tens od thousands

Mar 30, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

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US fights Coronavirus: Simulation model shows millions of confirmed cases, 100,000 deaths

Even though Trump expected the Coronavirus situation will get better in warmer months, a model showed that 100,000 to 200,000 people in the US could die

Mar 30, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Urns at funeral in Wuhan far exceed death toll? Hubei locals up in arms

Isolation measures have been revoked in Hubei, however, the existence of checkpoints, leads to growing scepticism over China's claims that the COVID-19 outbreak is under control

Mar 30, 2020

By Manthan C.

Coronavirus

Who is Xiang Lu? The story of a doctor from China's Coronavirus ground zero

A Chinese doctor recently revealed his experience while working at the initial epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, Hubei province

Mar 29, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Prison set ablaze and inmates escape after riot breaks out over Coronavirus fears in Thailand

A riot in Thailand prison on Sunday has caused the prison catching fire while inmates were inside and led to the escape of four people

Mar 29, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Coronavirus

Three reasons why China and South Korea are under threat of facing second Coronavirus wave

There are three reasons which are enough to justify why China and South Korea under the threat of a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak

Mar 29, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

North Korea's nuclear timeline till date: Country launches sixth unidentified projectile in a month

North Korea has fired sixth unidentified projectile within a gap of 30 days, here is the history of North Korea's nuclear weapon-making starting from the 1950s

Mar 29, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

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Thai King self-isolates in a top hotel with a 'harem' of 20 women concubines amid Coronavirus

Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn self-isolated himself with 20 women concubines in a top hotel in the Alpine resort town of Germany amid coronavirus outbreak

Mar 29, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Coronavirus

Xi Jinping with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Did WHO delay to declare Coronavirus pandemic as China was friendly and 2nd highest donor?

Recently Taiwan, which has successfully contained the spread of Novel Coronavirus in the region, accused WHO for ignoring their queries regarding COVID-19 outbreak in China

Mar 29, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus