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Wuhan virus: Despite coronavirus quarantine, tourism booms in China - a million virtual tourists visited Lhasa's Potala Palace via Taobao Live

virtual tourism has become a hit in China as close to one million people turned up online to take the guided tour of the palace

Mar 11, 2020

By Johnlee Varghese

Amid China censorship on coronavirus, new code language kicks off, becomes popular

Chinese social media users are now using code languages after the China government put a ban on using words and terms related to Novel Coronavirus

Mar 11, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Indonesia confirms its first death due to Coronavirus

A 51-year-old woman who was from a different country died due to coronavirus in Indonesia, said an official from the health ministry

Mar 11, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

Coronavirus

COVID-19 scare cancels conference on Coronavirus; list of events affected due to the outbreak

With many cancellations amid coronavirus scare the conference on coronavirus itself got cancelled among other events

Mar 11, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Coronavirus

Indian women sing 'Corona bhag jao' bhajan

Coronavirus: From singing hymns to making idols wear face masks, STRANGE visuals from India

Some strange practices observed in India to fight against the deadly coronavirus have caught the attention of netizens.

Mar 11, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

Burning effigy of 'coronasur': Indians offer THIS weird solution to fight Coronavirus [VIDEO]

The residents of India's biggest city, Mumbai, came up with an interesting solution to fight off the deadly Coronavirus.

Mar 11, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

World politicians are going into quarantine

The list of top politicians caught in Coronavirus quagmire; UK health minister latest

British health minister Nadine Dorries became the first British politician to be diagnosed with Novel Coronavirus while there are several world politicians who are going into quarantine

Mar 11, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Italy Coronavirus: Pope Francis asks priests to visit COVID-19 sufferers as cases surpass 10,000

Tuesday, March 10, marked the deadliest day for Italy, as the death toll due to the coronavirus surged from 463 to 631, in just 24 hours

Mar 11, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Italy's record 168 deaths in single day, highest outside China, rattle Europe

Neighbouring nations seal borders with Italy, impose travel restrictions

Mar 11, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Coronavirus

Have you tried TikTok's viral Paper Towel Challenge? All you need is paper, marker and water [VIDEOS]

The fun part of the latest Paper Towel Challenge is that you can pull off a prank on your friends and family with a secret message.

Mar 10, 2020

By Anu James

Israel travel restrictions could ease when virus spreads locally

Israel has so far reported 50 cases of the coronavirus or COVID-19 after testing thousands of people

Mar 10, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

Kim Jong Un fired missiles to show strength after Coronavirus decimated North Korean army?

Despite the global epidemic taking a toll on the country, "the secretive nation's leaders" have stuck to their official narrative that Coronavirus has not reached North Korea

Mar 10, 2020

By Johnlee Varghese

A fake notice on how to prevent coronavirus infection, citing the UNICEF

Have you been sharing THIS viral Coronavirus prevention notice citing UNICEF? Hoax debunked

The fake notice was found at the notice board outside the hostel block of the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru recently

Mar 10, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

Woman coughs on flight attendant and sparks Coronavirus panic as cabin crew tackles her [VIDEO]

A video posted on YouTube by a user known as Fugu M, shows a woman supposedly in a Thai Airways flight grounded at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Mar 10, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Coronavirus

Iran Coronavirus: At least 27 dead after drinking industrial alcohol as a cure for COVID-19

Several rumours and unscientific treatments are being shared on the internet, as the number of Covid-19 cases surpasses 7,000 and fatalities reach 237

Mar 10, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Coronavirus

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