coronavirus

Health

WHO declares novel Coronavirus outbreak as global pandemic; What it means?

World Health Organization has announced the Coronavirus outbreak as pandemic but says this word does not change its response

Mar 12, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Auto

Fancy a new Escalade but Coronavirus holding you back? Check out Cadillac's virtual showroom service

Cadillac has just launched a virtual showroom feature that allows buyers to check out cars, features and ask agents questions via a live video feed

Mar 12, 2020

By Manthan C.

Entertainment

KBS employee tests positive for Coronavirus; staff quarantined as building gets closed

KBS main building in Yeoeuido has been closed and employees have been asked to work from home as one of its staff has tested positive for coronavirus

Mar 11, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Sports

From Tokyo 2020 Olympics to Euro 2020: 4 major sporting events which may suffer the wrath of Coronavirus

Apart from these events, the sporting calendar is already getting affected a lot with the cancellation of different sporting events

Mar 11, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

walmart to sell chinese e commerce business to JD.com

Society

Major Companies in service sector change leave policies amid Coronavirus outbreak

A worker from Walmart was tested positive for the Covid-19 which has led the company to change its leave policies, and several companies have followed the same steps

Mar 11, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Sports

Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be delayed for 1 or 2 years due to Coronavirus?

One of the members of the Tokyo 2020 executive board, stated that they have just started looking at scenarios for how Games could get affected due to the outbreak, as per reports

Mar 11, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Social Media

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

China's first 'sky train' starts it operation in Chengdu

Economy

China sends Wuhan back to work: Has country turned a corner in fight against coronavirus?

The city is variously known as 'Chicago of the East" and 'China Detroit'.

Mar 11, 2020

By Jacob J

South Korean actor, Kim Sung-min brain dead after suicide attempt

Health

Shincheonji cult female member who was monitored for Coronavirus dies after jumping from 11th floor

The 41-year-old female Shincheonji cult member who tested negative for coronavirus jumped from the 11th floor of her apartment at Jeollabuk-do region in South Korea

Mar 11, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Society

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

Health

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.

Indian women sing 'Corona bhag jao' bhajan

Weird World

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

Coronasur: Indians burn effigy of coronavirus monster

Weird World

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

Football

Are the Arsenal footballers next victims of the COVID-19? Premier League match postponed due to fear

Marinakis, who is also the owner of Nottingham Forest met a number of players who don the Arsenal colours, had contracted the coronavirus

Mar 11, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Skywriting in Sydney reads 'STOP F1' due to Coronavirus fears

The organisers of Formula One were forced to postpone the Chinese Grand Prix which was scheduled to take place in April

Mar 11, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

World politicians are going into quarantine

Health

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