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Chinese president visits coronavirus epicenter

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited Wuhan, the centre of the Coronavirus outbreak, sending a message that Beijing has the situation under control. His visit comes as China

High blood pressure is major death risk in Coronavirus: Doctor

Shawdesh desk: Patients with hypertension appear to be at a higher risk of dying from the coronavirus, said a top Chinese intensive care doctor who’s been treating critically ill patients

China signals progress in virus battle as Disney partially reopens

Shawdesh Desk: China closed several makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients, some schools reopened and Disney resort staff went back to work Monday as normality slowly returns to the country after

Another 133 people die in Italy as coronavirus death toll jumps again

Shawdesh Desk: A quarter of Italy’s population was in lockdown Sunday as the government announced a spike in deaths and took drastic steps to stop the spread of the deadly

Covid-19: China reports 27 new deaths, rising the tolls to 3097

Shawdesh Desk: China on Sunday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus infections since January, with nearly all the 44 new cases in the outbreak epicentre Wuhan. There were 27

Coronavirus spread can be significantly slowed: WHO

Shawdesh desk: As confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases topped 100,000 on Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged all countries to continue efforts that have been effective in limiting the number

Iran’s virus death toll jumps to 145 with 21 new deaths

Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s Health Ministry said Saturday the death toll from the virus climbed to 145 while more than 1,000 infections were confirmed overnight totaling some 5,823 cases nationwide, reports

Coronavirus: Northern Italy to quarantine 16 million people

Shawdesh Desk: Italy’s prime minister has said at least 16 million people are in mandatory quarantine in Lombardy region and also in 14 provinces. The lock-down will last until early