Coronavirus cases outside of China surge to 10,000: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered over 1,700 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection outside of China while the total number of infected people have exceeded 10,000. The WHO said, in its coronavirus disease situation report, that the number of confirmed cases outside of China had risen by 1,792 to 10,566 in 72 […]

COVID-19: World Health Organization gives official name for novel coronavirus

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday gave the official name for the latest novel coronavirus, that has sickened more than 42,000 people, as ‘Covid-19,’ which stands for coronavirus disease starting in 2019. The CO stands for corona, while the VI for virus and the D for the disease. “Under agreed guidelines between WHO, the […]

Global coronavirus toll mounts to 904

The death toll in the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China and other parts of the world has reached 904, CNN reported citing Chinese authorities on Monday. The number of infected people globally has now hit the 40,000 mark. According to the country’s health officials, the number of people, who died from coronavirus in the Hubei […]

Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced a public health emergency of international concern over the coronavirus crisis in China and other countries. “The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the […]