coronavirus outbreak
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center of a vast effort to contain a new viral disease.
Fever alarms, paranoia as masked passengers fly from China
In Bangladesh's biggest airport, workers held up digital thermometers to passengers' heads. A beeping alarm sounded as a passenger walking through a thermal scanner registered a fever.
Biman flight ready to leave for Wuhan today
The government is sending a special flight to bring back Bangladesh citizens from Wuhan city of China, the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak.
WHO declares global emergency over virus from China
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week.
China's top university developing novel coronavirus vaccine
Researchers from China's prestigious Tsinghua University are stepping up vaccine development targeting the novel coronavirus, which has already caused 7,711 confirmed cases of pneumonia in China as of Thursday.
Planned to bring back Bangladeshis from China Saturday: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said the government has planned to bring back 370 registered Bangladesh citizens from Wuhan city of China on Saturday.
"If the Chinese government allows us and gives clearance, we might bring them back on Saturday," he told UNB over phone on Thursday night.
Spanish airline Iberia halts flights to Shanghai
Spain's national airline Iberia says it is halting its three weekly round-trip flights between Madrid and Shanghai because of the coronavirus health alert.
Cambodian leader blasts online misinformation about virus
Cambodia's leader urged people Thursday to remain calm about the new virus from China while threatening to kick out reporters or officials seen wearing a face mask.
China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections
China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation.
India confirms 1st case of coronavirus from China
India's health ministry says it has detected its first case of the novel coronavirus in the southern state of Kerala. A student who had been studying at Wuhan University tested positive for the virus.