Medical workers dance after coronavirus patients recover in China, video viral
A video of two medical workers dancing outside a hospital in China to celebrate the recovery of coronavirus patients has gone viral online. The workers were celebrating the recovery of six patients in China's Anhui province. "These medical workers are amazing. They are putting in extra hours and working very hard to help the patients recover," a Twitter user wrote.Flight carrying 119 Indians from coronavirus-hit Japan ship lands in Delhi
A special Air India flight carrying 119 Indians who were on board the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Japanese coast, landed in Delhi on Thursday. The flight was also carrying five nationals from Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru. The 16 Indians on board the ship who have tested positive for coronavirus did not return.read more at The New Indian Express
Japanese woman tests positive for coronavirus for the second time
A woman in her 40s who works as a tour bus guide has tested positive for coronavirus for the second time in Japan after developing a sore throat and chest pains. The health ministry said this was the first case in Japan where a patient tested positive for coronavirus for a second time after being discharged from the hospital.read more at The Guardian
BJP leader threatens US Prez candidate with poll interference, deletes tweet
BJP National General Secretary (Organisation ) BL Santhosh deleted a tweet wherein he wrote "we are compelled" to play a role in the US Presidential elections despite our efforts to be "neutral". Santhosh's tweet was in response to US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders who criticised US President Donald Trump over his statement on Delhi riots.read more at ThePrint
Failure of leadership: US Prez candidate on Trump's statement on Delhi violence
US Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said that President Donald Trump's remarks regarding the violence in New Delhi during his India visit was a "failure of leadership". "Over 200 million Muslims call India home. Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more. Trump responds by saying 'That's up to India'," Sanders added.read more at PTI
Britain's oldest man becomes world's oldest man after 112-year-old Chitetsu dies
Britain's oldest man, 111-year-old Bob Weighton, has become the world's oldest man after Japan's Chitetsu Watanabe died aged 112. Weighton revealed that he was taken aback after his grandson told him that he has become the world's oldest person. Weighton added that he would not celebrate the title as it wouldn't be appropriate to celebrate someone else's demise.read more at Daily Mail
Gunman kills 5 at brewery in US before killing himself
A gunman killed five workers at a brewery in US' Milwaukee and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the police said. The 51-year-old gunman was from Milwaukee and worked at the brewery, which has 20 buildings in its complex and employs around 1,000 people. Authorities haven't immediately revealed the motive for the attack or how it unfolded.Bullied boy's family declines trip to Disneyland, to donate ₹3.2 cr to charity
The family of Quaden Bayles, a nine-year-old Australian schoolboy with dwarfism who was bullied, has declined the crowdfunded trip to Disneyland. The family will donate the $474,000 (₹3.2 crore) crowdfunded for him to charity. "So as much as we want to go to Disneyland, I think our community would far off benefit from that," Bayles' aunt said.read more at Daily Mail
Pope Francis falls ill day after pledging support to coronavirus patients
Pope Francis cancelled a planned Mass in Rome on Thursday with clergy after suffering a "slight illness", the Vatican said. This comes a day after the Pope said, "I wish to express my closeness to those who are ill with coronavirus and to health-care workers who are caring for them." Over 400 coronavirus cases have been reported in Italy.read more at Reuters
China plans to send 1,00,000 ducks to Pakistan to fight crop-eating locusts
At least 1,00,000 ducks are expected to be sent to Pakistan to combat a desert locust outbreak, said Lu Lizhi, the project's in-charge and a senior researcher with the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The ducks are “biological weapons" and can be more effective than pesticide, said Lu. "One duck can eat over 200 locusts a day," Lu added.read more at Livemint
Iran's Vice President infected with coronavirus
Masoumeh Ebtekar, one of Iran's Vice Presidents, has tested positive for coronavirus, the state-media reported. The Vice President for women and family affairs, who was also the spokesperson for the 1979 hostage-takers who seized the US Embassy in Tehran, is among 254 people infected in Iran. Iran's Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi and another lawmaker were also diagnosed with coronavirus.read more at Daily Mail
Sri Lanka thanks India for evacuating citizens from virus-hit ship
Sri Lanka's PM Mahinda Rajapaksa thanked India for evacuating two Sri Lankans from the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at Yokohama Port in Japan. "My heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), the Government of India...for facilitating the evacuation," Rajapaksa said. A special Air India flight carrying 119 Indians and five foreigners landed in Delhi on Thursday.read more at Twitter
Moscow kills rats, rounds up stray animals amid coronavirus fears
Authorities in Russia's Moscow are gathering stray animals and killing rats as part of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. However, animal rights campaigners have argued that the move was cruel and scientifically groundless. Hundreds of people in Russia have been quarantined while three Russians are receiving treatment after being infected with the coronavirus.read more at Reuters
All schools in Japan to be closed from March 2 over coronavirus: PM
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked all schools to close from March 2 until their spring break to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The government also urged that big gatherings and sports events be scrapped for two weeks. Japan has reported more than 200 cases separate from the 704 reported on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship.read more at Reuters
Blessing from God: Indonesia on lack of coronavirus cases
Indonesia's Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said that lack of the new coronavirus cases in the country is a blessing from the Almighty. Putranto further said that 134 people suspected of having the coronavirus had tested negative. However, some of Indonesia's overseas citizens had tested positive for the coronavirus, including eight crew on virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.read more at Reuters
Pak shuts schools, suspends Iran flights to prevent coronavirus spread
Pakistan has shut schools in several areas and suspended flights to and from Iran to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. Pakistan reported its first two cases of the virus on Wednesday, both patients had recently travelled to Iran on pilgrimage. The country closed its border with Iran on Sunday after a virus outbreak there.read more at Reuters
Chinese city offers ₹1 lakh to virus patients who report to officials
Residents of China's Qianjiang city who proactively report coronavirus symptoms and are found positive for the illness will be entitled to ₹1 lakh, Qianjiang task force handling the epidemic said. Those who are not immediately ruled out as suffering from the disease will be given over ₹10,000, while those declared to be suspected cases will earn over ₹20,000, it added.read more at Deccan Herald
Beijing bans entry of people from Hubei as coronavirus toll rises to 2,747
Beijing has banned the entry of people returning from Hubei province, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, as the death toll in China rose to 2,747. As of Thursday, Beijing recorded a total of 410 confirmed cases with five deaths. Earlier, authorities said foreigners arriving in the city from coronavirus-hit countries will undergo a 14-day quarantine.read more at Hindustan Times
Saudi Arabia halts travel to Mecca, Medina over coronavirus fears
Saudi Arabia has halted religious visits that include stops in Mecca and Medina, which are the holiest cities in Islam, over the fears of coronavirus as the Middle East reported over 220 cases. Tourist visa holders from countries affected by the virus will also be denied entry. Saudi Arabia has not reported any cases of the coronavirus amid the outbreak.read more at Hindustan Times
S Korea reports 505 more coronavirus cases, delays military drill with US
South Korea reported 505 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total cases to 1,766, while the death toll increased to 13. Majority of the new cases were detected in Daegu city, the centre of South Korea's virus outbreak. The military drill between South Korea and the US has been postponed until further notice.read more at Reuters
US House passes anti-lynching law 120 yrs after 1st attempt
The US House of Representatives passed 410 to 4 a bill to designate lynching a federal hate crime 120 years after the first attempt was made to pass it in 1900. The bill called the 'Emmett Till Antilynching Act', is named after a 14-year-old boy who was tortured and killed in US' Mississippi in 1955.read more at Twitter
Teenager killed by lions at a safari park in Pakistan
A teenager, Muhammad Bilal, was killed by lions in their enclosure at a safari park in Pakistan's Lahore, officials said. Bilal's relatives said that he had been missing for two days after leaving home to search for cattle fodder. A safari park official questioned whether Bilal was killed before his body was thrown inside the enclosure.read more at The New Indian Express
There was secret plan to use body double during war in Chechnya: Putin
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said that there was a secret plan to use a body double to make public appearances for him when Russia was fighting a war against separatists in Chechnya in 1999-2000. He further said that he refused to use a body double. Conspiracy theories have claimed that Putin had died and been replaced by a lookalike.read more at The Guardian
Don't let mosquito take toll on your popularity: B'desh PM to leaders
Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina told her party leaders to effectively deal with the mosquito menace and not let it take a toll on their popularity among the voters. "Despite being a small insect, the mosquito is quite powerful," she added. Local reports claim that over 1 lakh people in Bangladesh were hospitalised due to dengue last year.read more at Deccan Herald
UK receives highest number of non-EU immigrants since 2004
The United Kingdom (UK) received the highest number of immigrants from outside the European Union (EU) since 2004 in the 12 months to September 2019, official data showed. The data also showed that the number of EU citizens moving to the UK dropped to its lowest since 2004. Around 6,42,000 people moved to the UK during the same period.read more at Reuters
9L sign petition to impeach S Korean Prez after 1,200 infected with coronavirus
Nearly 9 lakh people have signed a petition to impeach South Korean President Moon Jae-in, accusing the government of mishandling the coronavirus outbreak after over 1,200 cases were reported there. The petitioner criticised the government for not banning all visitors from China. "Despite the shortage of masks in South Korea, Moon provided 3 million masks to China," the petitioner wrote.
read more at RT
More coronavirus cases reported outside China than inside: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that there are more cases of new coronavirus being reported outside China than inside. It further said that on Tuesday 411 new cases were reported in China while 427 new cases were reported outside the country. WHO chief said that sudden increase of cases in South Korea, Italy and Iran is deeply concerning.
read more at Hindustan Times
Pakistan confirms its first new coronavirus cases
Pakistani Health Minister Zafar Mirza said that the country has confirmed its first two cases of the new coronavirus. "Both cases are being taken care of according to clinical standard protocols & both of them are stable. No need to panic, things are under control," Mirza tweeted. One of the virus cases was detected in Karachi, a provincial official said.
read more at Reuters
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