Coronavirus Live: Indian Embassy in US issues advisory on travel to India

Cabinet Secretary took a meeting with Secretaries of concerned Ministries, representatives from Army, ITBP today to review preparedness and status regarding Covid19.

As many as 43 "first contacts" of five patients who tested positive for the novel coronavirus here in Maharashtra have been contacted and they are being monitored closely at their homes, district authorities said on Wednesday.

The novel coronavirus continued to affect Indian sporting events on Wednesday, forcing postponement of the prestigious Indian Open golf, lockdown of the SAI's southern centre besides prompting the BCCI to issue a health advisory to cricketers.

A Bangladeshi national was sent back after he was found with high body temperature during coronavirus screening at Akhaura Integrated Check Point in Tripura, said a health official.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak delivered the first annual budget statement of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new government on Wednesday.

Karnataka government issues temporary regulation 'Karnataka Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020' which aims to prevent spread of the disease. According to the regulation, no person/institution shall use print or electronic media to spread mis-information on #COVID19 without prior permission of the Department of Health & Family Welfare. If a person is found indulging in any such activity, they will be punished. According to the regulation, all govt and private hospitals should have flu corners for screening of suspected cases of COVID-19.

A 53-year-old British woman hospitalised on the resort island of Bali has died from the coronavirus, Indonesia's first recorded death from the disease, officials said on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s capital Kiev announced Wednesday it was closing schools and universities until the end of March to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Turkey confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on Wednesday, becoming the last major economy to report an outbreak after taking what the World Health Organization (WHO) described as "vigilant, cautious" measures to delay the disease.

Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library Wednesday as the Vatican implemented Italy’s drastic virus lockdown measures.

Ukrainian authorities announced Wednesday they were closing schools and universities across the country for three weeks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma on Wednesday warned the coronavirus outbreak would deal painful blows to their business in 2020, weighing especially on the first quarter with store closures and lower sales.

A former British government minister on Wednesday called for parliament to be suspended after an MP was infected with coronavirus.

Iran said Wednesday that the new coronavirus killed 63 more people, raising the death toll to 354 amid over 9,000 cases in the Islamic Republic.

Thailand on Wednesday cancelled the grant of visa on arrival for 18 countries including India and visa exemption for three others to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the country's interior minister said.