Health

Nigeria reported the first new coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa on Friday, as global stock markets tanked on deepening fears of a pandemic and the World Health Organisation warned against the “fatal mistake” of complacency. The virus has proliferated around the globe over the past week, emerging in every continent except Antarctica, prompting many governments and businesses to try to …

The pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus is a newly-found disease that is highly contagious. People should learn how to prevent from contracting the disease, known as COVID-19. China’s National Immigration Administration has compiled some guideposts in line with the Public Prevention Notes provided by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The recommendations are as under:- I. Limit your …

Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus, a public health advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted Wednesday. According to the statement, the first positive case was reported in Karachi in a 22-year-old male with a “history of travel to Iran where he has acquired the virus.” The second case was reported in capital city of Islamabad. …

Four members of an Iraqi family returning from neighbouring Iran  were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total tally of the affected people from the infection to five in the country. The health ministry said the four were quarantined in Kirkuk, an oil-rich region north of Baghdad, where the governor said authorities were implementing emergency measures to …

WASHINGTON: US scientists announced they had created the first 3D atomic scale map of the part of the novel coronavirus that attaches to and infects human cells, a critical step toward developing vaccines and treatments. It came as the death toll from the COVID-19 virus jumped past 2,000, almost all of them in mainland China where 74,185 cases of infection …

BEIJING:  The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak surged to 2,000 on Wednesday, as Chinese and international health officials warned against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. More than 74,000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries. The situation remains serious at the epicentre, with the director of …

BEIJING: Chinese health officials Monday urged patients who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to treat others who are critically ill. Drugmakers are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment for the epidemic, which has which killed 1,770 people and infected over 70,500 people across China. Plasma from patients who have recovered …

BEIJING: The death toll from China´s coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,600 on Sunday after 139 more people died in hard-hit Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. In its daily update, the province´s health commission also reported 1,843 fresh cases — the third day that reported new infections declined in the province. At least 1,662 people have now died from …

CAIRO: Egypt´s health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Africa. The sufferer was not Egyptian, the ministry said in a statement, without specifying the nationality. “The ministry has taken preventative measures and is monitoring the patient… who is stable,” said health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed. Egyptian authorities had notified the World Health Organization …

BEIJING: The death toll from China´s new coronavirus epidemic surged past 1,500 on Saturday after 139 more people died in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. The province´s health commission also reported 2,420 new cases of the COVID-19 strain, about half the number from the previous day. At least 1,519 people have now died from the outbreak that first …