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Conflicts continue with the coronavirus giving them a contemporary reason and platform

China offers to help India fight coronavirus within its capacity

US is unfairly accused of discovering it for use as a biological weapon, says US website Defence One

March 21 (The Indian Express) - The number of positive cases in India rose to 271 Saturday, from 236 a day earlier, according to the Indian Council of Medical research. With 63 cases reported on Friday itself, the government decided to change testing criteria for COVID-19 to include all pneumonia cases, regardless of travel or contact history. Earlier, testing was...

March 20, (IndianExpress) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck China’s remote Himalayan region of Tibet close to Nepal on Friday, authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was located 28.63 degrees north latitude and 87.42 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. Tremors were felt in Tingri County of Xigaze city in...

In Sri Lanka it will be held at 12.30 pm local time at the Ministry of Health

Beijing, March 19 (CNN) - Mainland China on Thursday reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the the pandemic began, marking a major turning point in the global battle to contain Covid-19. The country reported 34 new cases of coronavirus yesterday -- all imported from overseas. The milestone represents a turnaround for the Chinese government. Just...

Beijing, March 17 (Reuters) - China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet calling the coronavirus a “Chinese virus” smears China and said Beijing strongly opposes Trump’s usage of the words. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters during a daily briefing that the U.S. should first take care of its own matters.

Shanghai, March 17 (Reuters) - The rest of the world should learn from China and follow the principles of early detection, early quarantine and early treatment in order to halt the global spread of the coronavirus, the official China Daily said in an editorial on Tuesday. Though the coronavirus was first discovered last year in the city of Wuhan, where...

The daily increase has dropped to single digit, the Chinese government said.