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Karachi, May 22 (Reuters) - A PIA aircraft with 99 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said. “The plane PK 8303 with 99 passengers and 8 crew members has crashed,” said a spokesman for the national carrier. The Pakistani army said its quick reaction...

Colombo, April 7 (newsin.asia) – A 80-year-old COVID-19 patient who was receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Angoda, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 6 in Sri Lanka. Reportedly, the deceased is said to be a resident of the Dehiwala area. A total of 180 confirmed COVID-19 patients...

Colombo, April 2 (newsin.asia) – A 58-year-old COVID-19 patient who was under treatment at the IDH, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 4 in Sri Lanka. Reportedly, the patient had passed with the worsening of a pneumonia condition. A total of 151 confirmed COVID-19 patients have been reported in Sri Lanka...

Colombo, April 2 (newsin.asia) - A 72-year-old COVID-19 patient who was under treatment at the IDH, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 3 in Sri Lanka. The deceased was admitted to the IDH earlier on Wednesday and he was a resident from Maradana. He was a travel agent by profession.

March 30 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry, on Monday (30) confirmed its second COVID-19 death. The patient who had been infected by the novel coronavirus has passed away while receiving treatment at the Negombo General Hospital. The deceased had suffered from a heart attack as well as a chronic respiratory illness. Doctors said he had several other medical complications...

Frankfurt, March 29 (AFP) - Mr Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming "deeply worried" over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said on Sunday (March 29). Mr Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution's office said...

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India said on Saturday it was planning to turn some railway coaches into isolation wards for patients with coronavirus, as authorities scramble to prepare the country’s health infrastructure for an expected surge in cases. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the country’s 1.3 billion people this week to stay indoors for three weeks in the world’s biggest...

Colombo, March 28 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka's Health Ministry, on Saturday confirmed its first COVID 19 death after a 60-year-old man passed away from the virus. The deceased was from Marawila and passed away a short while ago. Doctors said he had several other medical complications ranging from a kidney transplant several years ago, diabetes to high blood pressure. The...

In a video posted on Twitter minutes ago, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, confirmed he had developed mild symptoms – “a temperature and persistent cough” – over the last 24 hours and, on the advice of the chief medical officer, he took a test which returned positive for coronavirus. Boris Johnson said he is self-isolating and working from home. He...

Colombo, 22 March (newsin.asia) - Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi announced three more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 today (March 22). This raises the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Sri Lanka to 80. Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva says that more than 3,361 people have been quarantined at 45 quarantine centres in the country.