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I encourage you to turn towards prayer in an act of faith, tweets US president

Contrary to medical advice, the US president was seen shaking hands all round on Friday

VP Mike Pence says ban will be effective midnight Monday night

One of participant says he has been drinking cow urine for 21 years, also take bath in cow dung

72-hour period given to citizens and valid residency holders to return to their countries is set to expire on Sunday

Advisories came after an IMF employee was diagnosed with COVID-19

The 114 South Africans will be quarantined in a remote resort for a maximum of 21 days

Total of 81 cases confirmed are linked to the same event held at a mosque

Country has 798 cases of COVID-19 disease linked to the new coronavirus, including 10 deaths

Country has 190 confirmed cases

Virus has killed more than 5000 people around the world

Schools are closed for a month and mass gatherings banned

As US House of Representatives and Trump administration are close to a deal on a coronavirus economic aid package

The total number of confirmed cases is 12,729

COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 1,000 people in the country

Three days after US & British military personnel were killed in a similar attack

Cyprus government has announced 21 cases in the Greek Cypriot south

The governor has decided to close museums, parks and zoos for two weeks

Airline will also suspend service to Argentina and reduce service to London, which is outside Trump's EU travel ban

Pact replaces the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and binds nearly half a billion consumers in single market

Amid the country's weakest economic growth in over six years

204 patients were released from hospitals where they had been isolated, death toll reaches 73

As a total of 95 cases entered China from overseas so far

As of now, there are six confirmed cases and no fatalities

Saudi Arabia says it will suspend international flights for two weeks to control the spread of Covid-19

At least 100 confirmed cases have been reported in Kuwait

News was announced minutes before the country reported its first death from the virus

Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria have all also recently registered coronavirus cases

Overall cases in the region have more than doubled in the last two days to over 340

Every confirmed case appears to infect between 2 and 3 other people on average

Six people have so far tested positive for the new coronavirus in the country

A day earlier, the foreign ministry spokesperson said the US army may have brought the virus to Wuhan

Trudeau says he has no symptoms, says all Canadians should follow medical advice

India with its 1.3 billion population and proximity to China has so far reported 81 cases

Experts say the country is unprepared if there is a major outbreak, doubt the official figures India has announced

Action will open up access to up to $50b in funds for states and localities in fight against coronavirus, says Trump

Indian PM has called for coordinated efforts by SAARC countries to deal with COVID-19

Global health body declares Europe new epicentre of novel coronavirus pandemic

Farooq Abdullah was under detention since August when New Delhi stripped Occupied Kashmir of its autonomy

US officials should focus on domestic response, global cooperation instead of blaming China, says Foreign Ministry

Italy, Spain impose trading curbs, banning short-selling of dozens of stocks to stem market rout

Foreigners to be subject to quarantine, public gatherings discouraged as Nepal seeks to avert outbreak

Italy is the second-worst affected country, and has issued a nationwide lockdown in a bid to contain the pandemic

The measures are brought into force after Khamenei orders armed forces to lead battle against virus

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka said on Thursday that new visas would not be issued beginning March 13

Several politicians and officials both sitting and former, have been infected, with some dying from the illness

Novel coronavirus cases globally stood at 133,970, with 4,958 deaths, across 120 countries

Coronavirus has infected more than 1,660 people across the US

Virus has infected more than 130,000 people and killed nearly 5,000

Says Trump should reconsider the presence, behaviour of his troops in the area