Northern Italian region in lockdown as Covid-19 spread in Europe
BRUSSELS/ROME: Italy started on Sunday morning to lock down the northern Lombardy region and 14 nearby provinces, in what World Health Organisation (WHO) chief described as “bold, courageous steps” and “genuine sacrifices” to fight the coronavirus, reported Xinhua news agency. Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continued to spread across Europe, with the […]
Coronavirus infection still under control
Wuhan Virus KUALA LUMPUR: The spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection in the country is still under control with no case of human-to-human transmission recorded to date, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. She said the handling of the situation was also within the capabilities and capacity of the […]
Stranded Sarawak student calm, hopes to return home
By Frank Julian Martin SIBU: Ivan Yeo Zhi Yu, 19, an undergraduate from Bintulu stranded at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, tries to keep calm and not to think too much about the calamity that had struck the city. Though staying locked in his hostel since the Chinese New […]
