Hunkered down at the epicentre of China's virus epidemic and cut off from the world, the remaining foreigners in Wuhan are spending their days in paralysing fear.

Coronavirus fears grip foreigners stranded in Wuhan; rations run low

The first cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus were reported almost two months ago. Now, there are more than 17 thousand patients. At first, China denied it all, but now we could be staring at a pandemic.

WION Edit: Is Coronavirus a Belt and Road pandemic?

The global tourism industry is already reeling under the impact of China's economic slowdown and geopolitical tensions between some countries. And now, the Coronavirus outbreak has dealt another blow to the once-booming industry, which is known as the key driver of growth for any economy.

Explained: Coronavirus impact on the tourism industry

The Wuhan Coronavirus continues to spread and is showing no signs of slowing down. Over 100 people are dead and more than seven thousand cases have been reported.

WION Edit - China virus spreads: Is WHO dragging its feet?

A medical student who recently returned to India from Wuhan in China was on Tuesday admitted to a hospital in Ujjain where he has been kept in an isolation ward to test for possible infection of coronavirus.

Indian student from Wuhan in Ujjain hospital isolation ward for possible coronavirus infection

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Donald Trump Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded on Sunday by tweeting an excerpt from an interview where he said Iran is still open to negotiations with America if sanctions are lifted.

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When Thai medical student Badeephak Kaosala dares to leave his rented apartment in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, he puts on a mask, gloves, a hat and layers of clothing to try to avoid infection with the coronavirus that has the city on lockdown.

In virus-hit 'ghost town', stranded Thai student waits for help

The Chinese authorities on Saturday confirmed that 41 people have died due to deadly coronavirus even as more than 1,3000 people have been infected across the world.

Coronavirus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,300 infected worldwide

UN officials have been instructed not to use Whatsapp, the app owned by Facebook. “The senior officials at the UN have been instructed not to use WhatsApp, it’s not supported as a secure mechanism,” was the justification given by UN spokesman Farhan Haq.

Top 10 world news today: Coronavirus death toll rises in China, UN on WhatsApp and more

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) authorities are ready to utilise the isolation ward for the treatment the suspected cases of a novel coronavirus if detected in India.

AIIMS to keep coronavirus patients in 'isolation ward'

The death toll due to the mysterious coronavirus in China has almost doubled in a single day and a total of 17 people have been killed till now. The Chinese city of nearly 11 million people will temporarily shut down public transport.

China coronavirus: WHO yet to decide if Wuhan virus is a global health emergency

Chinese authorities on Thursday said an 80-year-old man diagnosed with the new coronavirus in northern Hebei province died on January 22. This is the first death reported outside Hubei taking the death toll to 18.

Indian nurse diagnosed with SARS-like coronavirus in Saudi Arabia as death toll rises to 18 in China

Authorities in China's Wuhan city have imposed transport lockdown on all in and out public transport including flights from Wuhan as cases of the new coronavirus disease rose to 571.

China coronavirus: Wuhan city imposes transport lockdown as death toll rises to seventeen and number of cases rise to 571

The death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus sweeping China reached to nine on Wednesday, with 440 cases confirmed, health officials said. Also Read: Australia to begin screening passengers from China Macau is the latest to now confirm their first new coronavirus case.

China virus: US confirms first case of coronavirus, death toll reaches nine

Authorities in China said on Wednesday that the death toll in the SARS-like virus which started in Wuhan had risen to seventeen. The officials told China's state television that the number of infected people had risen to 444 amid global fears of escalation of the coronavirus.

Death toll in China's SARS-like coronavirus rises to seventeen amid global fears escalation

The emergence of a SARS-like virus in China is the last thing Hong Kong's struggling economy needs, analysts say, as the city reels from the twin storms of the global trade war and months of political unrest.

Wuhan virus compounds Hong Kong's economic woes

Every nation has been attempting to safeguarding its citizens from the deadly coronavirus, India included. Also Read: Australia to begin screening passengers from China The Ministry of Civil Aviation ordered the passengers arriving in India from China and Hong Kong to undergo a thermal screening process.

China coronavirus: Viral outbreak forces India to strengthen airport safety laws

18 years ago, China was battling SARS and it took two years for Beijing to completely defeat the epidemic. But by then, the disease had spread to 26 countries. SARS infected more than 8000 people and killed nearly 800.

Wion Edit: Wuhan virus outbreak - Did China cover up the crisis?

As the death toll in the coronavirus in China rose to six on Tuesday, the Chinese government warned its Communist party cadre not to cover-up the outbreak of the virus that started in central China even as Taiwan today confirmed the first case of the virus on its soil.

As death toll rises, China warns party cadres not to cover-up virus outbreak