The new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the virus disintegrates over the course of a day on cardboard, lessening the worry among consumers that deliveries will spread the virus during this period of staying and working…

China and Italy have taken unprecedented measures to limit the movement of people in order to slow down or contain the spread of coronavirus.

The restrictions concern Indian nationals wanting to return to India or go abroad, foreigners who are in India or who want to come to India, OCI Card holders, as well as of diplomats.

The number of cases in India have climbed to 173, with a death toll of four people.

It is a prevention-and-control intervention against non-pharmaceutical infection and aims to decrease or prevent contact between those who are infected and those who are not, in order to slow down or stop the rate and extent of disease transmission in a community.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday addressed the nation on the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country and urged the citizens to follow a 'janata curfew' on Sunday, March 22.

For people who are isolated, the WHO recommends staying connected and maintaining social networks. It says that even during isolation, people should try and keep up with their daily routines.

Add a little liquid dish soap to a mug of (preferably warm) water and scrub surfaces like kitchen tabletops. Soap dissolves the outer lipid layer of the coronavirus, causing it to collapse and ‘die’.

Presidential nominees in the present Rajya Sabha are Swapan Dasgupta, Subramanian Swamy, Narendra Jadhav, Suresh Gopi, Mary Kom, Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje, Roopa Ganguly (all nominated in 2016), Rakesh Sinha, Sonal Mansingh, and Raghunath Mohapatra (all 2018).

Across the country, specially constituted teams are trying to trying to trace each individual that the infected person came in contact with, and monitor people living in that area.

With over 82% of deaths occurring in the three countries of China, Italy, and Iran. By now, a significant volume of data and research has been generated, and some key trends have emerged.

The COVID-19 outbreak has pulled almost half the world’s student population out of class, estimates UNESCO. Why was this massive disruption needed, and why do some countries resist such a move?

The coronavirus outbreak has the aviation sector bleeding in what could well continue for months. What is the way ahead for airlines amid the coronavirus outbreak? What do experts have to say? We explain.

Talk of higher immunity and a stronger body (better lung capacity) had lulled many into believing that the coronavirus was something that struck only those who were very old or very young or with lungs compromised owing to various health ailments.

While panic over the coronavirus outbreak must always be avoided, downplaying concerns over a disease that is spreading fast, and in unpredictable ways, can have serious consequences.

On March 17, guidelines developed jointly by the WHO, UNHRC, IFRC, and the IOM mentioned that this set of people may find it more difficult to access healthcare facilities that are otherwise available to the general population.

Scientists around the world are looking for a vaccine and drugs to combat the novel coronavirus. What are these various approaches and the signals so far?

Early research from Italy and China suggests that COVID-19 patients who died those countries were more likely to have had pre-existing health conditions, namely diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular diseases.

On Friday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging that the NPR updation be postponed.