Canada has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials in the westernmost province of British Columbia has announced.

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has put his entire country on lockdown to combat the coronavirus, banning all but the most important travel and putting the final kibosh on social gatherings after Italians failed to take previous warnings to heart amid skyrocketing infections.

Investors had begun 2020 in an optimistic frame of mind. After all, last year was one of the best for global stocks since the financial crisis.

A British national of Bangladeshi origin succumbs to coronavirus infection yesterday at a hospital in UK’s Manchester, the third death from the disease in the country.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) increases the hotline numbers to report any suspected cases of coronavirus to 12 from four, after three cases were confirmed in Bangladesh on Sunday.

Across the capital, several pharmacies and superstores have been facing a shortage of masks, antiseptic liquids and sanitisers since yesterday afternoon.

Bangladeshi expatriates who will not be able to return to Qatar on time after the end of their leaves have been asked to keep in contact with their respective employers.

Women seem to be less likely to die from coronavirus in comparison to men, and children seem to be less likely to die than other age groups, according to data published on coronavirus deaths and reports published on various news media.

A day after the first cases of coronavirus were detected in Bangladesh, Health Secretary Md Ashadul Islam has said the situation is not bad enough to close schools and colleges of the country.

Italy orders a virtual lockdown across much of its wealthy north, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a outbreak of coronavirus that saw the number of deaths leap again sharply.

Four passengers, including a child and her mother, who landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Spain, Italy and Singapore, have been sent to hospital, airport sources say. Three of them, except the mother, are hospitalised with high fever

The High Court today asked the government to take necessary steps to stop price hike of masks, handwash and sanitisers, or storing them to make extra profits later.

Qatar has temporarily suspended entry for people from Bangladesh and 13 other countries as a preventive measure due to the spread of coronavirus worldwide.

Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on its eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to most of its 15 coronavirus infections, and suspended schools and universities nationwide.

With the first cases of coronavirus confirmed in the country, the government’s preparation to contain its spread still appears to be inadequate.

Renowned medicine specialist and Prime Minister's personal physician Dr ABM Abdullah today advised people not to panic in the wake of the first confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh.

Three Bangladeshis including two members of a family who returned from Italy have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) confirms.

In fresh coronavirus positive cases, five members of a family in the southern Indian state of Kerala have been found infected, taking the total number in India to 39.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges people of the country to not worry about coronavirus, as Bangladesh is “capable of facing the disease”.

Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early today, imposing restrictions on the movement of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to contain a widening outbreak.