The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China rises to 259, the country’s health authority says, as the United States and other nations announce new border curbs on foreigners who have been in China.

A total of 312 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in the coronavirus-hit Chinese city Wuhan, return to Dhaka today and eight of them are sent to Kurmitola General Hospital.

The death toll from China's new coronavirus outbreak has risen to 259 and the tally of confirmed infections has surged to nearly 12,000, the government says.

British health officials say two people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, in the country’s first confirmed cases since the deadly outbreak emerged in China and began to spread globally recently.

The United States told its citizens not to travel to China in the first major response to the World Health Organization's declaration of a global emergency over the spreading coronavirus, as Chinese authorities have increased the toll to 213 dead and nearly 10,000 infections.

The Chinese government would bear the treatment cost of Bangladeshis if they get infected with the coronavirus in China, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says.

India has confirmed a patient in the southern state of Kerala tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the first case in the country of the virus which originated in China and has so far killed 170.

The nationwide death toll from China's viral epidemic has leapt to 170, the government says, with more than 1,700 new infections confirmed.

Bangladeshi citizens returning from China before the end of the country’s ongoing 14-day quarantine will be kept under observation, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says.

A number of airlines say they are halting or reducing flights to China as the country struggles to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Air travel can be daunting, for many a reason. Now add to that a worldwide outbreak of a deadly virus and the fear multiplies tenfold. Most airports are now screening passengers for symptoms of coronavirus, which started in China’s Wuhan.

A team of scientists in Australia has said they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness.

A German man who tested positive for the strain of coronavirus currently sweeping China was infected by a work colleague, officials say, in what is believed to be the first human transmission in Europe.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam urges Bangladeshi citizens in China to comply with every directive of the country’s government to combat the coronavirus situation.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque says there is no need to worry about coronavirus as no one in the country has been detected with the virus yet.

Japanese authorities say a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus -- apparently after driving tourists visiting from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began.

Amid growing adversity and a lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, residents in Wuhan of China are chanting ‘Jiayou’, which roughly translated means fuel or oil but is rarely ever used in that context.

The government urged people not to panic over coronavirus as it has taken necessary preparation to prevent the virus from entering the country.

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The ability of the new coronavirus to spread is strengthening and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission said yesterday, with nearly 2,000 people in China infected and 56 killed by the disease.