The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned of the government to collect personal protective equipment (PPEs) and supply those to the doctors, nurses and staff members at all hospitals and clinics across the country to prevent spread of the virus.

The streets were emptied of people and most modes of transport, and markets downed shutters across India as the country of 130 crore people plunged into an unprecedented shutdown, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for a “Janata Curfew” to help check the spread of coronavirus.

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.

A UK-returnee, who was put under isolation at a Sylhet hospital with coronavirus symptoms, has died. She returned from London on March 4 and was suffering from fever, cough and breathing problems for the last 10 days, the civil surgeon said.

Authorities decide to keep factories open amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, adding that the decision is subject to consideration based on how the overall situation unfolds.

The death toll from coronavirus outbreak in Italy has leaped by 793 to 4,825, officials say, an increase of 19.6% -- by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged.

Police detain a person, reportedly a local journalist, and place him in quarantine in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur.

Bidyanondo, a non-profit social welfare organization which has been engaged in distributing personal protective equipment for free owing to a growing demand during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, have appealed for grants from the masses.

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000, with 4,000 alone in worst-hit Italy where the daily number of fatalities has shot up relentlessly over the past week.

Police today arrested a doctor in Chattogram for circulating an audio clip on coronavirus related deaths that went viral on social media several days back.

Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rises by more than 100 to 1,556 and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a health ministry official says.

The country’s only state-owned distillery has already produced hand sanitisers on a test basis and will start marketing it soon at affordable prices.

Founder of Alibaba and one of the richest persons in Asia, Jack Ma, has announced that his firm will donate emergency supplies to 10 Asian countries including Bangladesh.

The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests Bangladesh government take urgent action to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support Bangladesh in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, said Manmohan Parkash, ADB country director for Bangladesh.

Thirty families of a building in Mirpur have limited their movement after a neighbour, who tested positive for coronavirus, died in a private hospital.

Election Commission postpones Chattogram City Corporation election and by-polls to two constituencies due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

A second Bangladeshi -- who tested positive for coronavirus -- has died, and four more persons have been detected with Covid-19, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 24.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the government will soon import 10,000 testing kits and 10,000 protective equipment from China to fight the spread of coronavirus.

Coronavirus can sicken or kill young people as well and they must also avoid mingling and spreading it to older and more vulnerable people, the World Health Organization has said.