Archive: 19/03/2020
Turkey pledges to step up virus testing
Turkey hopes to step up coronavirus testing to reach up to 15,000 people per day, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in an address to parliament on Wednesday.
Mar 19, 2020
Germany calls up reservists in coronavirus battle: defence minister
Germany is calling up tens of thousands of reservists to help in the country's battle against the coronavirus pandemic, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Thursday.
Mar 19, 2020
India bans incoming international flights for a week over virus
All incoming international flights to India will be banned for one week starting Sunday, the government said Thursday as it announced the latest raft of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 19, 2020
UK denies London travel shutdown as virus rumours spread
The British government on Thursday denied it was planning to restrict travel in and out of London after the capital's rumour mill went into overdrive over the response to coronavirus.
Mar 19, 2020