India on Thursday confirmed its first case of coronavirus in the southern state of Kerala.
The patient, who is a student of Wuhan University in China, is stable and in isolation at a hospital, the statement from the government said.
Meanwhile, health officials in the Philippines said a 38-year-old Chinese woman, who arrived in the country from Wuhan, on January 21, has tested positive for the flu-like virus.
Russia strikes Ukraine's critical infrastructure in largest drone attack
Russian forces staged their largest ever drone attack on Ukraine overnight, cutting power to much of the western region of Ternopil and damaging residential buildings in Kyiv region, Ukraine's officials said on Tuesday.
Israel pounds Beirut suburbs as Lebanon says 31 dead nationwide
Israeli strikes pummelled south Beirut on Monday, Lebanese official media said, while health authorities reported 31 people killed across the country, most of them in the south.
One killed, dozens injured in clashes during Pakistan protests
At least one police officer was killed and dozens of people injured in Pakistan as supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed with security forces outside the capital Islamabad on Monday, officials and Khan's party said.
Five killed in plane crash outside Costa Rica capital
A small plane travelling to Costa Rica's capital of San Jose crashed on Monday afternoon, authorities said, killing five of the six passengers on board.
Pakistan sectarian fighting restarts, breaking truce
Sectarian fighting in northwestern Pakistan which killed more than 80 people last week restarted on Monday, officials said, breaching a seven-day brokered ceasefire.
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