DHARAMSALA, 30 March: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has offered “special gratitude” to the Coronavirus frontline workers and stated that “their service is indeed compassion in action,” in his special message on Coronavirus Pandemic.
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CNBC | 27 March 2020.
The United States now has more confirmed coronavirus cases than Italy and China, making it the country with the largest outbreak in the world.
DHARAMSALA, 27 March: A day after relaxing the daily curfew time by six hours, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to revert it to three hours.
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DHARAMSALA, 26 March: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said that “there would be relaxation in curfew from 7 AM to 1 PM daily throughout the State.”
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DHARAMSALA, 26 March: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed his support for Himachal’s efforts to control the growing threat of the coronavirus and further stated that steps being taken by India will be effective in containing the spread of the virus.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
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DHARAMSALA, 23 March: Tibetans in the exile headquarter here in Mcleod Gang have launched a helpline number for the elderly people as Himachal Pradesh has been placed under lock down reporting its first causality to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DHARAMSALA, 21 March: A former political prisoner of Tibet has passed away earlier this week due to prolonged health complications sustained during his time in the Chinese prison.
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DHARAMSALA, 20 March: Two people have tested positive for coronavirus in the preliminary tests in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district.
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By Josh Rogin | The Washington Post | 20 March 2020.
We must all be specific in blaming the Chinese Communist Party for its actions. It was the CCP that hid the virus outbreak for weeks, silencing doctors, jailing journalists and thwarting science — most notably by shutting down the Shanghai lab that publicly released the first coronavirus genome sequence.