Coronavirus in India: Govt allows movement by trains; migrants leave Telangana and Kerala, head home to Jharkhand and Odisha; India cases rise to over 35,000; Govt splits country into red, orange and green zones.
Tag: Coronavirus
Russian PM Mishustin tests positive for Covid-19
Mishustin was made the Prime Minister in January this year and he has been actively involved in the country’s battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Man commits suicide after wife tests Covid-19 positive in Gurugram
The deceased’s son and daughter-in-law were pharmacist and staff nurse in a private hospital.
COVID-19 outbreak: 23 Nanded pilgrims test positive, district tally rise by 164% in a day
All of them were pilgrims returning from Takht Sri Huzur Sahib in Nanded, a historic Sikh shrine in Maharashtra, health department spokesperson for Covid-19
Health Ministry: Recovery rate of COVID-19 rises to 25.19%; doubling rate 11 days
The Health Ministry said that while 1,718 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, 630 patients have been cured during this period.
TN sets up portal for people wanting to return from abroad after lockdown
Those wanting to return are requested to register in portal www.nonresidenttamil.org, which would enable the government to know the number of people looking forward to return and prepare the quarantine facilities.
Chhattisgarh to quarantine migrants: Health Minister TS Singh Deo
The minister said that testing is more important without which containment is not possible
New COVID-19 symptoms in Indian patients? Experts need more data
These new symptoms include symptoms like chills, repeated shaking with chills, headache, muscle pain, loss of taste and smell.
Study: Less smokers among COVID-19 patients
The proportion of smokers appear to be lower than-non-smokers among hospitalised COVID-19 patients, finds a review of 28 studies.
Tom Hank donates blood plasma for coronavirus research, shares a photo on Twitter
Tom Hanks has shared a photo of the blood plasma he is donating to help find a vaccine for coronavirus.
India approaches Plasma Therapy for COVID 19 with caution
Plasma therapy uses plasma of recovered patients so that its antibodies can detect the virus and mitigate its growth.
Coronavirus cases in UP live updates: 2211 COVID-19 positive cases, 40 deaths so far
Covid-19 cases in UP live updates: Twenty-nine more cases were reported from Agra on Thursday morning, taking the total number of coronavirus patients in the district to 455.
Coronavirus in Bihar live updates: 19 test positive for COVID-19, total cases 422
Coronavirus in Bihar live updates: According to Principal Secretary, Health, Sanjay Kumar, Rohtas district reported the maximum number of 11 cases on Thursday, the youngest being a boy aged two years
Coronavirus: UP Police records statement of singer Kanika Kapoor, asks 40 questions
Kanika told police that she came back from the UK on March 10 while the advisory to practice self-quarantine was issued on March 18.
Facebook issued 40 million warning labels on coronavirus fake content
Zuckerberg said that warning labels work because 95 per cent of the time when someone sees a warning label, they don’t click through to view that content.
New York COVID-19 cases near 300,000 as daily deaths drop to lowest
The capacity of the daily diagnostic testing has increased to 30,000 in the state, halfway to Cuomo’s goal of doubling the capacity from 20,000 per day to 40,000 per day.
COVID-19 deaths in US top 60,000: Johns Hopkins University
A total of 1,030,487 cases have been reported in the country, according to the CSSE, Xinhua reported.
Coronavirus live updates: 60,000 foreign nationals evacuated in view of Covid-19, says MEA
Meanwhile, more than 3.13 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 218,169 have died.
Coronavirus Pandemic: Is COVID19 testing free or paid? Here’s all you need to know
The national task force has recommended the maximum cost for COVID-19 samples testing at private labs at Rs 4,500.
Madhya Pradesh: Confirmed coronavirus cases in Indore’s Central Jail climb to 19
According to Kumar, 124 prisoners were kept in a temporary jail away from the Central Jail campus after they developed coronavirus symptoms.
Two ThePrint journalists, driver test positive for coronavirus, quarantined in Vadodara
All three were travelling since April 11 to cover the coronavirus pandemic and covered Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Udaipur, and Ahmedabad before arriving in Vadodara.
Yogi government to amend Epidemic Act, make it tougher
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also directed officials to add 52,000 additional beds in the Covid-19 hospitals in the state.
No April, May salaries for SpiceJet pilots, barring aviators of cargo ops
16 per cent of the airline’s aircraft and 20 per cent of its pilots are flying.
COVID-19 outbreak: Railway employee under quarantine commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh
The employee was under quarantine at F H Medical College and Hospital, Tundla. His body was found hanging in the medical college
11 traders of Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi test positive for coronavirus
A large number of people were tested for the novel coronavirus after a 57-year-old commission died of the COVID-19 last week in the area.