Uttarakhand

To augment government efforts for surveillance of COVID suspects, Prof Kamal Jain of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, has developed a tracking mobile application. “The tracking system allows for state-of-the-art surveillance during COVID-19. Besides facilitating quarantine management, it helps to overcome overcrowding at any location by issuing an alert […]

Sant Nirankari Mission zonal in-charge Harbhajan Singh on Monday handed over Rs 50 lakh to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to aid the State’s efforts to combat the coronavirus. Singh said that Sant Nirankari Mission will help the state government in combating COVID-19 and added that ration, sanitizer and […]

With five new cases of COVID-19, the total number of coronavirus cases in Uttarakhand has reached 31, said the state’s Health Department on Monday. “Of the 1,141 samples sent for testing, till now 31 positive cases of coronavirus have been found and five people have been discharged,” said the Health Department. A total of 176 people are […]

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed cooperative banks to extend the repayment of crop and agricultural loans by the farmers for three months. “About 3 lakh 50 thousand farmers have taken loans under various schemes in the state,” read a statement from Uttarakhand Chief Minister Office. With an increase of 490 cases in the last 12 […]

A resident of Almora, who had recently attended a Jamaat, has tested positive for COVID-19 informed Yugal Kishor Pant, Additional Secretary (Health). The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Uttarakhand now stands at 27. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India climbed to 4067, said the Ministry […]

After five people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event recently in Delhi, tested positive for Coronavirus here, District Magistrate Ashish Kr Srivastava ordered community surveillance in Bhagat Singh Colony and Kargi-Grant areas on Monday. “The district magistrate ordered community surveillance in the affected areas. Police forces have been deployed and […]

Four more people, who attended the Tablighi Jamaat’s events, tested positive for Covid-19 in Uttarakhand on Sunday, taking the number of cases in the state from 22 to 26. Out of the 26 Covid-19 patients in the state, there are 18 people who were at the congregation of the Tablighi […]

While about 8,000 personnel of Uttarakhand police are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic on the ground by ensuring the lockdown, wives of some personnel are providing support by making face masks to be used by their husbands and also the public at large. Housewives of some policemen in the state have […]

The health authorities in Uttarakhand, which has a population of over 1 crore, have tested just 590 people from across the state for Covid-19 till March 31, while around 9,650 people have been put on quarantine in the past month. With seven positive cases till now, the health department is […]

Three members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who were at the congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz in March, tested positive for the coronavirus disease in Uttarakhand late on Thursday, officials said. With this, the number of cases of coronavirus infection in the hill state has gone up to 10. “Three people, […]

City administration launched an online helpline service for public on Wednesday. The service will help people on several issues relating to coronavirus outbreak. The online helpline service “COVID-19 Helpline” can be reached at crcroorkee.in , officials said. “Through this service, any city resident can ask for help during this lockdown,” […]

An 18-year-old Tablighi Jamaat member, who was quarantined in Mela Hospital, escaped from the facility on Wednesday. However, he was traced at Brahmpuri Colony and was re-admitted to Mela Hospital later in the day. The boy had come to Haridwar from Assam and was isolated to ascertain if he is […]

As many as 713 people from Uttarakhand attended regular jamaats in different parts of the country since January 1 this year and police are in the process of verifying the identities of all of them, according to Uttarakhand police. Of the 713, 173 have been quarantined after they returned back to their […]