More than 4,200 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the biggest spike so far, and 97 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in India, the Union health ministry said on Monday morning. India’s tally of the respiratory disease jumped to 67,152 with 44,029 active cases, 20,916 people who […]
Agra’s top medical officer removed as Covid-19 cases surge
The Uttar Pradesh government has replaced Agra’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the wake of current Covid-19 situation prevailing in the city. “Special Officer Dr. RC Pandey to take charge as Agra Chief Medical Officer with immediate effect, replacing Dr. Mukesh Kumar Vats. The decision has been taken considering the […]
Isolated migrants go on rampage at Covid-19 quarantine centre in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Migrant workers isolated at Women Polytechnic College in the Musahari block in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur went on rampage on Sunday demanding proper lodging and boarding facilities at the centre. The migrants had been put up at the isolation centre since Thursday. After three of the inmates tested positive on Saturday evening, […]
2.25 lakh people want to return to Uttarakhand, govt fears 25,000 could be Covid-19 positive
With five people who returned to Uttarakhand from different parts of the country testing positive for Covid-19 in the past two days, the Uttarakhand government is apprehensive that 25,000 people could be infected. Meanwhile, more than 1.87 lakh more people have registered to come back to the state. Chief minister […]
Number of critical Covid-19 patients has halved across the country, shows data
The number of patients turning critical due to the coronavirus disease Covid-19 has halved, the Union health ministry has said. Till last week, 9.2 per cent Covid-19 patients admitted to a hospital were in a critical condition, according to health ministry. Out of these, 4.8 per cent were in the […]
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to hold review meet with banks amid Covid-19 crisis
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a review meeting with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Monday to discuss various issues, including credit offtake, as part of efforts to prop up the economy hit by the Covid-19 crisis. The meeting, to be held via video-conferencing, will also take stock […]
Covid-19: US Vice Prez Pence to not self-quarantine after aide tests positive
United States Vice President Mike Pence is not planning to undergo self-quarantine after his aide tested positive for coronavirus, said his spokesperson, adding that Pence plans to be in at the White House on Monday. Devin O’Malley, the vice president’s spokesman, said Pence “will continue to follow the advice of […]
India’s Covid-19 cases near 63,000-mark, death toll at 2,109
India reported more than 3,200 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 128 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health said on Sunday morning. According to the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard at 8am, 62,939 people have been infected by the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, […]
In leaked call, Obama describes Trump’s handling of Covid-19 as ‘chaotic’
Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a source said on Saturday. Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic administration for a […]
Top US Covid-19 task force officials self-quarantine after possible exposure
Three top US public health officials at the forefront of the Trump administration’s battle against the Covid-19 outbreak went into self-quarantine Saturday for the next two weeks after “low-risk” exposure to the deadly virus through contacts with someone who has tested positive. Heads of the Centers of Disease Control and […]
Rare inflammatory syndrome linked to Covid-19 kills 3 kids in New York, says governor Andrew Cuomo
Three children in New York have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus, governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, a development that may augur a pandemic risk for the very young. Both Cuomo and his counterpart in the neighbouring state of New Jersey […]
UK PM Boris Johnson to set out Covid-19 warning system in public address
Boris Johnson will unveil a new virus alert system, similar to how the government currently communicates terror threat levels, in Sunday’s address to Britain that will set out some of the conditions for removing restrictions on the economy. The five-level alerts range from one (green), which would enable life to […]
Covid-19 pandemic sets back Delhi’s infra projects by six months
Major infrastructure projects in the city would be delayed by at least five to six months due to the ongoing Covid crisis, hampering government efforts to streamline traffic flow at major junctions in the city and making roads safer for pedestrians. Even though construction work has begun at some places […]
Fire breaks out at Moscow coronavirus hospital, one dead
One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, the authorities said. The hospital, located in northwestern Moscow, had been designated by the authorities as one of the medical facilities treating coronavirus patients in the Russian capital. […]
Injustice with migrants in West Bengal, says Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah has written to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee that the Centre was not receiving the “expected support” from her government in helping migrant workers reach home, an allegation the Trinamool Congress (TMC) rubbished as “outright lies”. The state government is doing “injustice” to Bengali […]