Chinese mainland reports 7 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
May 13, 2020, at 09:43 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority said on Wednesday that it received reports of seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland, of which one was an case reported in Shanghai.
COVID-19: Death toll in India touches 2415
May 13, 2020, at 09:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Death toll due to COVID-19 outbreak in India touched 2415 as the number of cases in the country now stands at 74, 281, as per Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday.
Australia reports 18 new COVID-19 cases
May 12, 2020, at 04:41 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Alison McMillan, Australia's Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, said on Tuesday afternoon that the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased by 18 in 24 hours to 6,964.
US CDC commits USD 3.6 mn to assist India's fight against Coronavirus outbreak
May 12, 2020, at 04:35 pm
Washington/IBNS: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has committed USD 3.6 million to assist the Government of India’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Child healthcare and education suffered most during lockdown, study finds
May 12, 2020, at 04:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: During the nationwide lockdown imposed as it was necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 50 per cent of the parents with children below five years of age in the households were not been able to access immunisation services, as revealed by a rapid online survey conducted by CRY – Child Rights and You.
Over 2,500 people die from malaria in Q1 in Angola
May 12, 2020, at 03:34 pm
Luanda/Xinhua/UNI: At least 2,548 people died from malaria in Angola in the first quarter of 2020, said Jose Martins, national coordinator of the health ministry's program to fight malaria, on Monday.
Tribal population more vulnerable to COVID-19
May 12, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Absence of healthcare facilities can severely limit the capacities to deal with any major COVID-19 outbreak in tribal areas, posing a serious threat to them.
Another CISF man dies due to Covid-19 in Kolkata
May 12, 2020, at 02:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Jharu Burman who was posted at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSEL) here, succumbed to Covid-19 on Monday, reports said on Tuesday.
May 12, 2020, at 01:43 pm
New York/IBNS: As COVID-19 upends lives and livelihoods across the planet, the UN on Monday held a wide-ranging policy discussion stressing a range of multilateral solutions to ease the pandemic, while also getting back on track towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Coronavirus Outbreak: Global cases surpass 4.1mn
May 12, 2020, at 01:36 pm
Washington/UNI: The global number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed the 4.1 million mark, while the death toll at 285,971, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Scientists find hot gas bridge between two galaxy clusters
May 12, 2020, at 01:07 pm
Washinton/IBNS: Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pummeled by particles driven away from a supermassive black hole.
UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis
May 12, 2020, at 01:03 pm
New York/IBNS: As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus, decades of advances made in the battle against HIV are under threat, noted two UN agencies on Monday, point out that disruptions to treatment could cause hundreds of thousands of HIV-related deaths.
Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen
May 12, 2020, at 12:58 pm
New York/IBNS: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust encroachment in East Africa and Yemen, with an estimated 720,000 tonnes of cereal saved from the swarms of migratory pests across 10 countries: enough to feed five million people a year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
Three quakes in Delhi-NCR triggers concern
May 12, 2020, at 12:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Capital and it's surrounding areas are not only fighting Covid-19 but are also under some 'panic' as the region experienced three quakes in a month.
Number of COVID-19 intensive care patients in Italy falls below 1,000
May 12, 2020, at 12:09 pm
Rome/Sputnik/UNI: Italy has registered a record-low 744 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, and the number of patients in intensive care has dropped below 1,000, the Department of Civil Protection said on Monday.
France's COVID-19 deaths rise to 26,643, hospitalizations down further
May 12, 2020, at 12:08 pm
Paris/Xinhua/UNI: Coronavirus-linked fatalities stood at 26,643, after 263 new patients died in the last 24 hours in France, the fifth worst-hit country in the world in terms of human losses, while pressure in hospitals eased for nearly one month, the health ministry's data showed on Monday.
White House to give US states $11Bln for coronavirus testing
May 12, 2020, at 12:07 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The US administration will allocate $11 billion to the states to ramp up coronavirus testing, a senior White House official told reporters on Monday.
Turkey to impose 4-day lockdown to curb COVID-19 pandemic
May 12, 2020, at 12:02 pm
Istanbul/Xinhua/UNI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday declared a four-day lockdown from May 16 to 19 as part of the measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maharashtra: Nashik reports 22 new corona cases
May 12, 2020, at 11:43 am
Nashik/UNI: Twenty-two new cases of coronavirus were identified and 5 more patients succumbed to death due to the disease in Nashik on Monday, taking overall number of infected persons in the district to 693 and 33 casualties.
With six more COVID 19 positive cases in BSF, tally touches 282
May 12, 2020, at 11:16 am
New Delhi/UNI: India’s premier border guarding force Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday said that six fresh cases of COVID-19 has been reported within the force in last 24 hour., taking the tally to 282.
May 12, 2020, at 10:19 am
Patna/UNI: With 12 new cases of coronavirus coming to light, the tally increased to 761 in Bihar so far.
China's Heilongjiang reports no new COVID-19 cases
May 12, 2020, at 10:07 am
Harbin/Xinhua/UNI: No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday.
Maharashtra:Â 24 more test positive in Aurangabad
May 12, 2020, at 10:01 am
Aurangabad/UNI: As many as 24 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, soaring the total number of cases to 651, here.
COVID-19 cases in India cross 70000 mark
May 12, 2020, at 09:55 am
New Delhi/UNI: India on Tuesday breached the grim milestone of 70,000 novel coronavirus cases, as the country witnessed a sharp rise of 3604 cases in past 24 hours.
India sees massive spike in Covid-19 cases, Modi holds meeting with CMs over lockdown
May 11, 2020, at 06:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India witnessed a massive jump in the number of Covid-19 cases as the tally went past 67,000 on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding his fifth video conference with all Chief Ministers over Coronavirus and the nationwide lockdown.
Pakistan's COVID-19 outbreak is yet to reach its peak: Minister
May 11, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said the country is yet to witness the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Maharashtra: Malegaon reports 20 COVID-19 cases, eight deaths
May 11, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Nashik/UNI: In the past 12 hours, Malegaon witnessed eight COVID-19 fatalities and detected 20 new cases, stated District Civil Hospital on Monday, and added that the district's pandemic death toll now stands at 28.
Covid-19 Outbreak in India: Shram Shakti Bhavan closed as employee tests positive
May 11, 2020, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: After an officer in the Ministry of Power tested positive for Coronavirus, Shram Shakti Bhavan, which houses Labour Ministry, was closed on Monday.
Only six active Covid-19 cases in Chhattisgarh
May 11, 2020, at 03:04 pm
Raipur/UNI: With the discharge of four Coronavirus patients from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur after their recovery, the number of active Coronavirus cases in Chhattisgarh has gone down to six.
COVID-19: Haryana records 16 fresh cases, tally rises to 705
May 11, 2020, at 02:57 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana reported 16 fresh cases of Novel Coronavirus on Monday, taking the state's confirmed cases tally to 705.