First Person: Finding new ways to save millions at risk during the coronavirus pandemic
Apr 25, 2020, at 12:55 pm
New York/IBNS: Millions of people are reliant on humanitarian supplies to survive, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it even more difficult for aid workers to reach them. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is having to rethink the way it operates in some of the most vulnerable places in the world.
Turkey confirms 3,122 new COVID-19 cases, 104,912 in total
Apr 25, 2020, at 11:43 am
Ankara/Xinhua: Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on Friday confirmed 3,122 new COVID-19 cases and 109 more deaths in Turkey.
Italy records 192,994 coronavirus infections, death toll at 25,969
Apr 25, 2020, at 11:38 am
Rome/Xinhua/UNI: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 25,969 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 192,994, according to the latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department on Fri
Germany reports over 150,000 COVID-19 cases
Apr 25, 2020, at 11:21 am
Berlin/Xinhua/UNI: Germany has reported 2,337 new infections of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with total cases reaching 150,383, according to data from disease control agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI) released on Friday.
COVID-19: Death toll in India touches 775
Apr 25, 2020, at 10:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 in India has touched 775, as per government data released on Saturday.
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Health Ministry on Friday said 1,684 new Coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours while 15 districts across the country remained infection-free for the last 28 days.
Chinese pharma offers to conduct clinical trials of Coronavirus vaccine in Pakistan
Apr 24, 2020, at 03:23 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A major Chinese pharmaceutical company has invited Pakistan's National Institute of Health (NIH) to collaborate in conducting clinical trials of the recently developed inactivated vaccine for Covid-19, media reports said.
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Apr 24, 2020, at 02:59 pm
New York/IBNS: Secretary-General António Guterres issued a three-point global “Call to Action” on Thursday to cushion the colossal fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, pressing Governments to unify around a defining moment in history, as the new session of the UN’s Financing for Development Forum got underway.
Herd immunity needed to combat Coronavirus infection: Indian public health expert
Apr 24, 2020, at 02:25 pm
Kolkata, Apr 24 (UNI) Herd Immunity is the only Iasting solution to the Coronavirus pandemic, says a public health expert.
Intensifying shelling and COVID-19 pandemic creates ‘perfect storm’ in Libya
Apr 24, 2020, at 02:07 pm
New York/IBNS: In Libya, ongoing heavy fighting has raised concerns yet further, about the likely devastating impact of the new coronavirus on people there, particularly those repeatedly forced to flee violence.
Apr 24, 2020, at 01:56 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Pakistan can rise to 200,000 by mid-July if "effective interventions" are not taken, the World Health Organization warned as it estimated the magnitude of the disease in the upcoming days.
Four-month-old Coronavirus positive girl dies in Kerala
Apr 24, 2020, at 12:03 pm
Kozhikode/UNI: A four-month-old Coronavirus positive girl died at the Medical College hospital here early on Friday morning.
Maharashtra: 30 people, who attend Covid-19 patient's funeral, test negative
Apr 24, 2020, at 11:54 am
Sangli/UNI: Thirty persons, who were placed in institutional quarantine after attending the funeral of an infected patient, have tested negative for the COVID-19, stated Collector Abhijeet Chaudhari on Friday.
Coronavirus cases in India cross 23,000 mark, toll 718
Apr 24, 2020, at 10:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: More than 23,000 of 1.3 billion people of India have been infected with the pandemic Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 while 718 people died of the contagion.
COVID-19 outbreak in India: Death toll touches 686
Apr 23, 2020, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 outbreak in India touched 686, as per Ministry of Health data released on Thursday.
Vitamin D could help fight off Covid-19: Study
Apr 23, 2020, at 06:22 pm
Dublin/IBNS: Researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin have released a crucial report today in response to the COVID 19 pandemic.
Apr 23, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Hong Kong/IBNS: Hong Kong appeared to have averted a major COVID-19 outbreak up to March 31, 2020, by adopting far less drastic control measures than most other countries, with a combination of border entry restrictions, quarantine and isolation of cases and contacts, together with some degree of social distancing, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed).
After a week, Assam reports fresh COVID-19 positive case
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: After a week, a fresh COVID-19 positive case has emerged in Assam on Thursday.
Rajasthan reports 49 fresh coronavirus cases, count mounts to 1,937
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Jaipur/UNI: Rajasthan recorded 49 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 1937.
12 Indian districts did not report fresh COVID-19 cases in past 28 days: Govt
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Giving some ray of hope, the Indian government on Thursday said 12 districts in the country did not report any COVID-19 positive case for the past 28 days.
Karnataka: Positive COVID-19 cases touch 443
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: With 16 more cases of the COVID-19 infection surfacing, as many as nine from Bengaluru city, the total number of novel Coronavirus infected persons in Karnataka rose to 443 on Thursday.
COVID-19 in Maharashtra: Five new cases reported in Nashik
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:45 pm
Nashik/UNI: Five new COVID-19 cases were detected in the sealed city of Malegaon, which has become a hotspot of the contagion, stated authorities on Thursday.
Australian capital launches COVID-19 testing blitz
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:31 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has launched a coronavirus testing blitz in an attempt to find every case of the virus in the region.
Worldwide number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 2.47Mln, over 169,000 people dead - WHO
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Geneva/Sputnik/UNI: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has increased to 2,471,136, with more than 169,000 people having died of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
WHO declared COVID-19 global emergency at right time, says chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:05 pm
Geneva/UNI: The World Health Organization (WHO) had declared COVID-19 a global emergency, the highest level of alert, at the right time, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
56 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:03 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 56 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.
South Korea reports 8 more COVID-19 cases, 10,702 in total
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:58 pm
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea reported eight more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Thursday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,702. The daily caseload hovered around 10 for the sixth straight day. Of the new cases, four were imported from overseas, raising the combined number to 1,021.
China's Hubei reports no increase in COVID-19 cases
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Wuhan/Xinhua/UNI: No new confirmed cases or new deaths of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday, local health authority said on Thursday.
WHO chief urges US to reconsider funding freeze
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:48 pm
Geneva/UNI: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has called on the United States to reconsider its decision to freeze funding to the organization, and hoped that the US will once again support WHO's work and continue to save lives.
Chinese mainland reports 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority said on Thursday that it received reports of 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland Wednesday, of which six were imported.