COVID-19 death toll reaches 284, total cases climb to 7,028 in Africa: Africa CDC
Apr 04, 2020, at 12:00 pm
Addis Ababa/Xinhua/UNI: The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent has reached 284 as confirmed positive cases surpassed 7,028, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed on Friday.
Eight new cases take Assam's COVID 19 tally to 24
Apr 04, 2020, at 11:58 am
Guwahati/UNI: The COVID 19 positive tally in Assam has touched 24 with eight new cases confirmed on Friday.
Japan to house COVID-19 patients in hotels as hospitals feel strain
Apr 04, 2020, at 11:53 am
Tokyo/Xinhua/UNI: Japan's health ministry on Friday said that local governments will be advised to accommodate coronavirus patients with mild symptoms in hotels, as urban areas in particular are facing a shortage of healthcare facilities amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19: Mob attacks policemen in Karnataka for not allowing Friday prayers in Mosque
Apr 04, 2020, at 11:52 am
Hubli/UNI: Three policemen were injured at Aralikatti Oni in the city after a mob attacked them with stones for not allowing them to offer Friday Namaz in a local Mosque.
Ramaiah Medical College Hospital keeps 200 beds for Coronavirus cases
Apr 04, 2020, at 11:50 am
Bengaluru, Apr 3 (UNI) In a major initiative to combat COVID-19 spread, Super Speciality Ramaiah Medical College Hospital here has earmarked 200 beds ready to face any surge.
COVID-19 hits India : Six more CISF personnel test positive
Apr 04, 2020, at 09:36 am
Thane/UNI: With six more members of the CISF stationed at Kharghar testing positive the total of positive cases of the jawans of the BSF has now now gone up to 11, a health report said here.
Pittsburgh School of Medicine announces potential vaccine against COVID-19 in new study
Apr 03, 2020, at 09:01 pm
Pennsylvania/IBNS: Giving a ray of hope, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic across the world.
Kalimpong: Six new COVID-19 patients admitted to North Bengal Hospital
Apr 03, 2020, at 05:40 pm
Kalimpong/UNI: Six people, four of them females, have been admitted to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) with COVID-19, according to the chief medical officer of health and family welfare of Kalimpong district.
Covid-19 positive cases move up to touch six in Odisha
Apr 03, 2020, at 05:39 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: The sixth COVID-19 positive case in Odisha was detected in Cuttack city, with recent travel history to Delhi, State Health and Family Welfare department sources here said today.
BEST staffer tests positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai
Apr 03, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Pune/UNI: A Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) employee tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
COVID19: WHO calls for stronger whole of society approach in South-East Asia Region
Apr 03, 2020, at 05:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amidst rapid spread of COVID19 and continuing challenges, the World Health Organization today emphasized on a stronger whole of society and whole of government effort in South-East Asia Region to prevent a long-haul with the pandemic and avert further loss of precious human and other resources.
Twelve COVID-19 related deaths reported in India since yesterday: Govt
Apr 03, 2020, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Friday said 12 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in India since Thursday.
S.Korea's reported COVID-19 cases top 10,000
Apr 03, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea's reported cases of the COVID-19 topped 10,000 as of midnight Friday local time as 86 more cases were confirmed for the past 24 hours.
COVID-19: Third patient tests positive in Dharavi
Apr 03, 2020, at 03:07 pm
Pune/UNI: Third positive case was reported on Friday in Asia's largest slum area in Mumbai's Dharavi in as many days.
COVID-19: India's tally crosses 2,300 with 56 deaths; 156 cured
Apr 03, 2020, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The total number of COVID-19 infections in India reached to 2,301 on Friday morning, with three fresh casualties and 228 new Coronavirus cases reported across the country till Thursday evening.
COVID-19 should not herald rollback in rights for people with autism: UN chief
Apr 03, 2020, at 12:00 pm
New York/IBNS: The rights of persons with autism must be taken into account in efforts to address the COVID-19 coronavirus: “a public health crisis unlike any other in our lifetimes”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday.
Key COP26 climate summit postponed to ‘safeguard lives
Apr 03, 2020, at 11:56 am
New York/IBNS: With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021.
S.Korea's reported COVID-19 cases top 10,000
Apr 03, 2020, at 11:08 am
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea's reported cases of the COVID-19 topped 10,000 as of midnight Friday local time as 86 more cases were confirmed for the past 24 hours.
WHO says worldwide number of COVID-19 cases reaches 900,306, with over 45,000 fatalities
Apr 03, 2020, at 11:02 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The worldwide number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease has reached 900,306, with 45,693 having died of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on late Thursday.
COVID-19: Confirmed global cases crosses one million mark
Apr 03, 2020, at 10:54 am
Washington/UNI: The worldwide number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease have surged passed one million, said Johns Hopkins University in its latest report.
World Bank fast-tracks $1 billion Coronavirus support for India
Apr 03, 2020, at 09:26 am
Washington/IBNS: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a fast-track $1 billion India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help India prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness. This is the largest ever health sector support from the Bank to India.
New video helps Asian rheumatology patients stay safe from COVID-19
Apr 02, 2020, at 08:27 pm
Birmingham (UK)/IBNS: Experts from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford have joined the UK-based National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) in reaching out to Asian people living with inflammatory forms of arthritis (IA) - in particular, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - with information on how to keep themselves and their families safe from coronavirus.
Apr 02, 2020, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: According to health practitioners, people with underlying conditions are often critically vulnerable to Covid-19 attack.
Thirteen Tablighi Jamaat people quarantined in Uttar Pradesh
Apr 02, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Auraiyya/UNI: As many as 13 people of Tablighi Jamaat have been quarantined following a medical check-up in a vacant building in this district of Uttar Pradesh.
Suspected Coronavirus patient commits suicide in UP
Apr 02, 2020, at 03:14 pm
Shamli/UNI: A suspected Novel Coronavirus patient committed suicide at a hospital in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday.
West Bengal reports another death due to COVID-19, confusion over official toll
Apr 01, 2020, at 11:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 66-year-old man from Kolkata's Nayabad area, who had earlier tested positive for novel coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at a private health facility at Panchasayar area, died on Wednesday evening, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to seven, reports said. However, the state has officially confirmed only three deaths due to novel coronavirus infection so far.
Four new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Assam, total count reaches 5
Apr 01, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Four more positive cases for COVID-19 have been reported in Assam on Wednesday and with this total number of Coronavirus infected cases have increased to five in the state so far.
Coronavirus cases continue to jump in India amid hunt for Delhi mosque attendees
Apr 01, 2020, at 01:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India continued to witness a huge jump in positive Novel Coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the eighth day of the nationwide lockdown, while various state governments are toiling to track the attendees of a Delhi mosque event which has triggered a fear of further surge in the pandemic virus.
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal reviews preparedness of Covid -19 in Dhubri and Kokrajhar
Apr 01, 2020, at 12:59 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday visited Dhubri district to take stock of the measures taken by the district administration and health department to prevent coronavirus outbreak in the region.
West Bengal reports sixth Covid-19 death
Apr 01, 2020, at 12:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 57-year-old man from Belgharia in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, who had earlier tested positive for novel coronavirus, died at a local private health facility on Wednesday morning, taking the Covid-19 death toll in the state to six, officials said.