Afghanistan reports 62 new COVID-19 cases, total at 39,548
Oct 07, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Afghanistan reported 62 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours on Wednesday, bringing the tally to 39,548, the country's Ministry of Public Health confirmed.
Kolkata: Medical College seeks more medics after 40 doctors test COVID-19 positive
Oct 07, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Kolkata's state-owned health care facility- Calcutta Medical College and Hospital- has sought an appointment of new medics to cope up the increasing number of pandemic patients after about 40 working Professors and doctors tested COVID-19 positive.
No free COVID-19 test in Meghalaya from Oct 16
Oct 07, 2020, at 09:04 pm
Shillong/IBNS: While the COVID-19 positive cases are rising alarmingly, the Meghalaya government has decided to withdraw free testing facilities in the state.
India's Covid-19 recovery rate scales 85 pc; 48 lakh more recovered than active cases
Oct 07, 2020, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As the national recovery rate touched 85 per cent in terms of Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, India crossed a significant milestone with the continuous high number of recovered cases being reported in the past few weeks.
India's Covid-19 tally crosses 67 lakh with over 72,000 new cases
Oct 07, 2020, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After recording a sharp decline in daily cases of Novel Coronavirus a day ago, India, the second worst Covid-19-affected country, reported over 72,000 new infections in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to cross 67 lakh on Wednesday.
Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:20 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Health Dept holds awareness camp at Ramban
Oct 07, 2020, at 04:05 am
New York: An awareness programme was Sunday organized by the Health Department regarding Kusht Mukti Abhiyan ( anti leprosy drive) here at District Hospital Ramban.
India reports decline in new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 66.85 lakh
Oct 06, 2020, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the second worst Covid-19-affected country in the world, on Tuesday reported a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases as little over 61,000 fresh infections were reported in 24 hours.
70 per cent of COVID cases located in just 10 countries, WHO reports
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New York: While COVID-19 has affected all countries, the pandemic is “uneven”, and it is estimated that 10 per cent of the global population may have been infected with the virus, senior officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
COVID-19 disrupting critical mental health services, WHO warns
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:19 pm
New York: The global pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries it surveyed, underscoring the devastating impact of COVID-19 and highlighting an urgent need to scale up funding, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases
Oct 06, 2020, at 02:52 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in Beijing on Monday, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.
Level-3 COVID-19 response declared for entire Ireland amid rising cases
Oct 06, 2020, at 02:49 pm
Dublin/Xinhua: Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced on Monday night that a stricter Level-3 COVID-19 response will be applied to the entire country for three weeks starting from midnight on Tuesday, up from the current Level 2.
COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka increase after new cluster detected
Oct 06, 2020, at 02:35 pm
Colombo/Xinhua: The number of COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka jumped to the 3,500 mark on Monday evening after over 100 new patients were reported from a new cluster in the outskirts of capital Colombo, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to three scientists for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
Oct 05, 2020, at 09:00 pm
Stockholm: Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton have been awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday.
India registers 74,442 new COVID-19 infections, 903 deaths in past 24 hours
Oct 05, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New Delhi: Maintaining the slow declining trend in the figures, India registered 74,442 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours.
Chinese mainland reports 20 new imported COVID-19 cases
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:59 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 20 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,921, the National Health Commission said Monday.
Over 2,000 students in UK universities test positive for coronavirus
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:30 pm
London/Xinhua: More than 2,000 university students in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19 as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday that his country may face a "bumpy" time beyond Christmas in fighting the pandemic, local media reported.
UK to involve military in distributing coronavirus vaccine: senior official
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:23 pm
London/Xinhua: The British armed forces will be involved in distributing coronavirus vaccine as the country strives to curb a sharp rise in infections, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday.
Israeli minister tests positive for COVID-19
Oct 05, 2020, at 04:26 am
Jerusalem/Xinhua: Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the minister said on her Twitter account late on Saturday.
COVID-19: Toll in West Bengal rises to 5,194, cases touch 2,70,331
Oct 05, 2020, at 04:22 am
Kolkata/UNI: The COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 5,194 with the death of 62 persons on Sunday, while the tally touched 2,70,331 with 3,357 new confirmed cases
Delhi: 3,126 new cured COVID-19 cases, recovery rate at 89.58 pc
Oct 05, 2020, at 03:54 am
New Delhi/UNI: The National Capital recorded 3,126 cured /discharged cases of Novel Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total recoveries till date to 2,60,350, the state health bulletin said here on Sunday.
Kerala registers 23 COVID deaths, 8,553 new +ve cases: Health Minister
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:57 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala reported 23 deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday whereas 8,553 people tested positive to the virus and 4,851 have recovered from the disease and 84,497 patients are under treatment, the state Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
Bangladesh registers 1,125 fresh Covid-19 cases, 23 deaths
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:27 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 1,125 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to 3,68,690, the Directorate General of Health Services said on Sunday.
Loss of smell a ‘highly reliable’ indicator of Covid-19 infection: Study
Oct 05, 2020, at 12:43 am
London: Four out of five people with sudden loss of smell or taste tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and UCLH (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust).
India sustains steady trend of less than 10 lakh active cases for 13th consecutive day: Govt
Oct 04, 2020, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi: For the 13th day in an unbroken string, India has maintained its steady trend of clocking less than 10 lakh active cases, the Indian Health Ministry said on Sunday.
UK records more than 10,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first time
Oct 04, 2020, at 01:56 pm
London/UNI: Authorities in the UK announced on Sunday that for the first time since mass testing for COVID-19 was started the country has recorded more than 10,000 in a single day.
Russia confirms nearly 9,900 COVID-19 cases in 24-hour period: Response Center
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: - Russia has registered 9,859 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 9,412 yesterday, taking the cumulative case total to 1,204,502, the coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
India's Covid-19 toll crosses 1-lakh mark, tally of infections over 64.7 lakh
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Covid-19 toll in the South Asian country of India breached one-lakh mark on Saturday as 1,069 people infected with the virus died in the last 24 hours.
Countries face ‘critical moment’ in COVID response: UN health agency chief
Oct 03, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New York: With strong leadership and comprehensive strategies it’s never too late for countries to change the trendlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite passing the tragic milestone of one million deaths this week amid regional surges in infections, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
770 students test positive in major coronavirus outbreak at UK university
Oct 03, 2020, at 02:45 pm
London/Xinhua: A total of 770 students have tested positive for coronavirus in a British university in one of the major outbreaks in Britain since the reopening of the campuses in September, a university spokesperson said Friday.