New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 restrictions
Sep 21, 2020, at 03:18 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand's largest city Auckland will ease restrictions on gatherings at midnight Wednesday, moving down from COVID-19 Alert Level 2.5 to 2, with the rest of the country moving down from Alert Level 2 to Level 1 from midnight Monday.
DCGI approves Tata Group's low cost CRISPR Covid-19 test 'Feluda'
Sep 21, 2020, at 07:55 am
Delhi/IBNS: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given its approval for the commercial launch of India's first Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), Covid-19 test 'Feluda' developed by the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology).
106-yr-old woman beats coronavirus in Maharashtra
Sep 21, 2020, at 01:44 am
Thane/UNI: Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday praised the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation(KDMC) for successfully curing a 106-year-old woman of COVID-19.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1,544 fresh cases of nCoV, 26 deaths
Sep 21, 2020, at 01:36 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 1,544 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the COVID tally to 3,48,916, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a statement on Sunday.
New Zealand reported 4 new cases of COVID-19
Sep 21, 2020, at 01:06 am
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
COVID-19 pandemic situation in Europe worsening: WHO
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:17 am
Belgrade/UNI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the epidemiological situation in Europe, particularly the Balkans is worsening due to the failure of the public to comply with the measures adopted against COVID-19.
Assam registers 2,595 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Sep 20, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam has registerd 2,595 fresh positive cases for COVID-19 in last 24 hours.
With 92,605 new coronavirus cases, India's tally crosses 54-lakh mark
Sep 20, 2020, at 04:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has recorded more recoveries than the number of fresh cases of coronavirus for the second consecutive day, the Union Health Ministry bulletin informed on Sunday.
Coronavirus: Over 95,000 patients recover in 24 hours, Covid-19 tally crosses 53 lakh
Sep 19, 2020, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a ray of light for the country of 1.3 billion amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a record 95,880 people who were infected with the virus have recovered in the last 24 hours.
COVID-19 illustrates 'woefully under prepared' world: UN health chief
Sep 19, 2020, at 03:02 pm
New York: Despite efforts to break the global cycle of panic and neglect seen throughout multiple disease outbreaks, the UN health agency chief said on Friday that the new coronavirus has shown that the world was “woefully under prepared”.
Amid COVID-19 horror, Brucellosis outbreak hits thousands after factory leak in China
Sep 19, 2020, at 02:33 am
Beijing: The horror of COVID-19 pandemic is still not over and in such a scenario a new report has emerged that several people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease.
WHO chief makes last push for countries to join multilateral COVID-19 vaccine effort
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:41 pm
New York: Countries which have not signed on to a global mechanism that has pledged to provide fair and timely access to a COVID-19 vaccine, are urged to do so before Friday, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of Member States, held on the eve of the deadline.
New Zealand reports zero coronavirus cases for 1st time in over a month
Sep 18, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Wellington/UNI: New Zealand has reported no new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the first time since early August.
Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day
Sep 18, 2020, at 10:08 pm
New York: COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and saving lives, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, underlining the need to ensure their safety and protection.
China leading in COVID-19 vaccine development, has no need to steal foreign data, claims Beijing
Sep 18, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: China is leading in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 and thus Beijing does not need to steal vaccine-related data from other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Friday, commenting on media reports claiming that Chinese hackers had allegedly stolen data on coronavirus vaccine development from Spain.
Syria COVID spread may be much higher than figures suggest, Lowcock tells Security Council
Sep 18, 2020, at 09:36 pm
New York: Reports from inside Syria are pointing to a much broader spread of COVID-19 than the number of confirmed cases – currently 3,618 – suggests, the UN’s top humanitarian official says.
India reports 96,424 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 52-lakh mark
Sep 18, 2020, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, on Friday reported over 96,000 Covid-19 cases pushing the tally of infections beyond the 52-lakh mark.
UN chief: COVID-19 vaccine must be affordable and available to all
Sep 18, 2020, at 02:45 pm
New York: The continuing COVID-19 pandemic continues to top a long list of global concerns, the UN chief told journalists on Wednesday, noting that “the grimmest of milestones” is upon us.
More research needed into COVID-19 effects on children, says WHO head
Sep 18, 2020, at 02:17 pm
New York: More research is needed into factors that increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease among children and adolescents, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that while children may have largely been spared many of the most severe effects, they have suffered in other ways.
Jammu and Kashmir: GMC Anantnag gets ICMR nod for RT-PCR testing
Sep 18, 2020, at 01:46 pm
Srinagar: Government Medical College Anantnag will soon be starting the gold-standard RT-PCR testing for COVID19 with Indian Council of Medical Research gave a go-ahead.
UK coronavirus cases rise by 3,395 amid test shortages
Sep 18, 2020, at 01:32 pm
London/Xinhua: The number of coronavirus cases in Britain rose by 3,395 on Thursday with 21 more deaths as the country is struggling to cope with test shortages.
WHO alerts weekly cases in Europe eclipse March peak
Sep 18, 2020, at 01:20 pm
Geneva/UNI: The World Health Organisation(WHO) said on Thursday that there has been a significant increase in the number of weekly COVID cases being reported across Europe and that it has exceeded the numbers reported in March when the pandemic first peaked.
COVID-19: Positive cases cross 6 lakh mark in AP
Sep 18, 2020, at 02:15 am
Vijayawada/UNI: The massive spike of Coronavirus positive cases continued in Andhra Pradesh as the total number of cases have crossed the six lakh mark while 72 more patients died taking the death toll to 5,177.
Entire country fighting Coronavirus together with PM Modi: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
Sep 17, 2020, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that the entire country, including the Chief Ministers of various states, are fighting the Novel Coronavirus pandemic together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India adds close to 98,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 51-lakh mark
Sep 17, 2020, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The total number of Novel Coronavirus cases in India on Thursday crossed the 51-lakh mark as the country of 1.3 billion people reported a record spike in Covid-19 cases by adding 97,894 fresh infections in the last 24 hours.
Myanmar reports 1 more COVID-19 death, 185 new cases
Sep 17, 2020, at 02:07 am
Yangon/Xinhua: Myanmar reported one more COVID-19 death on Wednesday night, bringing the death toll in the country to 40 in total, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.
Heart, lung problem on the rise in post-Covid-19 recovered patients:Expert
Sep 17, 2020, at 12:49 am
Kolkata/UNI: Many recovered Covid-19 patients are suffering from heart problems and lung diseases after beating the novel coronavirus infection.
UK may implement curfews in London to contain possible 2nd wave of COVID-19 - Official
Sep 17, 2020, at 12:14 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Curfews may be imposed in London to prevent a second wave of COVID-19, Kevin Fenton, the London director of Public Health England agency, said in an interview with the Evening Standard daily newspaper, published on Wednesday.
WHO does not see surge in COVID-19 spreading in Russia
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The World Health Organization (WHO) does not register a surge in COVID-19 daily growth in Russia, while the situation is different in Europe, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Wednesday.
France shuts down over 80 schools due to COVID-19 : Education Minister
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:18 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The French authorities have closed some 80 educational facilities two weeks after the beginning of the school year over a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said on Wednesday.