India registers 64,531 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1092 deaths reported
Aug 19, 2020, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi: India registered 64,531 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday.
Children have ‘nowhere to turn’, as COVID-19 hits protection, social services, reports UNICEF
Aug 19, 2020, at 03:41 pm
New York: Disruptions to services for preventing and responding to violence in the home , due to the global pandemic, has left children in more than 100 countries vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) survey has found.
Immunity to COVID-19 is probably higher than tests have shown: Study
Aug 19, 2020, at 03:34 pm
A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital shows that many people with mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 demonstrate so-called T-cell-mediated immunity to the new coronavirus, even if they have not tested positively for antibodies.
WHO chief warns against COVID-19 ‘vaccine nationalism’, urges support for fair access
Aug 19, 2020, at 02:46 pm
New York: Warning against “vaccine nationalism” in the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has again underlined the importance of global solidarity in addressing the crisis.
Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases
Aug 19, 2020, at 02:21 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
West Bengal reports highest one-day jump of 3,175 cases, death count crosses 2500 mark
Aug 19, 2020, at 04:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With highest-ever single-day spike of 3,175 cases, West Bengal's Covid-19 tally on Tuesday mounted to 1,22,753, including 27,535 active ones, 2,528 deaths and 92,690 discharges, reports said.
Assam: COVID-19 test must for teachers, employees before joining duty on Sept 1
Aug 19, 2020, at 01:51 am
Guwahati/UNI: Teachers and employees of the public educational institutions in Assam, will have to mandatorily take COVID-19 tests and have to join in their duties from Sept 1.
Odisha reports 2239 new Covid-19 cases, nine deaths in last 24 hours
Aug 19, 2020, at 12:47 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Odisha reported 2239 Covid positive cases and nine deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the total covid tally in the state to 64,533, including 362 deaths.
COVID-19: India tests 9 lakh people in one day
Aug 18, 2020, at 10:40 pm
New Delhi: India has set another record in COVID-19 tests conducted per day, the government said on Tuesday.
COVID-19: Nashik's recovery rate at 78.90 pc; active cases over 4k
Aug 18, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Nashik/UNI: The overall COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 78.90 per cent while there are 4,633 active cases under medical supervision in this district, stated District General Hospital RMO Dr Anant Pawar on Tuesday.
Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi records 63 COVID-19 cases, one more death
Aug 18, 2020, at 10:18 pm
Varanasi/UNI: Sixty-three people tested positive for COVID-19 while one more patient died of the virus in the past 24 hours, official sources said on Tuesday.
36 more test Covide+ in Meghalaya, active cases 765
Aug 18, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Shillong/IBNS: Thirty-six more people, mostly civilians and nine Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, tested positive for COVID-19 as on Tuesday morning in Meghalaya, taking the total number of active cases in the State to 765.
China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases
Aug 18, 2020, at 03:41 pm
Wuhan/Xinhua: No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday.
Coronavirus ‘starkly’ exposes vulnerability of persons with disabilities
Aug 18, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has “starkly exposed” the heightened vulnerability and risks to persons with disabilities, a major meeting convened to discuss the international treaty that supports persons with disabilities, heard on Monday.
India records 876 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 18, 2020, at 03:06 pm
New Delhi: India recorded an increase of 55,079 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.
New Zealand registers 13 new cases of coronavirus
Aug 18, 2020, at 02:55 pm
Wellington/UNI: New Zealand on Tuesday reported 13 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hrs, the country's Health Ministry said.
COVID-19: West Bengal sees biggest one-day jump of 3080 cases, reports 45 more deaths
Aug 18, 2020, at 05:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With highest-ever single-day spike of 3,080 cases, West Bengal's Covid-19 tally on Monday reached 1,19,578, including 27,402 active ones, 2473 deaths and 89,703 discharges, reports said.
California becomes first state in U.S. with over 600,000 COVID-19 cases
Aug 15, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Washington/Xinhua: California, the most populous state in the United States with a population of around 40 million, became the first state in the country to have more than 600,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, authorities said Saturday.
China registers 22 new COVID-19 cases, another 20 asymptomatic coronavirus cases
Aug 15, 2020, at 10:28 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: China registered 22 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and a total of 57 COVID-19 patients recovered in that period, the country’s National Health Commission said on Saturday.
New Zealand confirms seven new COVID-19 cases
Aug 15, 2020, at 10:25 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the New Zealand Ministry of Health said in a statement.
India registers over 65,000 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 2.5 million
Aug 15, 2020, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Even in the middle of Unlock 3.0, India on Saturday continued to register a huge number of Novel Coronavirus cases by adding over 65,000 infections in the last 24 hours.
Centre's face of contagion briefing Lav Agarwal tests positive for COVID-19
Aug 15, 2020, at 05:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior government bureaucrat Lav Agarwal, who was the face of the union health ministry's coronavirus briefings on television, has tested positive for the contagion, the Joint Secretary himself tweeted on Friday.
COVID-19: West Bengal sees biggest one-day spike of 3,035 cases, 60 more deaths
Aug 15, 2020, at 02:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With highest-ever single-day spike of 3,035 infections, West Bengal's Covid-19 tally on Friday reached 1,10,358, including 26,850 active ones, 2,319 deaths and 81,189 discharges, reports said.
New Zealand govt imposes 12-day lockdown in Auckland as fresh COVID-19 cases emerge
Aug 14, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Auckland: The New Zealand government has extended Covid-19 restrictions by 12 days in Auckland as fresh cases were reported from the city.
Bangladesh registers 34 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
Aug 14, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 34 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll due to the disease to 3,591, media reports said.
Aug 14, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Beijing/IBNS: Two people in China have tested positive for coronavirus months after they were infected and cured, raising concerns about the virus's ability to linger and reappear in persons it once infected, said media reports.
India conducts record high of nearly 8.5 lakh tests in a single day
Aug 14, 2020, at 09:27 pm
New Delhi: As a result of ramping up its testing facilities on a sustained basis, with the aim of touching 10 lakh tests per day, India has touched a new high of the highest number of tests in a single day, so far.
Hong Kong reports 48 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 4,360 in total
Aug 14, 2020, at 08:56 pm
Hong Kong/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 48 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in Hong Kong to 4,360.
India records 1007 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Aug 14, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New Delhi: India has recorded over 1000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll due to the disease to 48040, officials said.
WHO chief calls for solidarity in financing, ensuring equal access to future COVID-19 vaccine
Aug 14, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that six months after first sounding the international alarm over COVID-19, the UN agency is now intensely focused on shepherding global vaccine candidates through the necessary trials, and guaranteeing rapid, fair and equitable access to them for all countries.