India's Covid-19 tally zooms past 6 lakh, deaths 17,834

Jul 02, 2020, at 11:13 am

New Delhi/UNI: India's Coronavirus tally on Thursday shot past the six-lakh cases mark, after witnessing a sharp spike of 19,148 infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry update said here.

Maharashtra: 14 fresh corona cases found in Dharavi

Jul 01, 2020, at 11:05 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Fourteen new corona positive patients were found on Wednesday in Dharavi area of the city, known as Asia's largest slum, taking the tally of infected people to 2,282, said a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official here.

After COVID-19 lockdown, now flood hits Assam farmers, others to live on roads

Jul 01, 2020, at 06:44 pm

Guwahati: 56-year-old Idris Ali and his family are now being forced to live on roads after the flood waters entered their home.

Pause before sharing, to help stop viral spread of COVID-19 misinformation

Jul 01, 2020, at 05:20 pm

New York/IBNS: The UN is asking people to make the same judgement calls they’ve been applying to social distancing, to social media, and take extra care before sharing.

Senco Gold & Diamonds joins hands with IMA and NRS Medical to felicitate corona warriors

Jul 01, 2020, at 05:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Senco Gold & Diamonds, the largest jewellery retail chain from Eastern India along with Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital celebrated Doctor’s Day by felicitating more than 150 doctors and nurses for their efforts and commitment towards their duty in fight against COVID-19 pandemic, at an event organised at NRS Medical College auditorium.

COVID-19: Confirmed cases in Bangladesh stands at 1,49,258‬

Jul 01, 2020, at 04:25 pm

Dhaka/UNI:  COVID-19 infected 3,775 persons and claimed 41 more lives in the last 24 hour on Wednesday in Bangladesh.

Covid-19: 30 more test positive in Puducherry

Jul 01, 2020, at 12:14 pm

Puducherry/UNI: As many as 30 more persons tested positive since the last 24 hours taking the total active cases to 426 in the Union Territory.

Brazil reports over 1.4 million COVID-19 cases, with 59,594 deaths

Jul 01, 2020, at 09:53 am

Rio De Janeiro/Xinhua: The Brazilian Health Ministry on Tuesday raised the national count of COVID-19 cases to 1,402,041 with 59,594 deaths.

China's Hubei clears asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

Jul 01, 2020, at 09:43 am

Wuhan/Xinhua: No newly confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.

India's COVID-19 death toll touches 17400

Jul 01, 2020, at 09:39 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India entered the second phase of 'unlock' on Wednesday as the country registered 18,653 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, officials said.

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, new swine flu with 'pandemic potential' found in China

Jul 01, 2020, at 09:21 am

A new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus is spreading among workers in pig firms in China and needs to be 'urgently' controlled, scientists have warned.

PM Modi calls for meeting to review the planning and preparation for vaccination against COVID-19

Jul 01, 2020, at 02:38 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presided over a high level meeting to assess the preparation for vaccinations against Covid-19.

With 302 new cases, Assam's COVID-19 tally surges to 7794, death toll mounts to 12

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:27 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam has reported 302 new COVID-19 positive cases in last 24 hours and with these the state's tally for the new virus has increased to 7794.

Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic, new analysis finds

Jun 30, 2020, at 04:59 pm

New York: An extraordinary percentage of people infected by the virus behind the ongoing deadly COVID-19 pandemic—up to 45 percent—are people who never show symptoms of the disease, according to the results of a Scripps Research analysis of public datasets on asymptomatic infections.

Beijing reports 7 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Jun 30, 2020, at 10:00 am

Beijing/Xinhua: Beijing reported seven new confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases and one asymptomatic case on Monday, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.

India's COVID-19 death toll touches 16893

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:52 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 418 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as the death toll due to the highly infectious disease in the country now stands at 16893, revealed official data released on Tuesday.

Coronavirus: Nashik reports over 4,000 positive cases

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:41 am

Nashik/UNI: With addition of 182 new corona positive cases in Nashik in a single day on Monday, the district's tally surged to 4,043.

COVID-19: WHO team to visit China soon for origin tracing

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:34 am

Geneva/UNI: Amid COVID-19 'spreading agressively,' the World Health Organization has said it is sending a team to China next week to know more about origin of the virus.

Egypt: Massive fire kills seven COVID-19 patients

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:32 am

Cairo/UNI: As many as seven COVID-19 patients were charred to death in a massive fire that erupted after a short circuit at a private hospital in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, the Hospital said in a statement on Tuesday.

COVID-19 tears through California prison, nearly 2,600 inmates test  positive

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:24 am

Washington/UNI: Nearly 2,600 inmates tested positive for COVID-19 in the state of California's prison system including more than 1,000 at San Quentin, Governor Gavin Newsom told reporters.

COVID-19 pandemic ‘not even close to being over’, WHO chief warns

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:14 am

New York/IBNS: Nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic is “not even close to being over”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.

India's first COVID-19 vaccine gets DCGI's approval for human trials: Report

Jun 30, 2020, at 01:31 am

Hyderabad/IBNS: India's first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine candidate COVAXIN has received approval from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct Phase I and II human trials, said a media report.

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine receives approval for military use

Jun 29, 2020, at 11:33 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biotech company CanSino has been approved to be used exclusively by the Chinese military, the company said in a public statement issued to investors through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday.

COVID-19: West Bengal sees highest-ever single-day spike of 624 cases, 14 more deaths reported

Jun 29, 2020, at 09:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: With highest-ever single-day spike of 624 cases, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in West Bengal has reached 17907, including 5535 active ones, 653 deaths and 11719 discharges, reports said on Monday.

Wildfires engulfs 1,65,000 hectares of forestland in Russia

Jun 29, 2020, at 08:04 pm

Moscow/UNI: As many as 246 wildfires are raging across Russia engulfing about 1,65,831 hectares of forest land, official data showed on Monday.

Coronavirus claims 45 more lives in Bangladesh

Jun 29, 2020, at 05:39 pm

Dhaka/UNI: A total of 45 people died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,783 in Bangladesh.

nCoV enters remote Lahaul Spiti district of HP

Jun 29, 2020, at 05:27 pm

Shimla, Jun 29(UNI) Showing no sign of abating, Covid-19 has made its way to the remotest Lahaul Spiti district which was so far unaffected by the pandemic, a senior official said here on Monday.

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employee test positive for Covid-19

Jun 29, 2020, at 05:23 pm

Visakhapatnam/UNI: An employee working in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), tested positive for Covide-19 here on Monday.

West Bengal: 36-ft dead whale washes ashore in Mandarmani in East Midnapore

Jun 29, 2020, at 05:09 pm

Kolkata/UNI: A gigantic 36-ft dead whale washed up on shore in Mandarmani in West Bengal 's East Midnapore district on Monday.

Current Alzheimer’s drugs do little to help patients: Study

Jun 29, 2020, at 04:48 pm

Boston/IBNS: Alzheimer’s dementia has no known cure and the effectiveness of drug and non-drug treatments for improving symptoms and quality of life is uncertain.