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.

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.

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.

Assam's Covid-19 tally surges to 7,492 with 327 new cases, toll rises to 11

Jun 29, 2020, at 11:33 am

Guwahati/IBNS: With 327 new positive cases for Covid-19, Assam's tally for the deadly virus has surged to 7,492.

India's Covid tally nears 5.5 lakh with over 19,000 fresh cases in 24 hours

Jun 29, 2020, at 11:13 am

New Delhi/IBNS: With over 19,000 fresh Novel Coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 tally on Monday neared 5.5 lakh.

COVID-19 death toll surpasses 5,00,000-mark globally

Jun 29, 2020, at 09:07 am

Washington/UNI/IBNS:  The novel coronavirus death toll surpassed the grim milestone of 5,00,000 on Monday, according to John Hopkins University, while the overall cases globally are now over 1 crore.

Chinese mainland reports 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Jun 29, 2020, at 09:02 am

Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority said Monday it received reports of 12 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, including seven domestically transmitted and five imported ones.

America's top health body adds 3 new symptoms for Covid-19

Jun 29, 2020, at 12:51 am

Atlanta/IBNS: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified three more symptoms related to coronavirus infection.

Five more corona patients discharged from Jalandhar Covid facility

Jun 28, 2020, at 10:26 pm

Jalandhar/UNI: In a major sigh of relief on Sunday, five more patients who were tested positive for Coronavirus were discharged from Covid Care Centre in Government Meritorious School here.

Maharashtra: Aurangabad registers 271 new COVID-19 cases

Jun 28, 2020, at 10:20 pm

Aurangabad,Maharashtra/UNI: With the highest ever single day spike of 271 coronavirus cases on Sunday here the tally surged to 5037.

Assam government faces shortage of hospital beds in Guwahati to combat with COVID-19

Jun 28, 2020, at 08:51 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government is facing shortage of hospital beds to deal with the novel Coronavirus as the state witnesses rise in COVID-19 positive cases.

COVID-19: West Bengal records highest-ever single-day spike of 572 cases, tally crosses 17000-mark

Jun 28, 2020, at 08:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: With highest single-day spike of 572 cases, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has mounted to 17283, including 5451 active cases, 639 deaths and 11193 discharges, reports said on Sunday.

New Zealand reports four new cases of COVID-19

Jun 28, 2020, at 07:13 pm

Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 overnight, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.

COVID-19 pandemic has hit women hard, especially working mothers

Jun 28, 2020, at 06:22 pm

New York: A new analysis of the USC Dornsife’s Understanding Coronavirus in America Study has found that women, particularly those without a college degree, suffered more job losses than men and bore significantly greater responsibility for childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.