Kalimpong: Six new COVID-19 patients admitted to North Bengal Hospital

Apr 03, 2020, at 05:40 pm

Kalimpong/UNI:  Six people, four of them females, have been admitted to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) with COVID-19, according to the chief medical officer of health and family welfare of Kalimpong district.

Covid-19 positive cases move up to touch six in Odisha

Apr 03, 2020, at 05:39 pm

Bhubaneswar/UNI: The sixth COVID-19 positive case in Odisha was detected in Cuttack city, with recent travel history to Delhi, State Health and Family Welfare department sources here said today.

BEST staffer tests positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai

Apr 03, 2020, at 05:38 pm

Pune/UNI: A Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) employee tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.

COVID19: WHO calls for stronger whole of society approach in South-East Asia Region

Apr 03, 2020, at 05:37 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Amidst rapid spread of COVID19 and continuing challenges, the World Health Organization today emphasized on a stronger whole of society and whole of government effort in South-East Asia Region to prevent a long-haul with the pandemic and avert further loss of precious human and other resources.

Twelve COVID-19 related deaths reported in India since yesterday: Govt

Apr 03, 2020, at 05:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Friday said 12 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in India since Thursday.

S.Korea's reported COVID-19 cases top 10,000

Apr 03, 2020, at 05:23 pm

Seoul/Xinhua/UNI:  South Korea's reported cases of the COVID-19 topped 10,000 as of midnight Friday local time as 86 more cases were confirmed for the past 24 hours.

COVID-19: Third patient tests positive in Dharavi

Apr 03, 2020, at 03:07 pm

Pune/UNI: Third positive case was reported on Friday in Asia's largest slum area in Mumbai's Dharavi in as many days.

COVID-19: India's tally crosses 2,300 with 56 deaths; 156 cured

Apr 03, 2020, at 03:03 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The total number of COVID-19 infections in India reached to 2,301 on Friday morning, with three fresh casualties and 228 new Coronavirus cases reported across the country till Thursday evening.

COVID-19 should not herald rollback in rights for people with autism: UN chief

Apr 03, 2020, at 12:00 pm

New York/IBNS: The rights of persons with autism must be taken into account in efforts to address the COVID-19 coronavirus: “a public health crisis unlike any other in our lifetimes”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday.

S.Korea's reported COVID-19 cases top 10,000

Apr 03, 2020, at 11:08 am

Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea's reported cases of the COVID-19 topped 10,000 as of midnight Friday local time as 86 more cases were confirmed for the past 24 hours.

WHO says worldwide number of COVID-19 cases reaches 900,306, with over 45,000 fatalities

Apr 03, 2020, at 11:02 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The worldwide number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease has reached 900,306, with 45,693 having died of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on late Thursday.

COVID-19: Confirmed global cases crosses one million mark

Apr 03, 2020, at 10:54 am

Washington/UNI: The worldwide number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease have surged passed one million, said Johns Hopkins University in its latest report.

World Bank fast-tracks $1 billion Coronavirus support for India

Apr 03, 2020, at 09:26 am

Washington/IBNS: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a fast-track $1 billion India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help India prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness. This is the largest ever health sector support from the Bank to India.

New video helps Asian rheumatology patients stay safe from COVID-19

Apr 02, 2020, at 08:27 pm

Birmingham (UK)/IBNS: Experts from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford have joined the UK-based National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) in reaching out to Asian people living with inflammatory forms of arthritis (IA) - in particular, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - with information on how to keep themselves and their families safe from coronavirus.

People with heart ailments need to be careful in these times of Covid19 infection says cardiologist Dr Rathin Chakraborty

Apr 02, 2020, at 06:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: According to health practitioners, people with underlying conditions are often critically vulnerable to Covid-19 attack.

Thirteen Tablighi Jamaat people quarantined in Uttar Pradesh

Apr 02, 2020, at 03:15 pm

Auraiyya/UNI: As many as 13 people of Tablighi Jamaat have been quarantined following a medical check-up in a vacant building in this district of Uttar Pradesh.

Suspected Coronavirus patient commits suicide in UP

Apr 02, 2020, at 03:14 pm

Shamli/UNI: A suspected Novel Coronavirus patient committed suicide at a hospital in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday.

West Bengal reports another death due to COVID-19, confusion over official toll

Apr 01, 2020, at 11:52 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A 66-year-old man from Kolkata's Nayabad area, who had earlier tested positive for novel coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at a private health facility at Panchasayar area, died on Wednesday evening, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to seven, reports said. However, the state has officially confirmed only three deaths due to novel coronavirus infection so far.

Four new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Assam, total count reaches 5

Apr 01, 2020, at 04:25 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Four more positive cases for COVID-19 have been reported in Assam on Wednesday and with this total number of Coronavirus infected cases have increased to five in the state so far.

Coronavirus cases continue to jump in India amid hunt for Delhi mosque attendees

Apr 01, 2020, at 01:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India continued to witness a huge jump in positive Novel Coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the eighth day of the nationwide lockdown, while various state governments are toiling to track the attendees of a Delhi mosque event which has triggered a fear of further surge in the pandemic virus.

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal reviews preparedness of Covid -19 in Dhubri and Kokrajhar

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:59 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday visited Dhubri district to take stock of the measures taken by the district administration and health department to prevent coronavirus outbreak in the region.

West Bengal reports sixth Covid-19 death

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A 57-year-old man from Belgharia in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, who had earlier tested positive for novel coronavirus, died at a local private health facility on Wednesday morning, taking the Covid-19 death toll in the state to six, officials said.

Coronavirus poses latest threat to battered health system in DR Congo

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:51 pm

New York/IBNS: The looming threat of the new coronavirus disease COVID-19 is just the latest challenge to the beleaguered health care system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is struggling with deadly measles and cholera epidemics that have killed thousands of children over the past year, the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

Germany registers over 4,600 new COVID-19 cases, 128 fatalities over past 24 hours

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:48 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI:  The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection has increased by 4,615 to 61,913 in Germany while the death toll has risen by 128 to 583 in the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute said on Tuesday.

New Zealand extends emergency state over COVID-19 by 7 days until April 8

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:43 pm

Wellington/Sputnik/UNI: New Zealand has extended the state of the national emergency giving the authorities extra powers to combat the spread of coronavirus by another seven days as the number of cases neared 650, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.

Sweden to expand coronavirus testing as death toll rises to 180

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:39 pm

Stockholm/Xinhua/UNI: The number of COVID-19 fatalities continues to rise in Sweden, where the government introduced on Tuesday a ban on visits to elderly homes and vowed to expand testing.

Taiwan adds 16 more COVID-19 patients

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:35 pm

Taipei/Xinhua/UNI:  The total number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Taiwan has increased by 16 to 322, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said on Tuesday.

COVID-19 expected to kill up to 200,000 in US: White House Official

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:34 pm

Washington/UNI: The US authorities forecast that the coronavirus outbreak might kill 100,000-200,000 Americans but hope the actual figure will be much lower, the White House response coordinator Deborah Birx told reporters.

Brazil's Coronavirus death toll rises by 42 to 201: Health Ministry

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:32 pm

Rio de Janeiro/Sputnik/UNI: Brazil's death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has risen over the past 24 hours by 42 to 201, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

Shanghai reports seven new imported COVID-19 cases

Apr 01, 2020, at 12:29 pm

Shanghai/Xinhua/UNI:  Shanghai reported seven new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from overseas, the municipal health commission said on Wednesday.