About 1,500 Inmates escape From Brazilian prisons amid COVID-19 outbreak - Reports
Mar 17, 2020, at 04:51 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Approximately 1,500 inmates have escaped from at least four semi-open penitentiaries in the Brazilian region of Sao Paulo following riots against the measures taken by the government to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), several local media outlets reported.
COVID-19 cases in Kuwait rise to 130
Mar 17, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Kuwait City/Xinhua Kuwait reported seven new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 130, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Mar 17, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Pune/UNI: In a bid to combat the spread of COVID-19, the Federation of Pune Trade Association on Tuesday decided to shutdown all the markets for next three days.
Coronavirus: Sec 144 imposed in Nagpur, Mah Police suspends breath-analyser tests
Mar 17, 2020, at 04:41 pm
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra government has imposed Section 144 CrPC in Nagpur, and Maharashtra Highway Police (MHP) has canceled breath-analyser tests required to check drunken driving, in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID 19 outbreak: Doctor, who treated India’s first fatal case, now tests positive
Mar 17, 2020, at 03:38 pm
Kalaburagi/IBNS: The doctor, who had treated the first victim of coronavirus in India, has tested positive for COVID 19, media reports said on Tuesday.
Social distancing is the key to corner Covid-19, says expert
Mar 17, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Social distancing will be the key phrase in the days and weeks to come as COVID-19 assumes frightening proportion.
‘You cannot fight a fire blindfolded’: WHO chief blasts slow virus testing response
Mar 17, 2020, at 10:29 am
New York/IBNS: “The most effective way to prevent infections and save lives, is breaking the chains of transmission. And to do that, you must test and isolate”, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at Monday’s COVID-19 press briefing, held at the UN health agency’s headquarters in Geneva: “Once again, our message is: test, test, test.”
COVID-19: Mental health in the age of coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020, at 10:26 am
New York/IBNS: Since January when the World Health Organization (WHO) determined the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a “public health emergency of international concern”, stress levels everywhere have continued to mount.
PM Modi lauds India's response towards Coronavirus outbreak
Mar 16, 2020, at 02:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out with all praises for his country over its response towards the deadly Coronavirus outbreak.
Almost 11,000 new COVID-19 cases, 343 fatalities registered worldwide over past day - WHO
Mar 16, 2020, at 10:29 am
Geneva/Sputnik/UNI: The World Health Organization (WHO) said it had registered 10,982 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide within the past 24 hours, with 343 people having died, which brought the total death toll to 5,375.
COVID-19 cases rise to 18 in Sri Lanka
Mar 16, 2020, at 10:26 am
Colombo/Xinhua/UNI: Seven Sri Lankan nationals who recently arrived in Sri Lanka from Italy tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on Sunday, raising the total number of positive cases to 18, the Health Ministry said.
Coronavirus scare in India: Second batch of 53 evacuees from Iran quarantined at Jaisalmer
Mar 16, 2020, at 10:08 am
Jaisalmer/UNI: In the wake of rapid spread of coronavirus globally, a second batch of 53 Indian nationals have been evacuated from Iran and are being quarantined at Indian Army Wellness facility here in Rajasthan on Monday.
Punjab: Just one confirmed case of COVID-19
Mar 15, 2020, at 09:40 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Till date, only one confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus has been reported from Punjab.
COVID-19: Positive cases rise to 21 in Kerala
Mar 15, 2020, at 08:10 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: With two more people testing positive to coronavirus on Sunday, total affected cases rose to 21 in Kerala, Health Minister KK Shailaja Teacher said here this evening.
COVID-19: More than 2100 persons put under surveillance in J&K
Mar 15, 2020, at 07:57 pm
Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday informed that 2157 number of travellers and persons in contact with the suspected Coronavirus cases have been put under surveillance in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel rise to 200
Mar 15, 2020, at 07:40 pm
Jerusalem/Xinhua/UNI: Seven more people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of Israeli cases to 200 on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.
Iran's COVID-19 cases near 14,000
Mar 15, 2020, at 07:19 pm
Tehran/Xinhua/UNI: Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Sunday announced the infection of 13,938 people with novel coronavirus.
Older people more vulnerable to coronavirus, warns DAK
Mar 15, 2020, at 05:36 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday said that older people are more vulnerable to develop severe illness and death from the novel coronavirus that has so far killed at least 5,839 people and infected 156,885 worldwide.
Bengal Govt to set up two more isolation wards at Kolkata's Rajarhat for COVID-19
Mar 14, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today announced two more isolation wards at Rajarhat in the eastern part of the city in view of COVID-19 threat.
Seven persons died of dengue fever this year in Hyderabad: Telangana Minister
Mar 14, 2020, at 08:47 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Minister for Medical and Health, Etala Rajender admitted on Saturday in the state Assembly that seven people have died of dengue fever during this year in Hyderabad city.
India treating Coronavirus outbreak as 'notified disaster'
Mar 14, 2020, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Saturday said it is treating Coronavirus outbreak in the country as a 'notified disaster'.
Breathing dirty air increases risk of obesity: Study
Mar 14, 2020, at 05:26 pm
New York/IBNS: Breathing dirty air takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting risk of obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders and other chronic illnesses, new CU Boulder research suggests.
COVID-19 confirmed cases in Japan rise to 720
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua/UNI: The number of COVID-19 infections in Japan increased by 23 to reach 720 on Saturday, according to Japan's health ministry.
Indonesia's capital city closes schools for 2 weeks amid COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:54 pm
Jakarta/Xinhua/UNI: Governor of the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta Anies Baswedan on Saturday said schools in the capital city will be closed for two weeks beginning on March 16, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Lebanon's confirmed cases of COVID-19 rise to 93
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Beirut/Xinhua/UNI: Lebanon's Health Ministry on Saturday said that the country's total confirmed cases of COVID-19 ha increased to 93, a local channel reported.
Indonesia reports 27 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 96
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Jakarta/Xinhua/UNI: Twenty-seven new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Indonesia, bringing the total in the country to 96, the government said on Saturday.
Namibia confirms first two cases of COVID-19
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:35 pm
Windhoek/Xinhua/UNI: Namibia has reported the country's first two cases of COVID-19, the government said on Saturday.
Rwanda reports first case of COVID-19
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:34 pm
Kigali/Xinhua/UNI: Rwanda on Saturday registered its first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of health said here.
Coronavirus in India: 80 testing centres in Mangaluru
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Mangaluru/UNI: About 80 centres to check people for fever, cold, cough and other symptoms related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been set up in the city, health officials said here on Saturday.
Telangana reports second positive case for dreaded COVID-19
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:03 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: One more person has tested positive for the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Telangana on Saturday.