Health

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted on Sunday the coronavirus is out of control, hours after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a lockdown on London and south-east England, sparking a furor by canceling the Christmas plans of millions of people on short notice. The Netherlands and Belgium have banned …

News The Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney has called into question the third test in the city A change from the Sydney and Brisbane tests, to give New South Wales more time to deal with its current Covid-19 outbreak, is one of two possible scenarios that Cricket Australia is forced to …

India recorded 26,624 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), 341 related deaths and 29,690 recoveries in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Health Ministry showed on Sunday morning. New infections brought the country’s tally to 10,031,223 and it now has an active case load of 305,344 with …

More than 16 million Britons must now stay home after a lockdown in London and south-east England went into effect on Sunday and the government scrapped plans to relax rules on socializing at Christmas. The government faced criticism for imposing an effective lockdown just days before Christmas, but Matt Hancock …

Schools in Karnataka for classes 6 onwards will reopen from January 1, 2021, but students in classes 6 to 9 will need to obtain a written consent letter from their parents if they want to attend the classes. Schools for students in classes 10-12 will also remain open and students …

Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday that he is not in favor of a night curfew or other closure in the state, as the coronavirus situation is under control, although not completely. However, CM Uddhav Thackeray said that wearing masks will be mandatory for the next six months …

With a COVID-19 number of cases that has exceeded 10 million people, India is the second country in the world most affected by coronavirus pandemic, behind only the United States. But its goal is to emerge from the crisis in the coming months with a massive vaccination campaign, which will …

Kerala and Maharashtra together account for 40% of the active Covid-19 count of all active cases in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) said on Sunday. “33 states and UT have less than 20,000 active cases. Kerala and Maharashtra together account for 40 percent of total active …

Union Interior Minister Amit Shah is in Bengal on a two-day visit before the Assembly elections next year (archive) Calcutta: Trinamool Congressional Deputy Derek O’Brien criticized Amit Shah on Sunday for “7 pieces of false and fabricated information in a speech,” a day after the Union Interior Minister attacked the …

December 20, 2020 11:28:09 am A man leaves as the ‘halal’ logo of the Indonesian Ulema Council is displayed on the facade of a restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana) In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics got off a plane in China. While diplomats were there …