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[ad_1] Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 9 Punjab buses heading to Nanded in Maharashtra to bring pilgrims back had also transported Punjabis trapped in various parts of the state en route to Takht Hazur Sahib against their original schedule, sparking controversy. These people, along with the pilgrims, traveled back to …

[ad_1] Here are the main news, analysis and opinions of today. Learn all about the latest news and other Hindustan Times news updates. “We are prepared for the worst”: Minister of Health on the Covid-19 crisis India is not expected to witness a situation like other nations most affected by …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Coronavirus infected patients Developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to be tested negative by RT-PCR before being discharged by a hospital, the Union health ministry said in its revised discharge policy for COVID-19 cases. Moderate cases of COVID-19 and mild and very mild pre-symptomatic …

[ad_1] Migrant workers queue to undergo medical exams before boarding Shramik special trains to return to their home states on Friday (Express photo: Gurmeet Singh) The deaths of 16 migrant workers who were hit by an empty freight train in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra brought focus back to the …

[ad_1] Doctors undergo simulation drill to treat patients with COVID-19, during national shutdown to curb spread of coronavirus (PTI Photo) The Center, in its revised guidelines, said there will be no need for pre-discharge testing of mild and moderate Covid-19 cases, while critically ill patients will be evaluated once. News18.com …

[ad_1] Washington: Several American lawmakers have introduced legislation in Congress to offer the 40,000 unused green cards to thousands of foreign nurses and doctors to meet the urgent needs of the overstretched healthcare sector in the US, the worst hit nation by the coronavirus pandemic. The US has nearly 1,284,000 …

[ad_1] The Trinamool Congress responded on Saturday to accusation by Union Interior Minister Amit Shah that the West Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee is not facilitating the movement of stranded migrant workers. Amit Shah wrote to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that his government is doing “injustice” …

[ad_1] The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the city reported by the Delhi government is less than the number of deaths reported by just two city hospitals. While the Delhi government statement says there were 68 coronavirus-related deaths in the national capital as of Friday, the number of those …

[ad_1] The Union Ministry of Health said Friday that people should “learn to live with the coronavirus.” This came after the Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Randeep Guleria, said that India should prepare for a jump in cases, and that the model shows that the peak …

[ad_1] Union Interior Minister Amit Shah wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the Center was not receiving “expected support” from her government to help migrant workers get home. The state government is doing “injustice” to stranded Bengali migrant workers across the country by not allowing “Shramik” (worker) …