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A health worker explains the operation of an oximeter to an asymptomatic person who tested positive for Covid-19 at a local Delhi government dispensary on September 1, 2020 (AP Photo / Manish Swarup). Coronavirus cases in India crossed the 37 lakh mark on Wednesday, with 78,357 new Covid-19 infections reported …

India registered 78,357 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Wednesday, bringing the national count to 3,769,524, according to the Union Ministry of Health panel. The number of active cases reached 8.01.282 and hospital discharges stood at 29.01.908, a gap of 21.00.626. The death toll reached 66,333 after 1,045 people …

The leader of the opposition in Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, on Wednesday sent another letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, asking him to increase the number of Covid-19 tests that are being carried out in Mumbai. The former prime minister has written more than 10 such letters in the last five …

NEW DELHI : The Union Ministry of Health issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Wednesday on preventive measures to be followed when conducting examinations to contain the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. According to the latest guidelines, only test centers outside the containment zone will be allowed to operate. In …

India once again registered more than 78,000 new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the national count to 37,69,524, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The number of active cases reached 8.01.282 and hospital discharges stood at 29.01.908, a gap of 21.00.626. The death toll reached 66,333 after 1,045 people …

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said Wednesday that the Outpatient Department will be temporarily suspended. The hospital decided to use the available hospital beds for emergency or semi-emergency sick patients. Starting Wednesday, the OPD will be closed for the next two weeks. “In view of the need …

Shopping malls, hotels and clubs, which were also reopened, saw comparatively less patronage. After more than five months, bus operation resumed in Tamil Nadu to a tepid response from passengers. Places of worship, parks, shopping malls, hotels and clubs also reopened on Tuesday. The buses were disinfected before being removed …

File photo of the leader of Congress, P Chidambaram. The fund was created with an initial corpus of Rs 2.25 lakh. PM CARES ‘”receipts and payments account” indicated that Rs 3,075.85 crore came from national voluntary contributions and Rs 39.67 lakh were foreign contributions. He has also received an interest …

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine because it does not want to be limited by multilateral groups such as the World Health Organization. The decision to act alone, first reported by The Washington Post, …

India’s record contraction last quarter delays economic progress by several years and leaves Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious goals of doubling the size of the economy to $ 5 trillion nearly out of reach. The 23.9% drop in gross domestic product in the June quarter from a year earlier, the …