Tag Archives: COVID-19

With 658 new cases of Covid-19, Uttarakhand crossed the 18,000 mark on Saturday, bringing the total case count to 18,571. The state also reported 11 Covid-19 positive patient deaths. With this, the death toll increased to 250 in the state. Of the 250 deaths, 73 cases were deaths from coronavirus, …

For representation. Security personnel stand guard during Odisha’s Bhubaneswar lockdown. (PTI file) The notice lifting the lockdown in seven cities was issued after Chief Secretary AK Tripathy announced Friday that the state government will provide free transportation and accommodation to students. PTI Last update: August 29, 2020 12:38 PM IST …

Scientists this week confirmed a new coronavirus reinfection in a 33-year-old man in Hong Kong, who had Covid-19 in March and was found to be infected with a different variant of the virus after 142 days during a visit to Europe. They used genetic sequencing to confirm that the second …

The Interior Ministry issued the ‘Unblocking 4’ guidelines on Saturday to further stimulate the economy and contain the spread of Covid-19. The lockdown will continue to apply strictly in the containment zones until September 30. This is what has been allowed since September: -The railway subway will be able to …

The Home Office announced the guidelines for Unlocking 4 on Saturday. While the government allowed various activities, including metro services, the government extended the blockade in the containment zones until September 30. “The lockdown will continue to be strictly enforced in the containment zones until September 30, the government said …

Unlock4 Guidelines: School, Universities Still Closed. (Figurative) New Delhi: Schools, universities and other educational institutions will continue to be closed to students, the Center said on Saturday as it issued guidelines for the fourth phase of a month of easing of COVID-19 restrictions, “Unlock4,” beginning Sept. 1. The Interior Ministry, …

New Delhi: Non-contact pat-down of passengers, who will pass through multiple door-sized metal detectors, checking them for fever or flu-like symptoms, and restricted entry to stations are among a number of measures proposed by the CISF for the Delhi Metro, which may have opened in September after being closed for …

India has now conducted more than 4 million rupees of Covid-19 testing since the pandemic outbreak, the Center stated on Sunday. The country has been conducting more than nine lakhs of Covid-19 sample tests over the past three days, while the number of such tests per 10 lakhs of people …

Union Interior Minister Amit Shah has recovered from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and is likely to be discharged soon, officials from the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said on Saturday in Delhi. “Sh. Amit Shah, Honorable Minister of the Interior, is admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi, for post COVID …

A brain-dead man has given new life to a Covid-19 patient with a severe lung infection and given new hope to a young Mumbai woman after her lungs and hands were transplanted to the respective donors. The wife of the 34-year-old deceased man also agreed to donate his heart, liver …