South-East Asian countries urged to ‘do more’ to fight COVID-19

Mar 18, 2020, at 10:26 am

New York/IBNS: With South-East Asia reporting more than 480 cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for countries to “act now” and urgently scale-up “aggressive” measures to tackle the disease.

COVID-19: Imperial researchers model likely impact of public health measures

Mar 18, 2020, at 08:38 am

London/IBNS: Researchers from Imperial have analysed the likely impact of multiple public health measures on slowing and suppressing the spread of coronavirus.

West Bengal confirms first Covid-19 case as Kolkata youth tests positive for virus

Mar 17, 2020, at 11:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Senior officials of West Bengal's Health and Family Welfare department on Tuesday night confirmed that an 18-year-old youth from south Kolkata, who recently returned from England, has tested positive for Covid-19, making it the first case in the state.

WHO lauds India's efforts in combating COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020, at 08:59 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organsiation (WHO) on Tuesday lauded the efforts taken by the Indian government to combat the deadly novel coronavirus, which has claimed three lives in the country, a figure much less considering its population density and especially in comparison to some of the developed nations.

India fights against COVID19: Prisoners manufacture masks inside jail

Mar 17, 2020, at 04:54 pm

Purnia/UNI: Amid reports of masks crisis in the market, the prisoners inside Purnia central jail campus have stated manufacturing it to prevent corona virus.

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.

India fights against COVID19: Over 50,000 shops to remain closed till Mar 19; temples shut doors in Pune

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.