Jul 17, 2020, at 01:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With the highest one-day spike of 1690 infections, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has reached 36,117, including 13,679 active ones, 1023 deaths and 21,415 recoveries, the state health department said on Thursday.
Afghanistan confirms 76 new COVID-19 positive cases
Jul 17, 2020, at 01:46 am
Kabul/Xinhua: Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has confirmed 76 new cases infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, totalling the number of patients with the virus to 35,070 in the country, a spokesperson for the ministry Masooma Jafari said Thursday.
Jul 16, 2020, at 03:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With the highest single-day spike of 1,589 infections, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has jumped to 34,427 while the Covid-19 death toll in the state has touched 1000 mark with 20 more fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, the state health department said on Wednesday.
India sees another massive spike in COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, death toll touches 23727
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:26 pm
New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases in India moved up by 28,498 cases in 24 hours to touch 9,06,752 on Tuesday.
Coronavirus crisis to get 'worse and worse and worse,' WHO chief warns
Jul 14, 2020, at 05:40 am
Geneva/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the way several countries are headed in handling the coronavirus pandemic, the situation is 'going to get worse and worse and worse.'
COVID-19: West Bengal registers 1435 new cases, 24 more deaths reported
Jul 14, 2020, at 03:15 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With 1435 new infections and 24 more fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has mounted to 31448, including 11279 active ones, 956 deaths and 19213 recoveries, the state health department said on Monday.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate touches 62.93 percent
Jul 12, 2020, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi: The recovery rate from the highly infectious COVID-19 disease in India is currently 62.93 percent, health officials said on Sunday.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate reaches nearly 63 pct
Jul 11, 2020, at 10:56 pm
New Delhi: The recovery rate from COVID-19 in India has now touched nearly 63 percent as more people fought successfully against the highly infectious disease in the country, revealed government data on Saturday.
DCGI approves psoriasis injection Itolizumab to treat COVID patients
Jul 11, 2020, at 06:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the psoriasis injection Itolizumab, a drug used to cure skin ailment psoriasis, an auto-immune disorder, for "restricted emergency use" to treat COVID-19 patients having moderate to severe acute respiratory distress, media reports said.
Jul 11, 2020, at 02:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Covid-19 recovery rate in West Bengal on Friday further dropped to 63.99 per cent from 64.93 per cent after the total number of confirmed cases mounted to 27109, including 8881 active cases, 880 deaths and 17348 discharges, with its highest one-day spike of 1198 infections, reports said.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 62.42 percent
Jul 10, 2020, at 09:26 pm
New Delhi: The recovery rate from COVID-19 in India has touched 62.42 percent, officials said on Friday.
West Bengal's COVID-19 tally nears 26000-mark with highest single-day spike of 1088 cases
Jul 10, 2020, at 02:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after enforcing stricter lockdown in all broad-based containment zones across the state, West Bengal on Thursday reported its highest-ever single-day spike of 1088 Covid-19 cases and 27 deaths, taking the tally to 25,911, including 8,231 active cases, 854 deaths and 16,826 discharges, the state health department said.
Cipla's generic version of Remdesivir to be cheapest among rivals: Report
Jul 09, 2020, at 05:39 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Indian drug company Cipla has priced its generic version of Remdesivir, named Cipremi, at Rs 4,000 or USD 53.34 per 100 mg vial, making it the lowest priced versions of the COVID-19 treatment, a Reuters report said.
Coronavirus outbreak: 3 more die, death toll rises to 146 in J&K
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:55 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three patients including two women and a 65-year-old man died due to COVID-19 in Kashmir, taking the death toll due to the virus in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 146.
WHO to issue new brief on airborne transmission, following ‘active engagement’ with scientists
Jul 08, 2020, at 08:54 am
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to issue a brief on the modes of transmission of the new coronavirus, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Move away from outdated ‘mad or bad’ approach to mental illness, urges independent UN expert
Jul 07, 2020, at 06:03 pm
New York: States, civil society, psychiatric organizations and the World Health Organization (WHO) itself must change the way they address mental health challenges, a UN independent rights expert said, calling for a shift towards understanding the context behind mental distress.
Jul 07, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: After detection of COVID-19 positive cases, three floors of the State Bank of India (SBI)’s Northeast head office in Guwahati were declared as containment zone.
West Bengal's COVID-19 cases near 23000-mark, death toll at 779
Jul 06, 2020, at 11:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal on Monday recorded 681 fresh coronavirus infections taking the state's total tally to 22,987.
India surpasses Russia to become third worst-hit nation in COVID-19 tally
Jul 06, 2020, at 08:44 am
New Delhi: Recording continuous high cases for the past several days, India on Sunday surpassed Russia to become the third nation in the world with the highest number of COVID-19 infected cases.
Jul 05, 2020, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A vaccine for COVID-19 cannot be expected before early next year, as it requires a lot of clinical trials and data testing, CSIR- CCMB director Rakesh K Mishra said Saturday, a day after ICMR said it aims to launch the world's first COVID-19 vaccine by August 15, a media report said.
World's biggest Covid Care Hospital with 10,000 beds inaugurated in Delhi
Jul 05, 2020, at 08:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Sunday inaugurated the 10,000 bedded Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital (SPCCCH), the biggest facility to treat the coronavirus patients, set up at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in the Chatarpur area of the national capital.
Mexico now has fifth-largest COVID-19 death toll, 500 new fatalities reported: Health Ministry
Jul 05, 2020, at 08:18 am
Mexico City/Sputnik: Mexico confirmed nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and over 500 new coronavirus-related deaths, with the country’s total COVID-19 death toll now being the fifth largest in the world, according to Health Ministry data.
Chinese mainland reports 6 new imported COVID-19 cases
Jul 05, 2020, at 08:05 am
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported six new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,931, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
'Process as per global norms': ICMR defends Aug 15 deadline for COVAXIN
Jul 04, 2020, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has defended the August 15 launch of COVAXIN, after the scientific community of the country termed the short timeline "risky" and "impossible", a media report said.
Bangladesh: COVID-19 death toll nears 2000 mark
Jul 04, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh is slowly moving towards the 2000-mark.
Uttar Pradesh: 772 fresh cases of Covid
Jul 04, 2020, at 04:54 pm
Lucknow/UNI: With 772 fresh cases of Covid 19 in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the total cases in the state has gone up to 26,554.
Global COVID-19 cases crosses 11 mln: Johns Hopkins University
Jul 04, 2020, at 09:09 am
New York/UNI: Global confirmed COVID-19 cases has topped 11 million reaching 11,031,905, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate crosses 60 pct
Jul 03, 2020, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's fight against COVID-19 received another boost as the recovery rate from the disease now crossed 60 percent.
Coronavirus claims more than 9,000 lives in Germany
Jul 03, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Berlin/UNI: The death toll of the country due the novel coronavirus surged to 9003 on Friday, the Robert Koch Institute said.
Zydus Cadila gets DCGI nod for human trials of Coronavirus vaccine
Jul 03, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Pharma major, Zydus Cadila on Friday said it has received Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) nod to initiate phase1/11 human trials for its plasmid DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19.