Maharashtra: Five test positive for Covid-19
May 18, 2020, at 09:56 am
Kolhapur/UNI: Total five people, including two women, were tested positive for the COVID-19 disease on Monday.
Chinese mainland reports 5 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
May 17, 2020, at 09:30 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority said on Sunday that it received reports of five new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday, of which two were imported.
COVID-19 death toll crosses 148 in Delhi: JainÂ
May 17, 2020, at 09:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The death toll due to Novel Coronavirus reached 148 in the national capital on Sunday, while the total active cases stood at 5405, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain revealed.
Bihar reports 15 new COVID-19 cases
May 17, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Patna/UNI: With detection of 15 new cases, the number of Corona positive cases has increased to 1193 while death toll reached 8 in Bihar.
May 16, 2020, at 09:09 pm
Cardiologist Dr. Bikash Majumder, who is treating heart patients even in the times of Coronavirus, spoke at length over a range of issues which heart patients must pay attention to. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh in conversation with the doctor attached with Apollo Gleneagles Hospital
Iraq reports 50 new COVID-19 cases, 3,193 in total
May 16, 2020, at 01:34 pm
Baghdad/Xinhua/UNI: The Iraqi health ministry on Friday confirmed 50 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 3,193 in the country.
India's COVID-19 tally nears 86000-mark, death toll stands at 2752
May 16, 2020, at 10:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India touched 2752, revealed data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Bangladesh wintesses highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases
May 15, 2020, at 04:58 pm
Dhaka: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Bangladesh crossed 20,000-mark as the country on Friday recorded 1,202 new cases, the highest single-day spike, the Directorate General of Health Services ADG prof Dr Nasima Sultana said.
UN rights chief warns against mishandling the lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns
May 15, 2020, at 04:36 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN Human Rights High Commissioner on Thursday warned of potential risks as more countries move to lift lockdown measures put in place to contain COVID-19 spread.
Pregnant women are not at greater risk of severe COVID-19 than other women: Study
May 15, 2020, at 04:33 pm
London/IBNS: Researchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Universities of Leeds and Birmingham, Kings and Imperial Colleges London, have published new research that suggests pregnant women are no more likely to become ill with severe COVID-19 than non-pregnant woman.
Germany records 913 new COVID-19 cases, total tops 1,73,000: Robert Koch Institute
May 15, 2020, at 10:36 am
Berlin/Sputnik/UNI: Germany has confirmed 913 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 173,152, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday.
May 14, 2020, at 03:40 pm
Geneva/IBNS: All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards global development goals highlighted in the 2020 World Health Statistics published by the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
Coping with Opioid Addiction and HIV in the time of a pandemic
May 13, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Combating the coronavirus is not the only challenge in these times. Amid lockdown, these are trying times for those coping with opioid addiction and HIV. A group of young reporters from USA's University of Missouri and India Blooms News Service (IBNS) report on how doctors and healthcare professionals are facing it
Covid-19 deaths in Delhi jump past 100 mark
May 13, 2020, at 03:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: With 20 fresh deaths being reported due to COVID-19 in the National Capital, the total number of fatalities due to the virus has jumped past 100 mark in the city, Delhi health bulletin said on Wednesday.
China's Sinovac eyes massive global testing of COVID-19 vaccine, Russia among options
May 13, 2020, at 01:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Sinovac Biotech, which is at the forefront of efforts to halt the COVID-19 pandemic, is planning to conduct phase III of the clinical studies of its potential vaccine globally and is even eyeing Russia for trials since they need active pathogen and the high number of active cases, which is not a case in China, Weining Meng, the senior director of Oversea Business of Sinovac, told Sputnik.
Chinese mainland reports 7 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
May 13, 2020, at 09:43 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority said on Wednesday that it received reports of seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland, of which one was an case reported in Shanghai.
COVID-19: Death toll in India touches 2415
May 13, 2020, at 09:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Death toll due to COVID-19 outbreak in India touched 2415 as the number of cases in the country now stands at 74, 281, as per Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday.
US CDC commits USD 3.6 mn to assist India's fight against Coronavirus outbreak
May 12, 2020, at 04:35 pm
Washington/IBNS: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has committed USD 3.6 million to assist the Government of India’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Tribal population more vulnerable to COVID-19
May 12, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Absence of healthcare facilities can severely limit the capacities to deal with any major COVID-19 outbreak in tribal areas, posing a serious threat to them.
May 12, 2020, at 01:43 pm
New York/IBNS: As COVID-19 upends lives and livelihoods across the planet, the UN on Monday held a wide-ranging policy discussion stressing a range of multilateral solutions to ease the pandemic, while also getting back on track towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
May 12, 2020, at 10:19 am
Patna/UNI: With 12 new cases of coronavirus coming to light, the tally increased to 761 in Bihar so far.
China's Heilongjiang reports no new COVID-19 cases
May 12, 2020, at 10:07 am
Harbin/Xinhua/UNI: No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday.
Maharashtra:Â 24 more test positive in Aurangabad
May 12, 2020, at 10:01 am
Aurangabad/UNI: As many as 24 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, soaring the total number of cases to 651, here.
COVID-19 cases in India cross 70000 mark
May 12, 2020, at 09:55 am
New Delhi/UNI: India on Tuesday breached the grim milestone of 70,000 novel coronavirus cases, as the country witnessed a sharp rise of 3604 cases in past 24 hours.
Pakistan's COVID-19 outbreak is yet to reach its peak: Minister
May 11, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said the country is yet to witness the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Only six active Covid-19 cases in Chhattisgarh
May 11, 2020, at 03:04 pm
Raipur/UNI: With the discharge of four Coronavirus patients from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur after their recovery, the number of active Coronavirus cases in Chhattisgarh has gone down to six.
COVID-19: Haryana records 16 fresh cases, tally rises to 705
May 11, 2020, at 02:57 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana reported 16 fresh cases of Novel Coronavirus on Monday, taking the state's confirmed cases tally to 705.
COVID-19 outbreak in India: Number of positive cases rise to 858 in Karnataka
May 11, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: With the registration of 10 more Covid-19 cases, including three from Davanagere district, the total number of persons who have tested positive for the Corona virus in Karnataka has surged to 858 on Monday.
Chinese mainland reports 17 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
May 11, 2020, at 11:57 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 17 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which seven were imported cases reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Wuhan has five new confirmed coronavirus cases - Hubei Health Commission
May 11, 2020, at 09:55 am
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: Five new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the past 24 hours in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic started in December 2019, the Hubei Province Health Commission said on Monday.