Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday declared the coronavirus situation a state disaster, a senior official said here. “The state government has declared Corona situation as a state disaster relaxing procurement procedures for emergency medical equipment and corona-related medical consumables,” the official said. Initially, this relaxation is for a month, he added. A formal […]
Read MoreJammu: At a time when Jammu and Kashmir is under lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, Lt Governor G C Murmu on Tuesday dedicated a free ambulance service to the people of the Union Territory. “The operationalisation of 102/108 ambulance service will ensure the delivery of public healthcare services to the patients at their […]
Read MoreThiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 14 fresh cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 105. A health worker is among those affected, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters after a Covid19 review meeting this evening. While six cases were reported from Kasaragod, two new positive patients were detected […]
Read MoreMumbai: Three Dubai-returned travellers were apprehended for allegedly fleeing quarantine facilities in the western suburbs here on Tuesday, police said. The trio was nabbed from Wadala in south-central Mumbai, after the police received information that the travellers had fled their mandatory 14-day quarantine, an official said. The travellers, who are residents of Jharkhand, had returned […]
Read MoreGuwahati: Ahead of the statewide eight-day lockdown from 6 pm on Tuesday, markets and shops in Assam witnessed huge rush of buyers who wanted to stock up on essential items. Food items, soaps, disinfectants and other essential items flew off the shelves before midday as people jostled with one another in shops ignoring the one-metre […]
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