Day: March 27, 2020

Isolation hitting mental health of COVID-19 patients: Experts

Stickers to be pasted on walls of house of those under quarantine

10:13 pm March 27, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: In a new initiative to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, stickers will be pasted on the walls of the homes of those under home quarantine in Thiruvananthapuram from Friday. State Minister Kadakampally Surendran said marking of the houses will help the health workers properly monitor those under quarantine, “The aim is to ensure proper isolation […]

10 Covid-19 cases in Telangana:total now at 59

10:10 pm March 27, 2020

Hyderabad: Ten more people tested positive for coronavirus in Telangana on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 59, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said. As far as this coronavirus is concerned, 10 positive cases were reported in a single day on Friday. The total number of positive patients is 59. […]

Germany sends plane to rescue stranded tourists from Nepal

5:33 pm March 27, 2020

Kathmandu: A rescue flight arranged by the German government on Friday picked up hundreds of tourists who had been stranded in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went on lockdown earlier this week, officials said. The Qatar Airways charter flight took off with 305 people on board, said Deo Chandra Lal Karna, an official at Kathmandu’s […]

Maharashtra: Another 12 test positive for coronavirus in Sangli

5:26 pm March 27, 2020

Pune: Twelve persons were confirmed to have contracted coronavirus in western Maharashtra‘s Sangli district on Friday, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the district to 24, a health official said. All these persons were related to or had come in contact with a single family. Some members of this family had returned from Saudi […]

Coronavirus: Jamiat urges Muslims to pray at home

5:21 pm March 27, 2020

New Delhi: Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Friday appealed to Muslims to offer prayers at home instead of congregating in mosques amid the coronavirus outbreak. Jamiat President Maulana Arshad Madani said he himself is offering prayer at home. For daily prayers, he said Muslims should pray at home, instead of congregating in mosques. Muslims […]