Day: April 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Gautam Buddh Nagar farmer donates Rs 1.51 lakh to UP CM’s relief fund

1:13 am April 1, 2020

Noida (UP): A farmer from Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Tuesday donated Rs 1.51 lakh to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s relief fund as his contribution to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Balbhadra Pradhan, in his late 60s, hails from Ranhera village in the district’s Jewar area. He handed over a cheque of Rs […]

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Full virus vaccine at least a year away says EU agency

1:04 am April 1, 2020

The Hague: It will be at least another year before a vaccine against the new coronavirus will be ready for approval and available in sufficient quantities, the EU medicines agency said Tuesday. As the number of declared coronavirus cases worldwide passed 800,000 on Tuesday, according to an AFP tally, the race is on to develop […]

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US virus death toll exceeds official China tally Johns Hopkins

US virus death toll exceeds official China tally: Johns Hopkins

1:00 am April 1, 2020

Washington: The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University. There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university said, more than the 3,309 reported by […]

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France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters

France reports record 499 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

12:43 am April 1, 2020

Paris: France on Tuesday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 499 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 3,523. There are now 22,757 people hospitalised in France with COVID-19, with 5,565 of them in intensive care, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters […]

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