Day: April 10, 2020

Health Ministry issues advisory for healthcare workers

Maharashtra: 15 COVID-19 hotspots identified in Thane

4:15 pm April 10, 2020

Thane: As the count of the COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra‘s Thane city rose to 33, the civic body here identified 15 hotspots to contain the spread of the pandemic, an official said on Friday As many as 33 persons from Thane city have tested positive for coronavirus, of which 12 were from Kalwa ward, nine […]

Despite risk of potentially fatal side effects, Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

Enough stock of hydroxychloroquine in India: Govt

4:06 pm April 10, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Friday said that there is enough stock of hydroxychloroquine in the country and it is taking all steps to ensure that there is no shortage of the drug in the domestic market. India is the biggest manufacturer of the anti-malarial drug that is being touted as ‘game changer’ in the […]

Kits to conduct 4,000 tests for COVID-19 reaches Odisha

3:59 pm April 10, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Amid spurt in COVID-19 cases, the Odisha government has procured a substantial number of test kits and other materials as part of its measures to ensure speedy detection of coronavirus infections in the state, official sources said on Friday. Kits for conducting at least 4,000 tests, reagents and virus transportation mediums (VTMs) were airlifted […]

Pope on Christmas: Vaccines for all; needy, vulnerable first

Pope guides locked-down world through virtual Easter

3:53 pm April 10, 2020

Vatican City: Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown. Fear and confusion in the face of a disease whose toll has unrelentingly climbed towards 100,000 are reshaping society and transforming the way religion is observed. […]

China reports 42 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 47 asymptomatic infections

3:44 pm April 10, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 42 new coronavirus cases, including 38 imported infections, taking the total tally to 81,907, health officials said on Friday, as the country started a new trial of re-testing the recovered COVID-19 patients amid heightened concern of a rebound of the deadly disease. The Chinese health authority on Friday also said that […]