Day: April 14, 2020

Communication ministers directs India Post to prioritise medicines delivery

2:00 am April 14, 2020

New Delhi: Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday directed the Department of Posts to prioritise delivery of medicines during the lockdown. The post offices have been kept open under essential services to support movement of important documents and parcels during the lockdown. “I have instructed Secretary, Dept.of Posts to ensure that delivery […]

Health officials warn NYC could run out of virus test swabs

1:52 am April 14, 2020

New York: New York City is in danger of running out of swabs for COVID-19 tests and should only test hospitalized patients, the city health department said in a memo to health care providers over the weekend. As the swab supply continues to decline, there is a real possibility hospitals will completely run out, the […]

Italy’s virus death toll tops 20,000

1:40 am April 14, 2020

Rome: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 20,000 on Monday but its number of critically ill patients dropped for the tenth successive day as its rate of infections slowed. The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service takes Italy’s fatalities total to 20,465 — officially second in the world behind the […]

5,000 cases registered in Mumbai for lockdown violation

Groom, six relatives held for lockdown violations in Ghaziabad

1:34 am April 14, 2020

Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police arrested a groom and his six relatives for the lockdown violations while on their way to solemnise the marriage in the early hours on Monday. SSP Kalanidhi Naithani said they were arrested around 1.30 am. Upon interrogation, they told police that they were going towards Meerut to perform the nikah’ (marriage) […]

Sailor from US aircraft carrier dies of COVID-19

1:04 am April 14, 2020

Washington: A sailor who was aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier died Monday of COVID-19, the first fatality from nearly 600 confirmed cases among its crew, the US Navy said Monday. The sailor, who tested positive on March 30, was discovered unresponsive on April 9 and placed in the intensive care unit of the […]