Day: April 16, 2020

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 414; cases climb to 12,380

2:59 pm April 16, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 10,477, as many as 1,488 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. The […]

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US has ‘passed the peak’ on new coronavirus cases, says Trump

2:55 pm April 16, 2020

Washington: The US has “passed the peak” on new coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump has said and predicted that some states would reopen this month. The US has over 637,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 30,826 deaths, the highest for any country in the world. At the daily White House coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Trump […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO welcomes joint efforts with India to fight COVID-19

2:49 pm April 16, 2020

United Nations: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has welcomed the world health body’s cooperation with India to leverage strategies that helped the country win its war against polio into the response to COVID-19 outbreak, saying such joint efforts will help defeat the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it will work with India’s […]

India needs to step up coronavirus testing: experts

2:43 pm April 16, 2020

New Delhi: India needs to “significantly ramp up” the number of tests done across the country to trace COVID-19 infection if the virus is to be contained in time, experts said. The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the […]

Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million

Sports can come back but without fans: Fauci

2:39 pm April 16, 2020

Los Angeles: The top US health and infectious disease specialist says the key to reopening professional sports leagues in America is to have the athletes play games in front of empty stadiums. Anthony Fauci, who is helping coordinate the US response to the global coronavirus pandemic, said reliable antibody testing and fast results are also […]