Day: April 18, 2020

COVID-19: KDMC acquires 80 per cent beds at pvt hospitals

Pune police constable, wife test positive for COVID-19

3:15 pm April 18, 2020

Pune: A 43-year-old policeman and his wife tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra‘s Pune city, a senior official said on Saturday. A police constable and his wife tested positive for coronavirus on Friday evening and were shifted to an isolation facility in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area, the official said. The constable worked with the Pune police […]

Cruise ship leaves Australia for Europe; 3 dead

3:11 pm April 18, 2020

Perth: A German cruise ship has left Western Australia state after a three-week stay during which three people on board died of COVID-19. The Artania began its journey from Fremantle back to Europe, keeping to its scheduled early afternoon departure time Saturday. A total of 79 crew and passengers from the Artania tested positive for […]

Lockdown helplines: UP people demand rasogullas, samosas, and even pan gutka

3:04 pm April 18, 2020

Lucknow: It’s not yet dawn. A helpline set up after the coronavirus outbreak crackles into life. There are panic calls for essentials like medicines but some callers demand rasogullas, samosas, and even pan and gutka, admit officials. The chief minister’s helpline number 1076 gets a frantic call from Ram Ratan Pal, who suffers from high […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

2:51 pm April 18, 2020

United Nation: Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without UN Security Council approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices. The 193-member world body has until noon EDT on Wednesday to consider the revised Russian […]

MP records 1,357 new coronavirus cases, ten deaths

Coronavirus cases in US cross 700,000, death toll more than 35K

2:47 pm April 18, 2020

Washington: The number of the coronavirus cases in the US crossed 700,000 on Friday, while over 35,000 people have died from the disease, as President Donald Trump assured his people that America was “very close” to seeing the light “shinning brightly” at the end of the tunnel. New York, the financial capital of the world, […]