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Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

Nizamuddin: Ten Indonesian Tablighis arrested in Mumbai

8:18 pm April 27, 2020

Mumbai: Ten Indonesians, including six women- who all are members of the Tablighi Jamaat and had attended the religious meet at the Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi in March- have been arrested by the Mumbai Police under various sections of the IPC on completion of their quarantine period, an official said on Monday. These ten members […]

COVID-19 cases in Wuhan hospitals to zero for 1st time: official

5:06 pm April 26, 2020

Beijing/Wuhan: The number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in China’s Wuhan, where the virus first emerged before turning out to be a pandemic, on Sunday dropped to zero for the first time, marking yet another milestone for the city which was opened up on April 8 after a 76-day lockdown. The result has been achieved with […]

Singapore reports 41 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: report

Coronavirus cases cross 3000-mark in Singapore, foreign workers worst-affected

4:50 pm April 26, 2020

Singapore: Coronavirus cases in Singapore crossed the 13,000-mark on Sunday after 931 positive cases were confirmed with majority of them continued to be foreign workers, including Indian nationals, living in dormitories. The vast majority of the news cases are work permit holders residing in dormitories for foreign workers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in […]

Sri Lanka to ease coronavirus restrictions from May 26

COVID-19: Sri Lanka extends curfew in high risk districts till May 4

8:00 pm April 25, 2020

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Saturday extended the nationwide curfew in four high risk districts, including Colombo, till May 4 to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office announced, a day after the Island nation recorded the highest number of 49 infections in a single day. The four out […]

China approves third COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

5:01 pm April 25, 2020

Beijing: China has approved its third coronavirus vaccine for the second phase of clinical trials as it reported 12 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 82,816. China has approved three coronavirus vaccines, including the one developed by Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for clinical trials. An […]