coronavirus

German minister commits suicide after ‘virus crisis worries’

11:53 pm March 29, 2020

Berlin: Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he died by […]

Assam man walks, hitch-hikes from Gujarat amid lockdown

Coronavirus: Jharkhand self-help groups preparing masks, providing food to needy

11:34 pm March 29, 2020

Ranchi: Amid the battle against coronavirus during the 21-day nationwide lockdown, the Central Coalfields Limited has produced six lakh tonnes of coal to meet the requirements of power plants while women of self-help groups are making masks, sanitizers and serving food to poor and needy across Jharkhand. The state is on high alert though no […]

Coronavirus: Reports of 9 Nashik samples awaited

11:18 pm March 29, 2020

Nashik: The reports of nine swab samples sent for coronavirus testing are awaited as on Sunday, health officials in Maharashtra’s Nashik said. The district does not have any COVID-19 patient as yet, they said. Trimbakeshwar Temple, another shrine in Nashik closed

7 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, CM briefs opposition

10:28 pm March 29, 2020

Bengaluru: Seven new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Karnataka taking the total number of infections to 83, the state Health Department said on Sunday. The number includes thee deaths and five patients who were discharged after treatment earlier. Seventy five COVID-19 positive patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, itsaid […]

Coronavirus death toll in Maharashtra reaches eight

10:08 pm March 29, 2020

Mumbai/Nagpur: With the test reports of two persons, who died in Mumbai and Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Saturday, coming out positive for coronavirus, the death toll of COVID-19 patients in the state went up to eight on Sunday, officials said. A 40-year-old woman was admitted to a civic hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after […]