coronavirus

Dozens of Democrats demand Cuomo's resignation

NY’s Cuomo criticised over highest nursing home death toll

12:54 pm May 10, 2020

New York: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasing criticism for not bringing that same level of commitment to a problem that has so far stymied him: nursing homes. In part-lecture, part-cheerleading briefings that have made […]

Maharashtra allows free intra-state bus travel from May 11

11:07 pm May 9, 2020

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to make available its bus services free of cost from Monday to facilitate travelling of people stranded in various parts of the state to their homes during the lockdown period, Transport Minister Anil Parab said on Saturday. The State Transport (ST) bus service will be made available on the […]

Confusion over Delhi’s COVID-19 toll as govt data, figures from hospitals don’t match

8:14 pm May 9, 2020

New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over the number of deaths due to coronavirus in the national capital, with data from four hospitals showing that 92 people succumbed to the infection as against 68 fatalities reported by the Delhi government. The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based […]

Nadal: Djokovic will need vaccine if required by the tour

12:16 pm May 9, 2020

Madrid: Rafael Nadal says Novak Djokovic will need to be vaccinated to keep playing if the governing bodies of tennis make coronavirus shots obligatory once they become available. Nadal told the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia this week that Djokovic and all players will have to follow the rules when tennis eventually returns to […]

China reports 15 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases

12:05 pm May 9, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 15 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, taking their total to 836 while one new imported COVID-19 infection was confirmed, health officials said on Saturday. According to China’s National Health Commission (NHC), as for Friday 836 asymptomatic cases, including 63 from overseas, were still under medical observation. The NHC said one imported case […]