coronavirus

COVID-19: Singapore to allow migrant workers from dormitories to visit recreation centres

Singapore reports 596 new coronavirus cases, mostly from dormitories used by foreigners

3:53 pm April 19, 2020

Singapore: Singapore on Sunday reported 596 new coronavirus cases, a majority of them linked to packed dormitories that house foreign workers including several Indian nationals. Around 300,000 low-wage workers, mostly from South Asia, work in Singapore in construction and maintenance. Most of them live together in huge dormitory complexes on the outskirts of the city […]

Abe apologises, but isn't charged for cherry blossom scandal

Japan government faces complaints after giving out dirty masks

3:47 pm April 19, 2020

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s unpopular handouts of old-fashioned cloth masks as part of his coronavirus measures faced complaints, as thousands of those sent to pregnant women were dirty.. The health ministry said over the weekend that it has received at least 1,900 cases of the problems reported by 80 municipalities that the masks […]

COVID-19: Noida extends night curfew till April 30

3 new COVID-19 cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar; total now 95

9:21 pm April 18, 2020

Noida (UP): Three more people, one in Noida and two in Greater Noida, tested positive for coronavirus infection on Saturday, taking the tally in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district to 95, officials here said. Two other patients, who were undergoing treatment for the disease, were discharged after being cured, they said. “Three new cases […]

21-month-old tests positive for coronavirus in Kolkata

9:04 pm April 18, 2020

Kolkata: A 21-month-old boy has tested positive for COVID-19 in the city even as none of his family members exhibited any coronavirus-like symptom, a health official said on Saturday. The infant, a resident of Uttar Panchanna Gram in south Kolkata, was shifted to the Beliaghata ID and BG Hospital from the Institute of Child Health […]

Teen tests positive for coronavirus in Amravati

3:52 pm April 18, 2020

Amravati: A 17-year-old boy tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra’s Amravati city on Saturday, taking the count of cases in the district to six, a senior official said. The patient is the son of an autorickshaw driver who had tested negative for coronavirus, following his death a couple of days ago, collector Shailesh Naval said. […]