coronavirus

Ghaziabad reports first COVID-19 death

9:04 pm April 12, 2020

Ghaziabad: The first death due to Coronavirus was reported here from Ghaziabad on Sunday. With that the total number of deaths due to the Coronavirus has gone upto six in Uttar Pradesh. A youth from Loni who was admitted to the RML Hospital New Delhi died on Sunday. He was suffering from Coronavirus-19. It is […]

Microbiologist lies to parents; travels 1,500 km to help with Covid-19 testing

8:55 pm April 12, 2020

New Delhi/Lucknow: One of the many ‘corona warriors’ on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, Ramakrishna literally dropped everything he was doing back home in Telangana and headed 1,500 km to Lucknow when he got a call from his guide requesting that he return to his ‘post’ – his laboratory. The PhD scholar at […]

Would have had 8.2L cases by April 15 without lockdown: Govt

9:29 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: Stressing the role of lockdown and other containment steps in limiting coronavirus infection, the Union Health Ministry said, here on Saturday, without measures in place Covid-19 cases could have spiralled to 8.2 lakh by April 15. Without these steps, Covid-19 cases could have registered a 41 per cent cumulative increase to in 8.2 […]

Govt considers request to extend lockdown by 2 weeks more

9:16 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre is considering a request made by most states to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown by two weeks beyond April 14, the government said on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers and told them the focus should be now on ensuring health as well as prosperity of the […]

COVID-19: Lockdown set to be extended as 1,000-plus new cases push India tally above 8,000

9:14 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly coronavirus looks set to be extended by two more weeks till April-end after a consensus emerged among states on Saturday for continuing the curbs amid the tally of confirmed infections crossing 8,000 with a record increase of over 1,000 cases within 24 hours. While Prime Minister […]