coronavirus

British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Boris Johnson moves out of ICU, ‘in extremely good spirits’: Govt

1:55 am April 10, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care as his condition improves, Downing Street said on Thursday evening. “The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. He is in extremely […]

1.6 million French may be infected with virus: doctors’ union

12:25 am April 10, 2020

Paris: More than 1.6 million of France’s 67 million people may have been infected with the new coronavirus to date, according to a projection by general practitioners’ union MG France, based on doctors’ reports. The union said in a statement that 2,048 members from around the country who had participated in an online survey reported […]

100 seafarers refused entry in Goa; told to go to Mumbai

7:51 pm April 9, 2020

Panaji: The Goa government on Thursday decided not to allow around 100 seafarers to enter the state in view of the coronavirus threat after they requested for disembarkment from their ship. The government said the seafarers from Goa will have to follow coronavirus-related quarantine protocol before they are allowed entry into the state. Ports Minister […]

Caught in curfew, Himachal nomads start journey home

6:44 pm April 9, 2020

Hamirpur (HP): The Gaddis (nomads) of Himachal‘s Chamba areas have started returning to their native places after getting special permission from authorities amid curfew restrictions in the state to contain spread of coronavirus. The nomads were preparing to go to their homes when they received the new of lockdown and subsequent curfew on radio. Curfew […]

Health Ministry issues advisory for healthcare workers

Frontline nurse lives life in isolation

2:32 pm April 9, 2020

Jaipur: When his mother died, nurse Ram Murti Meena was at work at SMS Hospital’s coronavirus isolation ward. He saw the last rites being performed on a video call on his mobile phone. Certainly, it was a painful thing for me to skip the funeral of my mother, who died at the age of 93 […]