coronavirus

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson’s condition stable; spends second night in intensive care

7:42 pm April 8, 2020

London: British Prime Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and he was “stable” and “in good spirits” while receiving treatment for coronavirus, a senior health official said on Wednesday. Johnson, 55, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the St Thomas’ Hospital here on Sunday “for close monitoring” after his condition […]

Delhi traffic policeman tests positive for COVID-19

5:03 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: An assistant sub-inspector posted in the traffic unit of Delhi Police has been tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday. He has been admitted at the Super Speciality Block of Safdarjung Hospital, they said. The 49-year-old police official was posted in Hauz Khas circle of the traffic unit. He was taken to […]

Journalist among six new COVID-19 patients in Bhopal

3:40 pm April 8, 2020

Bhopal: Six more people tested positive for coronavirus in Bhopal, taking the number of such cases in the Madhya Pradesh capital to 91, officials said on Wednesday. The six new patients include a journalist working with a news channel, a public relations department official said. He possibly contracted the infection from a police officer who […]

'Disappointed' to find officials on leave when needed, Noida DM orders no holiday sans his nod

Noida: 200 from JJ cluster quarantined, DM says ‘cluster containment’ exercise

1:22 am April 8, 2020

Noida (UP): Around 200 people from a JJ cluster here were quarantined and put under observation as a precautionary measure on Tuesday, as surveillance teams went on contact tracing in areas which have previously reported positive coronavirus cases, officials said. This is the first “cluster containment” exercise in Gautam Buddh Nagar, which has so far […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

COVID-19: Over 67,000 home quarantined in Assam

11:58 pm April 7, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Tuesday said it has home quarantined 67,209 persons to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. A total of 77,954 persons who returned from COVID-19 affected countries and states in India have been identified so far, the Health and Family Welfare Department said in its bulletin. “Out of them, 10,745 people […]