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Woman claims her virus positive husband missing from hospital, authorities say he was cremated

8:42 pm May 21, 2020

Hyderabad: A woman here has alleged that her COVID-19 positive husband was missing from hospital, but health authorities on Thursday clarified that the man had died during treatment and his cremation was performed by government staff as the family was in hospital after testing positive. The woman reportedly informed state Municipal Administration Minister K T […]

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Concerned over how quickly COVID-19 cases are rising in India: Indian-origin expert

Meghalaya’s first COVID-19 victim buried

8:33 pm April 16, 2020

Shillong: A 69-year-old doctor, the first COVID-19 patient to die in Meghalaya, was laid to rest at a cemetery here on Thursday, a day after a city crematorium denied performing his last rites, citing lack of personal protective gear to handle coronavirus fatalities, and protest by locals. John L Sailo Ryntathiang, founder of the Bethany […]

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PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

Modi to share video message with people today

11:25 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message with people on Friday amid a nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak. “At 9 AM tomorrow morning, I”ll share a small video message with my fellow Indians,” the prime minister tweeted, without divulging the subject of his message. Modi held a meeting with […]

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First death of coronavirus infected patient in UP

3:19 pm April 1, 2020

Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh reported its first coronavirus-related death on Wednesday after test reports of a 25-year-old man, who died two days ago, came COVID-19 positive. The man was admitted to the BRD Medical College here on Sunday and he was suffering from kidney and liver problems, the institute’s principal Ganesh Kumar said. “The sample of […]

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