COVID-19

COVID-19: Punjab cop spreads awareness through song

11:38 pm April 1, 2020

Chandigarh: A Punjab police sub-inspector has found a unique way to spread awareness about precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Taking to music, Sub-Inspector Baljinder Singh can be seen singing a Punjabi song, the video of which has gone viral on social media, earning praise from the chief minister. In the video, Singh is […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

33 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, count 335

10:56 pm April 1, 2020

Mumbai: The number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra increased by 33 to 335 on Wednesday, a health official said. Thirty of these cases were found in Mumbai alone, two in Pune and one in Buldhana, he said. The state had reported 302 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Health Minister Rajesh Tope had said earlier in the […]

Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

Chhattisgarh: Search on for more attendees of Nizamuddin event

7:24 pm April 1, 2020

Raipur: Even as authorities in Chhattisgarh have identified 101 people in the state who attended the religious congregation in New Delhi’s Nizamuddin, which has turned out as one of the major COVID-19 hotspots in the country, hunt is on for some more persons who took part in the event, a senior official said here. The […]

Full virus vaccine at least a year away says EU agency

1:04 am April 1, 2020

The Hague: It will be at least another year before a vaccine against the new coronavirus will be ready for approval and available in sufficient quantities, the EU medicines agency said Tuesday. As the number of declared coronavirus cases worldwide passed 800,000 on Tuesday, according to an AFP tally, the race is on to develop […]

France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters

France reports record 499 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

12:43 am April 1, 2020

Paris: France on Tuesday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 499 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 3,523. There are now 22,757 people hospitalised in France with COVID-19, with 5,565 of them in intensive care, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters […]