COVID-19

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Railways helpline numbers to answer COVID-19 queries

10:30 pm March 27, 2020

New Delhi: The Railways has extended the use of its 24-hour helpline numbers — 138 and 139 — to answer queries about the novel coronavirus pandemic. The idea of using the number 138 is to use, in addition to the call-centre-based agent and interactive voice response system (IVRS) services provided through 139, the wide reach […]

Karnataka reports third COVID-19 death

4:55 pm March 27, 2020

Bengaluru: In the third COVID-19 fatality in Karnataka, a 65-year-old man who tested had positive for the coronavirus infection died in Tumakuru on Friday, a senior district official said. The person had no travel history to any foreign country, but had gone to Delhi and returned by train earlier this month, following which he developed […]

Ward boy of private hospital in Patna tests positive for coronavirus

4:40 pm March 27, 2020

Patna: A 20-year-old man, who worked as a ward boy at a private hospital where he came into contact with a COVID-19 patient, has tested positive, taking the total number of such cases reported from Bihar to seven, the health department said on Friday. According to a health department official, a 38-year- old man from […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

12:09 am March 27, 2020

Kolkata: Discontent has been brewing among doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals over shortage of protective gear in hospitals, with many of them threatening to cease work if not provided with necessary kits to guard against Covid-19. Several nurses at the Beliaghata ID Hospital had on Wednesday said they would attend to the patients only […]

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Coronavirus crisis: Xi praises WHO’s role after Trump accuses health agency of siding with Beijing

12:01 am March 27, 2020

Beijing/Washington: The war of words between the US and China over the origins of the deadly coronavirus has extended to the WHO as Chinese President Xi Jinping praised its role in advancing global battle against COVID-19 amid his American counterpart Donald Trump‘s criticism that the UN health agency sided with Beijing and people are unhappy […]