COVID-19

21 stranded passengers from Italy arrive in Kerala

3:53 pm March 14, 2020

Kochi: Twenty one passengers, who were stranded in coronavirus-hit Italy, were brought here on Saturday following which they were shifted to Aluva hospital for investigation, airport sources said. Several Indian passengers have been stuck in the European nation, despite having confirmed tickets. This was after Italian authorities and Emirates airlines refused to take them following […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

Hospital staff put in home quarantine after Covid-19 patient

11:52 pm March 13, 2020

Mumbai: After a patient admitted to a private hospital here tested positive for coronavirus, nearly eighty staff members were put in quarantine at home, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said on Friday. The patient, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, was shifted to civic-run Kasturba Hospital, the official said. “All medical and non-medical […]

UAE ready to fly stranded Indians if they test negative for coronavirus: Envoy

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia extends travel ban to EU, 12 nations including India

11:45 pm March 13, 2020

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has extended its travel ban to include the European Union and 12 other countries, including India, as the number of coronavirus cases in the Kingdom jumped to 62, according to media reports on Friday. Saudi health officials on Friday announced 17 new coronavirus cases, raising the number of cases in the country […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Louisiana postpones Democratic primary over coronavirus

11:39 pm March 13, 2020

Washington: Louisiana declared an emergency over the coronavirus pandemic and postponed its April 4 Democratic primary, the first state to do so with the battle for the party’s presidential nomination still undecided. “The law provides for extraordinary measures to be taken when facing disasters,” Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said. “Today I have certified […]

Coronavirus: China reports 4 deaths, 31 new cases

Woman who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Delhi: Health Ministry

11:06 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: India reported its second casualty due to coronavirus on Friday with the health ministry saying a 68-year-old woman died in Delhi. The death was caused due to co-morbidity (diabetes and hypertension), it said, adding she had tested positive for COVID-19. The woman was admitted in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, officials said. She became […]