COVID-19

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

Policemen attacked at 2 places in Bengal; BJP blames TMC

1:51 pm May 13, 2020

Kolkata: At least five police personnel were injured in clashes with mobs during the ongoing COVID-19-induced-lockdown at two places in West Bengal on Tuesday, officials said. Seven locals also suffered injuries during the violence in Hooghly and South 24 Parganas districts, they said, adding that police vehicles were damaged and shops were ransacked. At least […]

Counterfeit masks reaching frontline health workers in US

12:49 am May 13, 2020

Washington: On a day when COVID-19 cases soared, healthcare supplies were scarce and an anguished doctor warned he was being sent to war without bullets, a cargo plane landed at the Los Angeles International Airport, supposedly loaded with the ammo doctors and nurses were begging for: some of the first N95 medical masks to reach […]

Octogenarian recovers from COVID-19 at city hospital

8:52 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: An 88-year-old man from Himachal Pradesh who had worked with the IAF has now fully recovered after successfully battling coronavirus, hospital authorities said on Tuesday. K S Jaswal, hailing from Una district, had tested positive on April 27 for COVID-19. “He has recovered fully from coronavirus infection. He was discharged on May 9 […]

13 fresh COVID deaths in Delhi; cases rise to 7,639

3:48 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 13 fresh deaths due to COVID-19, the highest single-day spike in coronavirus fatalities in the national capital, according to city government authorities. The total number of coronavirus cases in the national capital on Tuesday mounted to 7,639, with 406 new cases. In the first week of May, the city had also […]

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Trump faces virus at White House amid push to ‘reopen’ US

1:32 am May 12, 2020

Washington: As he encourages the country to reopen, President Donald Trump is confronting cases of the coronavirus in his own home, spotlighting the challenge the White House faces in instilling confidence in a nation still reeling from the pandemic. Two known cases of COVID-19 among staffers in one of the most-protected complexes in America have […]