COVID-19

British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Row over Boris Johnson’s top aide at secret Covid-19 science meetings

8:30 pm April 25, 2020

London: Downing Street on Saturday went into strong denial mode after a political row broke out over a UK media report claiming that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top aide had attended secret meetings of the scientific group advising the government on its Covid-19 response strategy. The Guardian’ claimed that Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s chief strategic […]

Italy to ease lockdown on May 4, give free masks

8:07 pm April 25, 2020

Rome: Italy will start distributing free protective masks to nursing homes, many of which have been devastated by coronavirus infections and deaths. Domenico Arcuri, the government’s commissioner for the pandemic, says doing so is a gesture of solidarity and nearness and support to these places ever more at the epicenter of this great crisis. Arcuri […]

History-sheeter held in UP after brief encounter

Police team quarantined in UP’s Bahraich

7:52 pm April 25, 2020

Bahraich (UP): A police team which had taken a man to a quarantine facility here has been quarantined after he tested positive for COVID-19, a senior police official said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Ajay Pratap Singh said the man was quarantined on April 19 and has now been confirmed to have the coronavirus […]

Seven COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala: seven cured

7:51 pm April 25, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Seven new cases of coronavirus were reported from Kerala on Saturday taking the total number of infected persons in the state to 457 and seven people were cured, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. “Three new cases each were reported from Kottayam and Kollam districts and one from Kannur district. As of now, the state […]

Maharashtra: Eight new COVID-19 cases recorded in Amravati

5:10 pm April 25, 2020

Amravati: As many as eight persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra‘s Amravati city in 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 12 here, an official said on Saturday. The city has recorded 16 coronavirus cases so far, of which four patients succumbed to the infection, while four others were discharged following […]