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Tamil Nadu man dies of COVID-19 in Puducherry

8:51 pm June 6, 2020

Puducherry: A 43-year-old man from neighbouring Tamil Nadu died here on Saturday of COVID-19 as three more tested positive for the virus in the union territory. The apparently asymptomatic man from Chennai, who visited his in-laws here a couple of days ago died of heart attack and an autopsy disclosed that he was positive for […]

ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

Bihar provides condoms to migrant labourers

4:04 pm June 2, 2020

Patna: To prevent unwanted pregnancies, the Bihar government is distributing free condoms to migrant labourers going home after completing 14-day institutional quarantine and those in home quarantine, an official said on Tuesday. As of now, over 8.77 lakh people have left quarantine facilities, while 5.30 lakh are still living in block and district centres. “Migrant […]

HC decides to monitor disposal of COVID-19 bodies

3:59 pm June 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it would be monitoring implementation of the AAP government’s recent order on disposal of bodies of those who died of COVID-19. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said that it wants to see how the Delhi government health department’s May […]

MP: Sunday 'corona' curfew to be lifted as pandemic under control now, says CM

MP CM orders analysis of each COVID-19 death in state

3:00 pm May 30, 2020

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed the health department and doctors to conduct an analysis of each death caused by in the state so far. He gave this direction on Friday during a meeting held to review the coronavirus situation in the state. “The chief minister directed the doctors and administrative […]

367 new coronavirus cases emerge in Gujarat; 22 more die

11:26 pm May 28, 2020

Ahmedabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 15,572 on Thursday after 367 new infections were detected during the last 24 hours, the state Health Department said. During the same period, 22 patients also succumbed to the infection, taking the toll to 960 in the state, the department said in a statement. Also, […]