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'Disappointed' to find officials on leave when needed, Noida DM orders no holiday sans his nod

Noida: 8,000 antigen-based test kits procured, focus on high-risk persons for COVID-19

11:07 pm June 25, 2020

Noida: The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has procured 8,000 antigen-based testing kits for COVID-19 and 7,000 more would be received soon, officials said on Thursday, stressing that focus is on identifying high risk persons in the district. District Magistrate Suhas L Y, in an open letter to residents, said Gautam Buddh Nagar has to tackle the […]

Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan

With over 70,000 cases, Delhi surpasses Mumbai

10:59 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: With 3,788 fresh cases, Delhi’s coronavirus tally rose to over 70,000 on Wednesday, surpassing Mumbai to become the worst hit city in the country, even as authorities prepared to conduct a house-to-house screening by July 6 as part of a revised containment strategy in the national capital. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also requested the Centre to withdraw […]

Ramdev’s Patanjali claims to have COVID-19 medicine; Ayush Ministry frowns

11:41 pm June 23, 2020

Haridwar: Yoga guru Ramdev’s herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday claimed to have discovered a medicine that could cure coronavirus in just seven days – a claim that the Ayush Ministry scoffed at by seeking stopping of advertisements for the drug. While Ramdev claimed that Ayurved-based ‘Coronil and Swasari’ medicine have shown 100 per cent favourable results during clinical trials […]

New low-cost novel coronavirus test developed

3:48 am June 12, 2020

New Delhi Researchers at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have developed a new low-cost and low-tech required test for SARS-CoV-2 testing. This test is known as reverse transcription nested PCR (RT-nPCR) test. It is worth mentioning that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended only reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction […]

Delhi health infra should be used for its residents only: Panel

11:09 pm June 6, 2020

New Delhi: A five-member panel constituted by the Delhi government has suggested that the health infrastructure of the city should be used only for treating residents of the national capital, in view of the raging COVID-19 crisis, sources said on Saturday. The suggestion comes in the backdrop of Delhi recording over 1,000 coronavirus cases daily […]