quarantine

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

11:38 pm October 3, 2020

New York: Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency’s scientists who said there was no evidence the action would slow the coronavirus, according to two former health officials. The action has so far caused nearly 150,000 children […]

Engineer in quarantine found dead with throat slit

4:33 pm September 12, 2020

Kannur: A 30-year-old engineer, who had returned from Kuwait and was in quarantine here, was found dead with his throat slit, police said on Saturday. T V Sharath was staying in an outhouse adjacent to his residence. When a relative went to give Sharath breakfast, the latter was found dead, the police said. A pair […]

China reports three new COVID-19 cases

6:42 pm July 2, 2020

Beijing: China is reporting three newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, and says just one of them involved local transmission in the capital of Beijing. The report Thursday appears to put the country where the virus was first detected late last year on course to eradicating it domestically, at least temporarily. The National Health Commission says the other […]

Gujarat COVID-19 cases cross 14,000-mark; death toll 858

11:11 pm May 24, 2020

Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Sunday reported 394 new coronavirus cases and 29 deaths, including 28 from the worst-hit Ahmedabad, taking the overall case count to 14,063 and fatalities to 858, a Health official said. A total of 21 of the 29 deceased- 28 from Ahmedabad and one from Surat-were suffering from comorbidities, the official said. The […]

Delhi Police head constable tests positive for COVID-19

11:50 pm April 17, 2020

New Delhi: A 44-year-old Delhi Police head constable tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Friday. The head constable was posted at Bara Hindurao Hospital in north Delhi, they said. He lives in Khajuri area and his family members have been asked to be in quarantine, the officials said. Earlier, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava […]