Union Health Ministry

COVID-19: Lockdown set to be extended as 1,000-plus new cases push India tally above 8,000

9:14 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly coronavirus looks set to be extended by two more weeks till April-end after a consensus emerged among states on Saturday for continuing the curbs amid the tally of confirmed infections crossing 8,000 with a record increase of over 1,000 cases within 24 hours. While Prime Minister […]

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 166; cases climb to 5,734

2:55 pm April 9, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 166 and the number of cases to 5,734 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,095, as many as 472 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. […]

Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

Ban Tablighi Jamaat and its Markaz: VHP

10:57 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) called for a complete ban on the Tablighi Jamaat and its Nizamuddin Markaz on Sunday, after it emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot in the country. The Tablighi Jamaat’s Markaz (headquarters) in Delhi’s Nizamuddin West emerged as a coronavirus hotspot as hundreds of people, who attended a religious congregation […]

Deepika, Ranveer fly back to Mumbai from Goa

Deepika, Ranveer pledge support to PM-CARES

6:26 pm April 4, 2020

Mumbai: Bollywood couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh on Saturday announced that they will be donating money to the PM-CARES Fund to help combat coronavirus pandemic in the country. Ramayan garners 170 million viewers in 4 shows Both the actors took their respective Instagram accounts to announce that they have decided to contribute to the […]

Death toll rises to 53; cases surge past 2,000

11:29 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus (COVID-19) has touched 53 in India while the total number of cases has climb to 2,069, Union Health Ministry said in its latest update. About 400 COVID-19 positive cases have been found whose epidemiological linkage can be traced to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster, the health ministry said […]