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Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

3:37 pm April 3, 2020

Dhaka: Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, with officials warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. With about 40,000 people per square kilometer (103,600 per square mile) living […]

India's smartphone segment set to script double-digit growth story in 2021

Coronavirus: ‘MahaKavach’ app to help in contact tracing

11:14 pm April 1, 2020

Mumbai: With a view to effectively combat the coronavirus pandemic, a digital application named ‘MahaKavach’ has been designed, which will help the health authorities in contact tracing and tracking of quarantined COVID-19 patients. This platform has been developed after extensive inputs from on-ground officials and by studying the existing methodologies deployed in other countries and […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in US soars

3:16 pm March 21, 2020

Washington: The critical shortage of medical supplies across the US, including testing swabs, protective masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer, can be tied to a sudden drop in imports, mostly from China, The Associated Press has found. Italy overtakes China with most virus deaths, California goes on lockdown Trade data shows the decline in shipments […]

NKorea’s Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears

6:37 pm March 18, 2020

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged that his country lacks modern medical facilities and called for urgent improvements, state media said Wednesday, in a rare assessment of the North’s health care system that comes amid worries about the coronavirus in the impoverished country. UK defends virus plan as ‘wartime’ measures loom Outside experts […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

‘Heartbreaking’: Olympic torch events downscaled over virus By Hiroshi

5:39 pm March 17, 2020

Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 organisers said Tuesday they had taken the “heartbreaking” decision to scale back parts of the Olympic torch relay due to the coronavirus, but stressed that spectators would still be allowed to watch from the roadside. Chief executive Toshiro Muto told reporters that the “grand start” of the torch relay from the disaster-hit […]