Centre says 4 detected with South Africa variant of COVID-19 in India, THESE states contribute to 72% of active cases
All travellers and contacts have been tested and quarantined. "The ICMR-NIV is attempting to isolate and culture the SA variant strain from the samples of these four individual returnees," he said. One Brazil returnee has tested positive for the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the first week of February. The traveller and contacts have been tested and quarantined.
Feb 16, 2021, 19:08 PM IST
India's daily COVID cases fall below 30,000; active cases remain under 4 lakh for eighth day
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 98,84,100 with 27,071 infections being reported in a day. The death toll rose to 1,43,355 with 336 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Dec 14, 2020, 11:40 AM IST
PM Modi's meeting with all chief ministers on November 24 regarding Corona situation
In view of the increasing cases of Coronavirus across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the Chief Minister of the states on Tuesday through video conferencing.
Nov 23, 2020, 19:28 PM IST
Amid spurt in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Centre announces these measures to tackle grim situation
The Centre has decided on a slew of measures to tackle the grim situation in the national capital, amid the sudden spurt in coronavirus COVID-19 cases in Delhi.
Nov 19, 2020, 00:29 AM IST
COVID-19: Delhi records over 70 deaths for third straight day; 5,023 fresh cases
For the third consecutive day, Delhi recorded over 70 fatalities due to coronavirus on Monday, taking the death toll to 7,060.
Nov 10, 2020, 00:56 AM IST
Half of Indians may have had coronavirus by February, estimates government panel
India has so far reported 7.55 million cases of the coronavirus and is second only to the United States in terms of total infections.
Oct 19, 2020, 23:19 PM IST
Taal Thok Ke: Narendra Modi govt mismanaged COVID-19 pandemic, says Congress' Shashi Tharoor
Congress' Shashi Tharoor has insulted India on a Pakistani TV. He has said that India's coronavirus situation is worse than Pakistan. He also added that the people of Tablighi Jamaat are the worse affected.
Oct 18, 2020, 19:20 PM IST
Sambit Patra: Shashi Tharoor has insulted India and its shameful
BJP's spokesperson Sambit Patra in a press conference has attacked Congress' Shashi Tharoor in his recent interview to a Pakistani channel. Patra has said that Tharoor has insulted India and it's shameful.
Oct 18, 2020, 13:38 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor insults India on a Pakistani channel
Congress' Shashi Tharoor has insulted India on a Pakistani TV. He has said that India's coronavirus situation is worse than Pakistan. He also added that the people of Tablighi Jamaat are the worse affected.
Oct 18, 2020, 13:22 PM IST
New cases of corona infection have come down in the country, 55 thousand new 342 new cases in 24 hours
So far, India has recorded 71,75,880 confirmed COVID-19 cases including 1,09,856 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases.
Oct 13, 2020, 14:44 PM IST
Tamil Nadu becomes second state in India to surpass 10,000 COVID-19 deaths
As per the state government data, the recovery rate is over 90%, with 5,86,454 persons having recovered, out of the total of 6,40,943 infected persons.
Oct 09, 2020, 01:23 AM IST
58 CRPF jawan died of COVID-19 so far
On Wednesday, a total of 82 new COVID-19 positive cases, 234 discharges, and a death were reported from various units.
Oct 01, 2020, 00:55 AM IST
Good News on Coronavirus; India’s total recoveries close to 50 lakhs: Health Ministry
The single-day recoveries on an average for the last few days have been more than 90,000, the ministry said underlining, “This high rate of daily recoveries has sustained India’s leading global position as the country with the maximum number of recovered cases.
Sep 27, 2020, 16:10 PM IST
School reopening in Delhi postponed amid rising COVID-19 cases: Check new date
In an order on Friday, the Arvind Kejriwal government announced that all schools in the national capital will continue to remain closed till this date.
Sep 18, 2020, 16:57 PM IST
Newborn dies due to unavailability of ventilator in Delhi's Malviya Nagar, family takes nurse hostage for hours
The incident took place at Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Hospital at around 9 pm on Thursday night. The nurse was released after three hours once the police arrived at the spot.
Sep 18, 2020, 12:26 PM IST
Prohibitory orders in Mumbai extended till September 30 amid rising COVID-19 cases
An official statement on September 16 read, "...it is considered expedient to issue prohibitory order for restricting any presence or movement of one or more persons in public places or gathering of any sort anywhere, including religious places to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus..."
Sep 18, 2020, 00:31 AM IST
Need to focus on effective health systems for improved pandemic preparedness: Centre
Vardhan extolled the virtues of investing in public health, an approach already underway in India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sep 18, 2020, 00:05 AM IST
Union MoS for Railways Suresh Angadi tests coronavirus COVID-19 positive
Angadi said that he is doing fine and is taking the advice of doctors.
Sep 11, 2020, 17:38 PM IST
Ensure no restriction imposed on movement of medical oxygen between states, urges Centre
Reiterating the critical importance of oxygen in hospitals for management of critical COVID-19 patients, it added that it is every state's responsibility to ensure that every hospitalized COVID-19 patient receives oxygen.
Sep 11, 2020, 17:17 PM IST
Some scientists spot 'unlikely' patterns in Russia COVID-19 vaccine data: Report
Addressing the editor of The Lancet, the international peer-reviewed medical journal in which Moscow`s Gamaleya Institute published its early-stage trial results, the scientists said they saw patterns in the data that looked "highly unlikely".
Sep 10, 2020, 00:27 AM IST
