Day: April 7, 2020

Mideastern burial traditions clash with fears of contagion

BAGHDAD — Mohammed al-Dulfi’s 67-year-old father died on March 21 after a brief struggle against the new coronavirus, but it would take nine days for his body to find a final resting place in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq. On two occasions, the family […]

Virus puts UK PM in intensive care; Japan declares emergency

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care Tuesday fighting the coronavirus, while authorities in New York and elsewhere in Europe hoped that an apparent plateau of deaths and new hospitalizations signaled that key epicenters in the global pandemic had turned a corner. “We’re desperately […]

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to slow spread of coronavirus misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time after a jump in messages touting bogus medical advice since the start of the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic, which has killed more than 70,000 […]

Outbreak shows signs of leveling off in New York, New Jersey, but vigilance urged

NEW YORK – The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau in their states but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide approached 11,000. Although coronavirus cases and deaths continued to […]

Indian leaders hesitate to end world's biggest lockdown

NEW DELHI – India’s 21-day lockdown is set to end next week but several state leaders have called for an extension or only a partial lifting of restrictions, saying is the only way to avoid a coronavirus epidemic that will be difficult to tackle. India has so far […]

CSIR-CFTRI to provide testing equipment for COVID-19 detection

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 07: The number of positive cases in Mysuru has touched 28 and seven cases have been reported within a span of 24 hours. This is as per the latest media bulletin released by the Karnataka Health Department. Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological […]

Health concerns shall precede over that of economy for post lockdown road map, says Vice President

Third week of lock down crucial for decision making on lock down exit: Vice President; People should continue to cooperate with leadership’s decision even if hardship continues: VP; Indians’ response so far for good of all highlights spiritual dimension of motherland: VP; Tablighi Jamaat episode an avoidable slip: […]

PM's message on World Health Day Posted On: 07 APR 2020 1:50PM by PIB Delhi

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 07: Following is the text of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s message on World Health Day. “Today on World Health Day, let us not only pray for each other’s good health and well-being but also reaffirm our gratitude towards all those […]

Omar demands Mehbooba Mufti be set free

Srinagar, Apr 7: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday demanded that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti be set free, saying merely shifting her home while keeping her under detention was a cop out. Mehbooba, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been detained under the […]

COVID-19 death toll rises to 114, number of cases climbs to 4,421: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Apr 7: The death toll due to novel coronavirus rose to 114 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 4,421 on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 3,981, as many as 325 people were […]

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