Category: Health

Indian capital imposes night curfew ahead of ‘critical’ four weeks in COVID-19 fight

The Indian capital of New Delhi on Tuesday imposed a night-time curfew until April 30 with much of the country struggling to contain a second surge in coronavirus infections that has eclipsed the first wave. The next four weeks in India’s fight against COVID-19 will be “very, very […]

COVID-19: India records 96,982 new cases

New Delhi, Apr 6:  The daily rise in new coronavirus infections in India remained above 90,000 for the third consecutive day taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,26,86,049, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 96,982 cases have been reported […]

J-K reports 573 new COVID-19 cases

Srinagar, Apr 4: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 573 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 105 travellers, taking the tally to 1,33,012, while three more deaths due to the virus raised the toll to 2,008, officials said. Of the fresh COVID-19 cases, 122 were from the Jammu division and 451 […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Jammu has 25867 positive cases (including 59 cases reported today) with 459 active positive cases, 25027recoveries (including 10 cases recovered today) JAMMU, MARCH 30:The Government on Tuesday informed that 359 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 93 from Jammu division and 266 from Kashmir division, have […]

India tells states to get a grip before COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals

India’s health secretary bluntly told the 28 federal states on Tuesday to get a grip on lax coronavirus prevention measures “right now” to prevent healthcare systems being overwhelmed by a surge in infections. India’s current caseload of 12.1 million ranks third behind only the United States and Brazil, […]

6 states account for over 78 pc of India’s fresh COVID-19 cases

New Delhi, Mar 30:  Six states, including Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, have reported a high number of daily COVID-19 cases and account for 78.56 per cent of the 56,211 fresh cases recorded in the country in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday India’s […]

India suffers highest daily coronavirus infections in five months

India reported the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in five months on Monday, with the second wave of the disease driven by surging infections in the country’s richest state Maharastra. A total of 68,020 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry […]

India’s Maharashtra considers total lockdown as virus cases jump

India’s richest state, Maharashtra, is considering imposing a strict lockdown this week after recording the highest one-day jump in coronavirus infections of any Indian state since last March, officials said on Sunday. Maharashtra tightened travel restrictions and imposed night curfews as it reported 40,414 new coronavirus cases on […]

Serum Institute delays expected launch of Novavax vaccine in India

The launch in India of a new COVID-19 vaccine developed jointly by the Serum Institute of India and U.S.-based biotech firm Novavax (NVAX.O) is likely to be delayed to September, the Indian company’s boss said on Saturday. Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive of Serum, said in January that the vaccine, […]

India locks down some towns as coronavirus cases hit 5-month high

Authorities ordered people indoors in some towns in western India as the number of new coronavirus infections hit 53,476 infections overnight, the highest in five months, data showed on Thursday. Cases have surged across several states in since late February, following a near-full reopening of the economy and […]

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