Category: Health

India records biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases

NEW DELHI – India reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking the its total count to more than 300,000, according to data from the federal health ministry. India is the fourth-worst affected country in the world, having surpassed the […]

India’s COVID-19 cases jump from 2 lakh to 3 lakh in 10 days as it records worst daily spike

New Delhi, Jun 13: Ten days after recording two lakh COVID-19 cases, India surpassed the three lakh-mark on Saturday with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll too climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. India took 64 days to […]

Mumbai braces for monsoon diseases amid strain of a pandemic

MUMBAI – For doctors and healthcare workers in India’s financial capital Mumbai who are grappling with surging coronavirus infections, the onset of the annual monsoon poses a serious threat – a new wave of patients with vector-borne diseases. Already stretched by a shortage of medics and critical care […]

India records over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in single day, tally nears 3 lakh: Health Ministry

New Delhi, June 12:  For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. […]

India lifts export ban on Trump-touted drug hydroxychloroquine

BENGALURU – India has lifted an export ban on hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a minister said late on Wednesday. “Department of Pharmaceuticals has approved the lifting of ban on Export […]

COVID-19: Number of recoveries exceed active cases for first time

New Delhi, June 10: The number of recovered COVID-19 patients has exceeded the total active cases in India for the first time on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India reported close to 10,000 new instances of the infection in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8 […]

India records 9,985 new COVID-19 cases, 279 fatalities; death toll rises to 7,745

New Delhi, Jun 10:  The COVID-19 death toll rose to 7,745 and the number of cases climbed to 2,76,583 in the country after it registered 279 fatalities and 9,985 new infections within a period of 24 hours till Wednesday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry India […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

open view news desk JAMMU, JUNE 9: The Government on Tuesday informed that 61 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 17 from Jammu division and 44 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 4346. […]

India’s virus count over 2.6 lakh, daily spike inching close to 10,000-mark

New Delhi, Jun 9:  A record rise in COVID-19 cases in India for the seventh consecutive day has pushed the tally to over 2.6 lakh on Tuesday, with the daily nationwide spike in coronavirus cases inching close to 10,000. The rise in cases comes at a time when […]

Fujifilm says COVID-19 drug research may drag on into July

TOKYO – Fujifilm Holdings Corp’s (4901.T) research on Avigan as a potential treatment for COVID-19 may drag on until July, the company said on Sunday, a further setback in the Japanese firm’s race to find a vaccine. “There is a possibility that clinical trials will continue in July,” […]

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