Tag: Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Israel isolates coronavirus antibody in 'significant breakthrough' – minister

JERUSALEM – Israel has isolated a key coronavirus antibody at its main biological research laboratory, the Israeli defence minister said on Monday, calling the step a “significant breakthrough” toward a possible treatment for the COVID-19 pandemic. The “monoclonal neutralising antibody” developed at the Israel Institute for Biological Research […]

Government of India sanctions Rs. 15000 crores for India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package

NEW DELHI, APRIL 09: Government of India (GoI) has announced significant investments to the tune of Rs.15000 crores for ‘India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package’. The funds sanctioned will be utilized for immediate COVID-19 Emergency Response (amount of Rs.7774 crores) and rest for medium-term support […]

Kejriwal calls meeting with ministers, top officers to discuss COVID-19 containment measures

New Delhi, Apr 8: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called an urgent meeting with his deputy Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendar Jain and top officers on Wednesday evening to discuss measures to contain the COVID-19 spread, an official said. The official said that Chief Secretary Vijay Dev, the […]

Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity

JOHANNESBURG — Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than before. Messages from the Islamic extremist groups show concern […]

Trump’s contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has held an unequivocal position about China and the coronavirus — several of them. Trump initially praised China, then excoriated Beijing after it made unsubstantiated claims that the virus originated in the United States. Now, Trump is back to offering niceties. The diverging messages have […]

India cracks down on Muslim group emerging as coronavirus cluster

NEW DELHI – India sealed off the headquarters of a Muslim missionary group on Tuesday and ordered an investigation into accusations it held religious meetings that officials fear may have infected dozens of people with the coronavirus. India has registered 1,251 cases of the coronavirus, 32 of whom […]

Jobless after virus lockdown, India’s poor struggle to eat

NEW DELHI — Some of India’s legions of poor and people suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid distribution Thursday, as both the public and private sector work to blunt the impact of efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. India’s finance ministry […]

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic & its situation-WHO

To know all about Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its worldwide latest update you need to visit the official website of the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.). For convenience of the public the following two links are being provided to visit the sites with one click: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 (About COVID-19) […]

Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus

CHICAGO — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be held at a later date.” Such notices are increasing amid the coronavirus pandemic, as an untold number of burials around the globe go forward […]

Lockdowns not enough to defeat coronavirus – WHO’s Ryan

LONDON – Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday, adding that public health measures are needed to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on. “What we really need to focus on is finding those […]

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