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PM interacts with SAARC leaders to combat COVID-19 in the region

PM proposes set up of COVID-19 Emergency Fund for SAARC countries open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with the leaders of the SAARC countries through video conference to chart out a common strategy in order to combat COVID-19 in the region. Shared History – […]

Italy reports jump in cases to more than 21,000

Rome, Mar 14: Italy has reported its biggest day-to-day jump in number of infected cases of COVID-19. National health authorities told reporters on Saturday that health officials recorded 3,497 new cases in 24 hours. That’s roughly a 20 per cent increase in cases from the day before. A little […]

Coronavirus cases in country climb to 107, cases rise in Maharashtra

New Delhi, Mar 15: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 107 on Sunday, with 12 fresh cases in Maharashtra, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of cases include two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka. While a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who […]

Media Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)

2 test positive, 164 persons complete surveillance period open view news desk JAMMU, MARCH 14: The Government Saturday informed that 164 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period and, so far, only two cases have been tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the daily Media Bulletin […]

Coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra rise to 19

Mumbai, Mar 14: With two more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, the number of infected individuals in the state has gone up to 19, a health department official said on Saturday. One of the two new patients is from Ahmednagar city, the official said. However, he did […]

Coronavirus:Bus-stands, railway stations in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Mar 14: Bus-stands and railway stations in this IT city wore a deserted look on Saturday and malls, cinemas, pubs and night clubs remained shut as part of the lockdown announced by the state government following the country’s first coronavirus fatality reported from Karnataka on March 12. Six […]

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson taking diagnoses ‘one day at a time’

CANBERRA, Australia — Tom Hanks said he and wife Rita Wilson were taking their new coronavirus infection “one day at a time” while Australian television hosts who had interviewed Wilson were awaiting test results Friday. Australia has stepped up its response to COVID-19 by recommending people avoid organized, […]

In role reversal, Asia seeks to stop virus from coming in

BEIJING — From quarantining travelers from overseas to nabbing those sneaking in with fevers, China and other parts of Asia are scrambling to prevent the new coronavirus from coming back to where it first broke out. Just as the spread of the disease is stabilizing in much of […]

Nations employ drastic tactics to fight microscopic foe

MADRID, Spain — Tens of millions of students stayed home on three continents, security forces went on standby to guard against large gatherings of people, and bars, restaurants and offices closed Friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus edged ever closer to the world’s […]

WHO officials rethink epidemic messaging amid pandemic debate

LONDON – The World Health Organization is considering changing the way it classifies and describes international epidemics, amid a protracted public debate over whether to call the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic. Officials at the Geneva-based WHO – who this week described it as a pandemic […]

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