New Delhi: Ramping up government efforts to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday constituted 10 empowered groups, to be headed by secretaries, for planning and ensuring quick implementation of decisions taken to check the spread of coronavirus, ThePrint has learnt. Covid-19 cases have spiked in India over the last few days to cross […]
Debayan Saha and Shashi Ranjan, alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and AIIMS respectively, along with Sashi Ranjan who is a biomedical scientist from NUS, Singapore claim to have created a robot that can sanitise cities and stop the spread of the coronavirus. Their device ‘Airlens Minus Corona’, they say, can successfully tackle the coronavirus. It operates on […]
Srinagar In a sudden spurt in coronavirus cases in Kashmir, five more COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the Valley on Sunday. This takes the total number of coronavirus disease (COVID1-9) cases in the entire J&K to 38. “5 more positives cases confirmed in Kashmir -2 from Srinagar, 2 Budgam, 1 Baramulla,” tweeted government spokesman […]
There have been multiple advisories from the AYUSH Ministry on COVID-19. Its long list of recommendations include Unani concoctions Sharbat Unnab and Tiryaq Arba, and the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum Album 30 for post-exposure prophylaxis for doctors and caregivers. In the absence of a scientifically proven cure or preventive for novel coronavirus infection, should one use alternative medicine […]
US President Donald Trump has said quarantining New York “will not be necessary”, after the state’s governor said doing so would be “preposterous”. Mr Trump said the latest decision was taken on the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. The president had earlier said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and […]
Srinagar The Kashmir Valley recorded the second fatality due to the novel coronavirus as a 52-year-old man hailing from Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died on Sunday wee hours. Reports said that a man died at Chest Disease hospital Dalgate, Srinagar at around 4:00 am. A doctor told news agency GNS that the […]
W While people around the world are climbing the walls due to coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing, 21-year-old Swede Cajsa Wiking is unfazed by the prospect of spending time alone in her one-bedroom apartment in Uppsala. “We are pretty good at staying home and aren’t very social compared to other cultures…so that makes it easier […]
Govt appeals people to Self report travel history Admin monitoring situation proactively; 11 exclusively COVID hospitals earmarked, 35000 quarantine facility created across UT: Kansal JAMMU, MARCH 28: Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, Mr Rohit Kansal, who is also the J&K Govt Spokesperson, today said that the administration is closely monitoring and reviewing the situation and […]
Bengaluru: As public health experts continue to wonder why India has such low rates of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 per capita, a recently published study by ICMR scientists indicates the council may have ignored its own analysis on the need for more aggressive testing. A mathematical model prepared by ICMR scientists almost two months ago suggested that […]
West Ham have eight players in self-isolation after showing mild symptoms of the coronavirus, according to the club’s vice-chairwoman Karren Brady. The Hammers are the latest Premier League club to be hit by the pandemic. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi — both now recovered — and several unnamed Leicester players tested positive […]