New Delhi | While the streets of the national capital wore a deserted look on the first day of the six-day lockdown on Monday, sounds of ambulance siren echoed in the city roads, especially in the areas having dedicated Covid-19 hospitals. In the last seven days (from April 14 to April 20), more than 1,200 (1,202) […]
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Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis tests Covid-19 positive, under treatment
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday announced that he has tested Covid-19 positive and gone into isolation. “I have been working every single day since the lockdown, but now it seems that God wants me to stop for a while and take a break!,” Fadnavis tweeted. Revealing that he has contracted […]
Record 14,492 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Maharashtra with 326 more fatalities
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded the highest Covid-19 new cases for the second consecutive day on Thursday, with the death toll soaring above the 300-mark, health officials said. The state recorded a new high of 14,492 cases – up from the previous peak of 13,165 (August 19) – pushing up the total from 628,642 to 643,289 now, and […]
Maharashtra lab technician held for taking vaginal swab for Covid test, booked for rape
Amravati (Maharashtra): In a shocking development, a government hospital lab technician allegedly took a vaginal swab from a woman for conducting a Covid-19 test, officials said on Thursday. He has now been arrested for molestation and rape. The incident occurred on Tuesday, when the 23-year-old complainant had gone for a Covid test at the Trauma […]
Loss of smell and taste added to coronavirus symptoms
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has added symptoms of loss of smell and taste (anosmia & ageusia) in the clinical management guidelines for the COVID-19 patients. The guideline says, “Loss of smell (anosmia) or loss of taste (ageusia) preceding the onset of respiratory symptoms has also been reported.” Older people and immune-suppressed patients in particular […]
After two days break, 11 including 7 BSF men test Corona positive in Tripura
Agartala: After two days break, 11 people, including seven BSF jawans, were tested COVID-19 positive in Tripura on Saturday taking the state’s total positive cases to 167, officials said. According to Tripura’s health officials, of the 159 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of two battalions (86th and 138th) and family members who tested positive so […]
Despite reprieve, salons, gyms, liquor shops to remain shut
New Delhi: On Saturday, the Home Ministry clarified that only standalone shops are being allowed to open as per the directive and that the order does not apply to Covid-19 containment zones or liquor stores. Then in a further clarification, the government said that salons, barber shops and restaurants will continue to be closed as […]
With 969 deaths in one day, Italy’s tally crosses 9,000 mark
Rome: The cumulative number of coronavirus cases in Italy reached 86,498 on Friday, exceeding the total figure registered in China, according to data by the Civil Protection Department coordinating the national emergency response. The pandemic also claimed 969 lives, a new single-day record high in fatalities registered here since the outbreak hit the country’s northern […]
Withdraw cash from any ATM free of charge
New Delhi: The government has reduced charges for digital trade transaction and ATM cash withdrawals to promote digital financial transactions at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. As per the decision announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, debit card holders, who withdraw cash from any bank ATM, can do it free of charge for the next […]
Big B shares idea that clapping reduces virus potency, faces flak and deletes post
Mumbai: Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan shared an opinion offering logic behind the Janata Curfew clapping at 5pm on Sunday, but netizens werent very impressed. On facing social media flak, Big B subsequently took down his post. In the post the superstar shared an opinion someone sent him, suggesting that vibration caused by mass clapping can […]