Tag: virus
The Health Ministry on Friday said that few states are trying to curb the free inter-state movement of oxygen supplies by exercising provisions under various acts and also mandating the manufacturers and suppliers located in the state to restrict their oxygen supplies to only the hospitals of the state. ....
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called US President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic "disgusting" and "almost criminal", after it was revealed that the latter had downplayed the virus' threat earlier this year, the media reported on Friday. ....
Since the month of March after coronavirus was declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), the group leading from the front as well as experts in the field began to acknowledge the use of masks as a first line of defence against the virus. ....
Actress Himani Shivpuri, a known face in films and on television, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ....
Even as the crucial Monsoon Session of Parliament is set to commence from September 14, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi will miss the session as she has left for abroad with her son Rahul Gandhi for her annual medical treatment. ....
In view of the rising Covid-19 tally in the national capital, the Delhi government on Saturday ordered 33 private hospitals, including five fully Covid hospitals, to reserve 80 per cent of their bed capacity in ICU wards for corona patients with immediate effect. ....
Airline major IndiGo on Saturday marked the completion of 50,000 flights since lockdown. ....
A team of researchers in the US has published striking images of SARS-CoV-2 infected cells in the respiratory airways that are very graphic in nature. ....
Veteran Odia film actor Ajit Das passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here on Sunday. He was 71. ....
Chinese whistleblower virologist Li-Meng Yan who was forced to flee the country after raising questions about the origin of the novel coronavirus, has once again said the Covid-19 virus was developed in a Chinese lab, a claim that has earlier been denied by both Beijing and the World Health Organisation (WHO). ....