Tag: Coronavirus In India

Noida: Shriram Millennium school in Sector 135 Noida on Tuesday decided to shut down the premises for two days and also postpone its annual examinations after a student’s parent tested positive with COVID-19 on Monday. A total of 40 students of the school have been tested for the virus and sent to a 28-day isolation, […]

New Delhi: A day after two new cases of novel coronavirus that included one from Delhi were reported, the Health Ministry on Tuesday said six cases with “high-viral load” were detected during sample testing in Agra and these people have been kept in isolation. The six people had come in contact with a 45-year-old patient […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people not to panic and “work together” on a day six new suspected coronavirus cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. “There is no need to panic. We need to work together, take small yet important measures to ensure self-protection,” Modi tweeted. Also Read: Coronavirus: Six Cases With […]

New Delhi: A day after two fresh cases of coronavirus was reported in India, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued a travel advisory suspending all regular visas/e-visas granted on or before March 3 to nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea, Japan who have not yet entered India. The advisory also suspends visa on arrival […]

New Delhi: The Air India on Tuesday confirmed that a passenger who flew on a Vienna-Delhi flight on February 25 has tested positive for coronavirus. “This is for the attention of passengers who flew on AI154 Vienna-Delhi of 25th Feb 20. One of the passengers has tested positive for #coronavirus. Please follow the protocol notified […]

New Delhi: The prediction for a Covid-19 type of pandemic which will attack the lungs had been made by Sylvia Browne in her book, “End of Days”. In the bestseller titled “End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies about the End of the World”, author Sylvia Browne seems to have got the prediction right about Covid-19. […]

Geneva: Different from SARS, MERS or influenza, COVID-19 is “a unique virus with unique characteristics,” the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said here on Tuesday. “We are understanding this virus and the disease it causes more and more,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza, according […]

Noida (UP): As many as 373 people who have travelled abroad since January 15 have been kept under surveillance so far as possible carriers of coronavirus in Gautam Buddh Nagar, officials said on Wednesday. The instructions to put such people who have travelled abroad had come from the Ministry of Health, Uttar Pradesh in mid-January […]

Chandigarh: A 32-year-old suspected coronavirus patient in Punjab’s Moga town who returned from Dubai and was advised quarantine on Wednesday refused to get himself admitted to the local Civil Hospital isolation ward and fled to his home. “The patient with symptoms of respiratory discomfort was advised hospitalisation. He initially refused to get himself admitted to […]

Thiruvananthapuram: As India braces itself to tackle fresh incidences of coronavirus (COVID-19), Kerala’s successful handling of the nation’s first three positive cases, backed by a rigid protocol, including a 28-day quarantine to contain its spread, offers a model to others. With a strong chain of command, starting from the health department to field workers, the […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has approached Delhi Police against fake news about exam papers leak being spread on social media and advised parents and students not to believe them and panic. “It has come to the notice of the board that many anti-social elements are uploading fake messages like providing […]

New Delhi: Students appearing for class 10 and 12 board examination will be allowed to carry masks and hand sanitiser in the exam centre in view of coronavirus scare, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced on Wednesday. “Face masks and sanitisers may be carried by students in the examination centre,” CBSE Secretary Anurag […]

Cuttack: An Irish national suspected to be infected with Coronavirus, who reportedly went missing from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack was found at a hotel in Bhubaneswar today. As per reports, the Irish man was suspected of being infected with the Coronavirus after he underwent screening at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in […]

New Delhi: One more person on Friday tested positive for novel coronavirus or COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, taking the total number of cases in the country to 31. “One suspected COVID-19 case has been confirmed as positive,” said the Health Ministry. According to the Ministry the latest patient is a […]

New Delhi: Three more positive cases of novel coronavirus have been reported in India taking the total number of confirmed cases to 34, Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Of the three, two are from Ladakh with travel history to Iran while one is from Tamil Nadu who had visited Oman, the ministry said, adding […]