Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has termed China’s battle against COVID-19 as a major strategic achievement, as the ruling Communist Party is all set to hold the postponed Parliament session on May 22 amid a steady decline in the coronavirus cases. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Thursday said the country reported only four new […]
Washington; The United States recorded 2,502 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest real-time tally on Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University. After two days of a relative easing in the toll on Sunday and Monday, the numbers have spiked again the past two days. At least 60,853 people have now […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases have climbed to 14,885 while the death toll from the pandemic has reached 327 with 26 more fatalities, the health ministry said on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 3,425 people have recovered from the contagion while 129 were still in critical condition. The ministry said that Punjab […]
Jammu: Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh led the Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel in showing the solidarity with corona warriors across the nation in the lawns of Police headquarters here today. Saluting COVID-19 warriors Senior Police officers of PHQ & APHQ, Police officers of Jammu district, Commandants of Jammu based Armed/IRP battalions, doctors […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said as the number of coronavirus cases crossed the 14,000-mark and claimed the lives of over 300 people. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 3,233 people have fully recovered from the deadly virus. The ministry said […]
AIZAWL/GUWAHATI: Mizoram would soon be the sixth COVID-19- free state out of the eight states in northeast India as the state’s lone corona patient tested negative while after five days, a fresh positive case was found in Assam, Minister and officials said on Tuesday. “The swab sample of the lone Mizoram patient had tested negative […]
MUMBAI: In view of the deaths of three policemen in the last three days due to COVID-19 disease, the Mumbai Police have asked their personnel who are above 55 years of age with pre-existing ailments to go on leave as a precautionary measure, a senior officer said on Tuesday. Besides, police personnel who are above […]
New Delhi:People who have very mild symptoms of coronavirus or those pre-symptomatic can opt for home isolation if they have the requisite self-isolation facility at their residence so as to avoid contact with other family members, the Health ministry said. According to a new set of guidelines issued on Monday, the patient should be clinically […]
Washington: President Donald Trump is projecting that coronavirus deaths in the United States could reach 70,000, but says original projections were much higher as he explained why voters should consider re-electing him in November. Trump has at times this month cited 60,000 as the estimate of how many people would die from COVID-19. Trump was […]
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked states to try to convert the Covid-19 challenge into opportunities through administrative reforms, and form their own policies on relaxing the lockdown based on ground reality, the Maharashtra chief minister’s Office here said. In a video conference with chief ministers, Modi indicated that the coronavirus infection would […]