Dr Ashfauq Farooq Aga The Coronavirus pandemic has turned the world’s attention to the immune system, the body’s defence force against disease-causing bacteria, viruses and other organisms that we touch, ingest and inhale every day. A healthy lifestyle – not smoking, drinking little or no alcohol, sleeping well, eating a balanced diet, taking regular moderate […]
CAPE TOWN: One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll. The WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where it already kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, […]
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir has emerged “as good as Kerala” in fighting coronavirus and appreciated the medical fraternity for effectively dealing with the disease in the union territory. He reviewed the preparedness of J&K in combating COVID-19 through video conferencing with senior officers, heads of government medical […]
NEW DELHI: The trajectory of COVID-19 cases could have plateaued and might even fall for some weeks after the lockdown is lifted but India is likely to see a second wave in late July or August with a surge in the number of cases during the monsoon, say scientists. The timing of the peak will […]
Manila (Philippines): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has angrily threatened to declare martial law after accusing communist rebels of killing two soldiers, who escorted the delivery of cash and food aid to villagers as his government scrambled to deal with a growing number of coronavirus infections. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Friday said Duterte also approved […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir has emerged “as good as Kerala” in fighting coronavirus and appreciated the medical fraternity for effectively dealing with the disease in the union territory. He reviewed the preparedness of J-K in combating COVID-19 through video conferencing with senior J-K union territory officers, heads […]
Paris: The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 190,000 on Friday, with nearly two-thirds of the fatalities in Europe, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 0740 GMT. A total of 190,089 people have died and 2,698,733 been infected since the virus emerged in China in December. The hardest hit […]
Washington: The US is still trying to get an “actual sample” of the novel coronavirus from China as several questions related to the infection remains unanswered, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. The US has been the worst affected country by the deadly coronavirus, which broke out in China’s Wuhan city last year. As […]
Beijing: China’s confirmed coronavirus cases dropped to single-digit, while technology giants like Alibaba and Tencent have launched booking services for COVID-19 tests. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Friday said six new confirmed coronavirus cases — two imported and four domestically transmitted — were reported in the country on Thursday. As of Thursday, China reported […]
Doctor’s children and patients among 70 people quarantined in Baramulla
Srinagar: The resident doctor who tested positive for novel coronavirus in Baramulla district on Thursday has said that improper protective gear exposed him to the infection at the emergency wing of the hospital, which is associated with Government Medical College Baramulla. The 40-year-old doctor told Kashmir Reader that the protective gear provided to frontline workers […]