Tag: corona cases

Telangana COVID-19 cases cross 1 lakh-mark; situation in districts worrisome

HYDERABAD: The need for Covid-19 testing has been stressed by various health agencies across the world. As Telangana increased testing and conducted the highest number of tests in a day on Friday (43,095), it also recorded the highest single-day spike of 2,474 new cases. On Saturday, the State conducted 40,666 tests and detected 2,384 new […]

T’gana: Secretariat is more important than Corona?

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to have his own priorities in running the government. At a time when every state in the entire nation is busy fighting the Coronavirus pandemic with whatever little resources it has, the Telangana chief minister is keen on demolishing the state secretariat complex and […]

Hyderabad Jeweller Hosted Birthday Party For 150 People, Succumbs To COVID-19

HYDERABAD: A diamond jeweller from Hyderabad, who had thrown a birthday party where about 150 people were present, died of coronavirus earlier this week. The owner of another jewellery shop who attended the party also died of COVID-19 on Saturday. Twelve people, including a politician from Telangana, who attended the party tested positive for the […]

Singapore scientists discover five antibodies that can combat COVID-19

SINGAPORE: A team of Singapore scientists has discovered five antibodies that can block COVID-19 infection and protect against the key mutations that have emerged in the virus during the pandemic, the country’s defence research and development organisation said on Wednesday. Human trials for the lead antibody, AOD01, will commence in the coming months, pending approval […]

Huge Tension in AP-Telangana..! Upcoming 24 hours are crucial

This COVID-19 pandemic has changed the normalcy of the lives of citizens and now every activity on this god’s green earth is linked to this micro-organism. Now, the two Telugu speaking states are going to have a very tough period in the upcoming 24 hours. The meteorological department stated that there ais a high possibility […]

AP COVID-19 Update June 7: 17,695 Samples Tested In 24 Hours

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh reported 130 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours on Sunday, taking the tally to 3,718. According to the state health department’s update, 29 people were discharged, taking the state’s discharged patients tally to 2,353. Two deaths were reported in the past 24 hours till 9 am from Krishna and Kurnool […]

Amid mounting Covid cases, KCR to review situation

With the surge in coronavirus cases continuing in Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has convened a meeting on Monday to review the situation. The meeting to be attended by Health Minister E. Rajender and other senior officials will discuss the measures taken for the containment of Covid-19, implementation of the lockdown and other related […]

To test COVID-19 guidelines for parliamentary election, Sri Lanka holds mock poll

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s election commission has held a mock poll in the southern Galle district to test the COVID-19 health guidelines and its preparedness for the parliamentary polls likely to be held between late July and mid August. The parliamentary polls were initially to be held on April 25, but had to be postponed due […]

138 new Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh, state tally hits 4,250

VIJAYAWADA: As many as 138 more persons, including four foreign returnees, tested positive for COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. With this, the total number of cases in the state surged to 4,250. Meanwhile, two more deaths, both in Krishna district, took the toll to 73. According to the state media bulletin, 9,831 samples were […]

COVID-19 cases tally in Andhra crosses 4000 mark, death toll rises to 71

VIJAYAWADA: COVID-19 tally in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 4000-mark with another 141 cases reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases now stands at 4,112. The death toll increased to 71 with three more deaths, one each in Kurnool, Krishna and Guntur districts, reported. According to the media bulletin issued by the […]

COVID-19 inside story from Telangana

COVID-19 pandemic has started to spread its wings in India and most importantly the cities are worst affected in the sub-continent. All big cities in the country are facing unimaginable times and when compared, Hyderabad is in a far better position but that is not the end of the story. It is known that the […]

Italy coronavirus death toll could be 19,000 higher than reported

ROME: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus in March and April could be nearly 19,000 higher than the official figure of 32,000, the national social security agency said Thursday. The Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS), the largest social security and welfare institute in Italy, said in a new study that the official death […]

Centre gives Rs 105.25 cr for Telangana ULBs

HYDERABAD: The Union Finance Ministry released `105.25 crore for the non-million plus cities in Telangana on Wednesday as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission (SFC). These grants should be distributed to all non-million plus urban local bodies (ULBs) by the State Finance Commission within 10 working days without any deduction. If the State […]

Andhra COVID-19 toll now 41 as three more die, cases in state surge to 1887

VIJAYAWADA: The COVID-19 toll in Andhra Pradesh increased to 41 with three more people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. Two of them were Kurnool and one from Visakhapatnam. With 54 new cases, the total number of cases in the state increased to 1887. The number of discharged now stands at 842 […]