Tag: corona virus

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 […]

Singapore to soon roll out COVID-19 contact tracing device

SINGAPORE: Singapore will soon roll out a wearable contact tracing device to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 that has affected more than 37,000 people in the country, a senior minister said on Friday. Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament that technical difficulties have prevented Singapore’s contact tracing app TraceTogether […]

AP Fighting With Jagan & Corona: Chandrababu

Andhra Pradesh is now facing two troubles at a time, on one hand, the state has to combat the increasing Coronavirus cases and on the other, it has to check the onslaught of the YSR Congress, lamented Telugu Desam supremo and Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu. Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy does not […]

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 […]

Kia Motors employee in Anantapur tests positive for COVID-19 after returning from TN

VIJAYAWADA: An employee of Kia Motors India (KMI) in Anantapur, who came from Tamil Nadu on May 26, has tested positive for COVID-19. A statement issued by KMI on Thursday said as part of the safety measures, it is insisting that employees having a travel history undergo COVID-19 testing. “Till date, 545 employees were tested […]

New Zealand on verge of eradicating virus with one infected person

WELLINGTON: New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating the virus from its shores after it notched a 13th straight day with no reported new infections. Only a single person in the nation of 5 million people is known to still have the virus, and that person is not hospitalized. However, it remains likely that […]

Corona: India Overtakes France And Is At 7th Position

There have been mixed spectrum of opinions, speculations, analysis and aggression among Indians for the unimaginable growth in coronavirus cases in spite of four-phased lockdowns. In a single day, 8,392 new cases have been reported across the nation and India is on the 7th place, crossing France (1,89,220) as well. With more than 1,90,000 positive […]

Bollywood Music Director Dies of Corona

Noted Bollywood music composer Wajid Khan has died of Covid-19. The celebrated music director and singer died in Mumbai in the wee hours of Monday. Wajid was admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai’s Chembur a few days ago and his condition said to have deteriorated. He finally lost his battle with Corona Virus. Wajid’s […]

Pakistan reports 2,964 new coronavirus cases taking tally to 72,000

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus cases on Monday crossed 72,000-mark with 2,964 new patients while the death toll climbed to 1,543 after 60 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, health officials said. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 2,964 new infections surfaced over the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally of […]

Armenian Prime Minister, his family test COVID-19 positive

YEREVAN: Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his entire family have been infected with the coronavirus. In a Facebook statement on Monday, Pashinian said he didn’t have any symptoms, but decided to get tested ahead of visiting military units, and the test came back positive. ‘I will be working from home,’ the prime minister said, […]

Corona Virus Strikes Andhra Secretariat!

The dreaded Coronavirus has struck the Andhra Pradesh secretariat with one of its employees, along with two others in a different official complex in Guntur, testing positive for the virus. On Monday, two blocks of the state Secretariat were shut while the entire Secretariat building was being sanitised. Employees who work there were asked not […]