South Korea reports 25 new coronavirus cases as small outbreaks continue
SEOUL: South Korea has reported 25 additional cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period, amid a continuation of small-scale outbreaks in the country. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the additional figures released Sunday took the country’s total to 11,190 with 266 deaths. The agency says 10,213 of them have recovered […]
In-Talk: June to be the peak for Covid-19 in India!
Several countries were using several tactics to control the Covid-19 outbreak. Few countries depended on social distancing while few countries relied on testing. USA confirmed that social distancing is helpful in controlling the outbreak. In India, social distancing was followed strictly for a while but in the recent times the relaxation tampered the social distancing […]
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 […]
278 Maharashtra Police personnel test COVID-19 positive in last 48 hours
MUMBAI: As many as 278 police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai in the last 48 hours, said Maharashtra Police on Friday. With this, the total number of positive cases among the Maharashtra Police personnel climbed to 1,666, which include 473 recovered and 16 deaths. At present, there are 1,177 active cases. Maharashtra […]
PG medical students told to pay 50% of hiked fee
HYDERABAD: In a relief to aspirants of post-graduate medical and dental courses, a division bench of the Telangana High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed students who come under category ‘A’ (convener quota), to pay 50 per cent of the enhanced fee. This is in addition to the fee prescribed in GO 29, dated May 2, […]
Hyderabad woman claims husband missing, hospital says he died of Covid
Three weeks after her husband died of Covid-19 at Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital and was cremated by the municipal authorities, a woman claimed he is missing and insisted that the authorities show proof of his death and funeral. Not convinced by the statement of the government-run hospital that her husband died on May 1, a day […]
Finally, Google-Apple COVID app tech released, 22 countries set to build on it
Washington: Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. The companies said 22 countries and several U.S. states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their software. It relies on Bluetooth wireless technology to detect when someone who downloaded […]
5 Corona Cases In Kukatpally, Panic Spreads
Kukatpally is one of the busiest places in Hyderabad and is a hub for many businesses and educational institutes. This place shivered in panic as Thursday five Corona positive cases were reportedly from Kukatpally. A doctor who resides at Rainbow vista apartment, Moosapet got infected with Corona. This doctor works at Apollo hospital and after […]
COVID-19 tally in Andhra increases to 2,605 with 45 new cases
VIJAYAWADA: COVID-19 count in Andhra Pradesh went up to 2,605 with another 45 new positive cases reported across the state in the last 24 hours at 9 a.m. on Thursday. One more death in Nellore took the toll to 54 As per the media bulletin issued by the State Command Control Room (Health) on Thursday […]
COVID-19: Trump says his hydroxychloroquine regimen finishes in ‘day or two’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that the regimen of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine that he is taking to ward off the coronavirus will finish in the next day or two. Trump disclosed on Tuesday that he was taking the drug despite medical warnings about potential serious side effects and questions about its effectiveness in […]
Hyderabad firm, US varsity developing coronavirus vaccine
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Bharat Biotech and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, USA, will work towards developing a new vaccine for Covid-19. The vaccine candidate was developed at the university in January using an existing deactivated rabies vaccine as a carrier for Coronavirus proteins. It recently completed preliminary tests in animal models and showed antibody […]
‘We’re expendable’: Russian doctors face hostility, mistrust amid coronavirus crisis
.MOSCOW: There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Instead of applause, they face mistrust, low pay and even open hostility. Residents near the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, a Moscow hospital now treating virus patients, complained when they […]
68 more COVID-19 cases in Andhra, ten have links to Chennai’s Koyambedu market
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh recorded 68 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours of which 10 have links to Chennai’s Koyambedu market. Six people from Chittoor and four from Nellore with a travel history or contacts with those who returned from the Koyambedu market tested positive for the virus. With the new patients, the total […]
Andhra Pradesh HC directs Vizag judge to record suspended doctor’s statement
AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the Visakhapatnam sessions judge to record the statement of a suspended government doctor allegedly manhandled by the police in full public view in Visakhapatnam last week. The High Court directed the sessions judge to personally visit the Government Hospital for Mental Health where Dr K. Sudhakar […]
Pakistan records 1,932 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded 1,932 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 46 fatalities during the last 24 hours, taking the total number infections in the country to 45,898 with 985 deaths, the health ministry said on Wednesday. As many as 414,254 coronavirus tests have been conducted so far, it said, adding that 13,962 examinations were […]
COVID-19 to push 60 million into poverty; USD 160 billion assistance to 100 countries: World Bank
WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put over 60 million people into extreme poverty globally, the World Bank has said as it announced emergency operations worth USD 160 billion in 100 developing countries to fight the deadly virus. “The pandemic and shutdown of advanced economies could push as many as 60 million people into […]
Include COVID-19 package in Arogyashri, says Akbaruddin Owaisi
HYDERABAD: Taking cognisance of the fact that many Arogyashri patients were being turned away by private hospitals amid the lockdown, Leader of Opposition Akbaruddin Owaisi requested the state government to include a COVID-19 related package in the scheme. Akbar, who was addressing a press conference, said that the Directorate of Medical Education has issued guidelines […]
Telangana’s recovery tally crosses 1,000-mark
HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 41 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total tally to 1,592. Of the 41 fresh cases, 26 are from GHMC limits. As per the media bulletin, when Medchal district reported three cases, the remaining 12 were migrant labourers who recently returned to the Telangana from other Indian States. Meanwhile, 10 […]
COVID-19: Automakers help restart US industry as globe reopens further
WARREN: More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the US for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart the American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and extremely early test. Stocks rallied on the vaccine news […]
Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic ‘without vaccine’
CHINA: A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by scientists at China’s prestigious Peking […]