Tag: corona virus

Another delay expected in Harvey Weinstein extradition

BUFFALO: Convicted former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to appear briefly via video from a New York prison Friday as part of legal efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges. Authorities say the extradition proceeding, originally scheduled for August, likely will be postponed again, this time until April 9. Weinstein, […]

COVID-19 Caseload In AP Increases To 8.1 Lakh

A total of 2,901 coronavirus cases have been registered in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and the total tally rose to 8.1 lakh. More than 4,350 patients recovered from the virus. A total of 555 cases have been reported in West Godavari and it is followed by East Godavari (464), Krishna (411), Guntur (385) and Chittoor […]

Telangana Reports 582 New Corona Cases

Hyderabad: Continuing its downward slide, Telangana on Monday reported 582 new coronavirus cases as authorities conducted fewer tests taking its total tally to 2,31,834. The active cases now total 18,611, of which 15,582 are in home or institutional isolation. During the last 24 hours, only 14,729 tests were conduced compared with 27,055 a day earlier. […]

Poland’s President Duda tests positive for coronavirus

WARSAW: Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservative leader was tested the day before and his result was positive. He said the president feels well and is in isolation. Duda’s diagnosis comes amid a huge surge in […]

1,421 new Covid cases, six deaths in Telangana

HYDERABAD/ VIJAYAWADA / T’PURAM/ CHENNAI/ BENGALURU: Telangana detected just 1,421 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday as the State conducted only 38,484 tests. For the past few days, testing has been lower than the usual 50,000- 55,000 tests. However, there is no let down in the number of cases in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) […]

Telangana: Nine dead, 104 injured in accidents last week

HYDERABAD: While Covid-19 maybe claiming lives every single day, the roads in Cyberabad police limits are not far behind in claiming lives. At least nine deaths in accidents have been reported in the last one week as per a data set released by the Cyberabad Traffic Police. Nine fatal accidents led to nine deaths. Apart […]

Pakistan warns of new lockdown as COVID-19 mortality rate increases by 140 per cent

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top body, which oversees response to the coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday warned that strict measures, including lockdown, could be initiated to contain the infection if people don’t stop violating government guidelines, as the country’s COVID-19 mortality rate increased by 140 per cent compared to past few weeks. “The National Command and Operations Centre […]

Single-day spike in Covid cases falls to 2,918 in AP

VIJAYAWADA: For the first time in nearly two months, Andhra Pradesh saw its coronavirus tally grow by less than 3,000 in a day, on Monday. All the 13 districts recorded less than 500 new cases.According to the latest media bulletin issued by the State Command Control Room, 61,330 samples were tested in the 24 hours […]

90 Covid cases reported in flood relief camps

HYDERABAD: At least 90 Covid-19 positive cases were detected in the flood relief camps set up across the GHMC limits. These cases were detected out of the 3,406 tests conducted on symptomatic individuals who have now been shifted to hospitals and isolation centres, said the Medical and Health Department on Monday. This implies a positivity […]

UK govt urged to lockdown after ‘losing control’ of coronavirus outbreak

LONDON: The British government on Tuesday faced calls to impose another national coronavirus lockdown following criticism that it had ignored the advice of experts three weeks ago for tougher restrictions to cut rising infections. Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer called for a 2-3 week “circuit break” lockdown to slow the rates, saying the government had […]

Telangana sees 1,708 coronavirus cases; testing drops further

HYDERABAD: By testing 46,835 persons on Monday, Telangana’s Covid test figures dropped by around 4,000 samples. As many as 1,708 cases were detected, andthe State’s tally has now crossed 2.14 lakh. The lower number of tests is in continuation with the general dip seen on Mondays. The highest caseload was reported in GHMC limits with […]

Telangana hospitals open doors to all, struggle to tackle cases

HYDERABAD: Shortage of manpower may be a cause of worry for the Health Department, which on Monday gave orders to resume all non-Covid services across government hospitals in Telangana. The decision was welcomed as 60-80 per cent of cases at many hospitals were non-Covid patients, however, the shortage in manpower already seems to be hurting […]

Why TRS Leaders Are Worried In Warangal?

Ahead of GWMC elections, the local leaders have pinned high hopes on getting the corporator tickets as there are many leaders with no posts. Meanwhile, with the ruling TRS government deciding to increase the divisions from 58 to 66 has come in as a boon for the leaders. However, the decision has to be moved […]

1,717 new cases, 5 more die of Covid in Telangana

HYDERABAD: The number of tests done for Covid-19 went down in Telangana yet again on Saturday. By testing just 46,657 samples, as against the usual of 52,000-54,000 a day, the State reported only 1,717 new cases on Saturday. In the meantime, five more deaths were reported on Saturday, taking the toll to 1,222. As many […]

People Leave Villages To Save Themselves From COVID-19

Despite proximity to the state capital of Hyderabad and despite the sprouting of various seats of higher learning, superstition continues to rule the roost in the neighbouring villages. In Bibipet village of Kamareddy mandal, which is barely two hours from Hyderabad, a whole village wore a deserted look to stave off Covid 19. To propitiate […]

Nepal records highest single-day spike of over 5,000 fresh COVID-19 cases

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Saturday reported the highest single day spike of 5,008 new COVID-19 cases, taking the national tally to 105,684, the health ministry said. A total of 19,320 PCR tests were conducted in the last 24 hours across the country. This is the highest single-day COVID-19 spike in the country since the first case […]

1,891 new coronavirus cases, 7 more deaths in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 1,891 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 2,08,535.The State conducted 53,086 tests on the day, a majority of which (49,411) were conducted in government testing centres and the remaining (3,675) in private testing centres, according to the media bulletin issued by State government. The State’s active case tally is now […]

Over 1,800 students, staff at north England universities test positive for COVID-19

LONDON: More than 1,800 students and staff from universities across the north-east of England, currently under tougher localised lockdowns, tested positive for coronavirus over the past week. Newcastle University said 1,003 students and 12 members of staff were confirmed to have been infected with coronavirus in the past week, compared with 94 last Friday. At […]