Tag: corona virus

Russia resumes flights with three nations on August 1

MOSCOW: Russia will resume international flights with three countries starting Aug. 1, the government announced Friday. Air traffic will resume with Britain, Turkey and Tanzania, and Russia is working to expand the list, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Flights will resume in airports in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don, […]

Covid spread outside Hyd sends alarm bells ringing

The rising COVID-19 cases in districts across Telangana over the last few days has left the authorities of the health department worried. Amid warnings of a possible community spread and the alarming situation in the neighboring Andhra Pradesh, the surge in the virus spread outside the state capital and surroundings is posing a new challenge […]

Hyderabad is world’s 16th most surveilled city

Hyderabad has been ranked as 16th in the top 20 most surveilled cities in the world. With 3 lakh cameras for a population of over one crore or 29.99 cameras per 1,000 people, Hyderabad is the only city from India in the list released by Britain-based tech research firm Comparitech. Hyderabad and London, which ranks […]

Why AP Netas Flocking To Hyd For Corona Treatment?

Andhra Pradesh netas including ruling party leaders, YSRCP MLAs and MPs who are testing Corona positive have been flocking to other states for better treatment. AP Deputy CM Amzad Basha, who initially admitted in SVIMS, Tirupati, had shifted to Hyderabad for better treatment. Basha’s wife and daughter who were tested posted also moved to Hyderabad […]

Rishi Sunak hands UK key workers a COVID-19 crisis pay rise

LONDON: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Tuesday handed an above-inflation pay rise to key workers such as doctors, teachers and police officers in recognition of their hard work during the coronavirus pandemic crisis. The UK’s Treasury Department, which the Indian-origin minister heads, said that nearly 900,000 workers will benefit across the country, […]

Syrians vote for new parliament amid measures against coronavirus

DAMASCUS: Syrians headed to polling stations in government-held parts of the war-torn country on Sunday to elect a new parliament amid strict health measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The vote is the third to take place in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011. It has killed more than 400,000, displaced half […]

Horrible Hyderabad: 2200 covid patients missing – health sector towards disaster

Already the COVID-19 spread in the greater Hyderabad is at unbelievable levels and now, another news that got out in this critical situation is just terrifying. Much to the Panic of the Hyderabad people, The GHMC officials said that around 2200 coronavirus patients have gone missing in Hyderabad for the last two weeks. All these […]

1676 new COVID-19 cases reported in Telangana; virus claims 10 more lives

HYDERABAD: Telangana saw 1,676 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, crossing the 40,000-mark with a tally of 41,018. Also, 10 people died of the infection in the last 24 hours; the toll stands at 396. The day’s medical bulletin noted a test positivity rate of 18.85 per cent, with 5,350 tests per million population conducted. The […]

Corona Could Affect Everyone – CM Jagan

In a move that could benefit a large number of people in the state, AP CM YS Jagan announced that Aarogyasri scheme would be applicable to the families below Rs 5 lakh annual income in the state. He said that no family should plunge into debts while availing medical treatment. CM Jagan said that the […]

No Patient Should Be Sent Back Due To Costly Treatment: SC

The Supreme Court has made it clear that any patient should not be sent back from the hospital on the grounds that the treatment is costly. It also requested the Centre to issue guidelines on the expenditure to be incurred for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. It felt that during this crisis, the treatment should […]

COVID-19 Update: AP Reports 2,412 New Cases, 44 Deaths

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh reported 2,412 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 35,451 as on Wednesday, July 15. As many as 44 deaths related to the dreaded virus were registered in the state in the last 24 hours. According to the state’s health bulletin, in the last 24 hours, […]

T hospital head quits after row over corona victim’s body #covid19

Nizamabad Government General Hospital superintendent Nageshwar Rao resigned on Monday, two days after a video surfaced showing the body of a COVID-19 victim being carried in an auto-rickshaw. Nageshwar Rao sent his resignation to the Director of Medical Education, owning moral responsibility for the incident. Rao told his colleagues through a voice message in the […]