Tag: covid19

Sri Lanka registers over 750 coronavirus cases, most from Naval facility

COLOMBO: Of the 548 active coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka, 327 of them were Navy personnel and authorities have also quarantined 1,008 of their relatives, officials said on Tuesday. The virus has killed eight people with 752 positive cases in the island nation. Army chief General Shavendra Silva, who heads Sri Lanks’s COVID-19 prevention mechanism, […]

AP Gov Employed Teachers at liquor shops

The AP government is already facing criticism for lifting the lid on liquor shops on the first day of lockdown relaxations, as the social distancing is being completely ignored and the increase in domestic violence cases is already being seen. With the relaxation in lockdown and reopening the liquor shops, the Andhra Pradesh government has […]

KCR urged not to give relaxations in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A day ahead of the crucial meeting of Telangana state Cabinet to decide on extending the lockdown, state health officials on Monday urged Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao not to give any relaxations in Hyderabad and three surrounding districts which account for the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases and deaths. At a review […]

Huge number of cases in Telangana has NO LINKS?

It seems like the COVID-19 is not going to leave mankind in the near future. Though China, phenomenally restricted COVID-19 spread, new cases have been registered daily in small numbers. Coming to Telangana, the state government reported the COVID-19 positive cases in single digits for the past few days and the Telanganites are hoping that […]

Telangana govt might give more relaxations than the Centre prescribed?

The central government has decided to give some relaxations for the people in Orange and Green zone areas from May 4th but they won’t apply for the Telanganites as KCR had already imposed complete lockdown till May 7th. So, to compensate for the loss of the Telangana people, the Telangana government might give some more […]

We did not let Hyderabad become Kurnool: TRS minister

There has been a severe criticism on Telangana government that it is not doing adequate tests to rectify more Corona cases and so the cases count is coming down in the last few days. Especially the BJP is accusing TRS government of acting on the behest of MIM party in this regards. Telangana Health minister […]

Pawan Kalyan’s 400 Cr Target Unreachable?

Everywhere there is talk right now that Pawan Kalyan has lost huge chunks of money due to Covid-19 related impact on Film Industry. Apparently the powerful star hero thought of making nearly 400 crores by doing a huge number of film projects back to back, such that the money will be useful to fuel his […]

Jagan Eager To Restart Work In Green Zones!

YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy seems to be keen on resuming normal work in almost all parts of the state, barring Red Zones, in the wake of the Central government announcing huge relaxations in green and orange zones. Starting from Monday, the Jagan government is likely […]

Superstar expresses gratitude towards healthcare workers

India has been facing a significantly higher threat from coronavirus pandemic and as the days are passing the number of COVID-19 positive cases are increasing. And India’s frontline warriors (Healthcare workers, police men, and sanitary workers) are working hard and waging a battle keeping their lives at risk to fight against the coronavirus. However, earlier, […]

UNSC President Estonia calls Security Council’s handling of COVID-19 ‘a shame’

UNITED NATION: Estonia, the president of the United Nations Security Council for May, said it was a “shame” that the powerful UN body did not fulfill its responsibility in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak and slammed “stumbling blocks” in passing a resolution on the pandemic. “I think it is a shame that we have not been […]

Amid attack from Trump, WHO praises China for handling coronavirus pandemic

BEIJING: The World Health Organisation has praised China for handling the coronavirus pandemic and said that the countries need to learn from Wuhan on how the epicentre of the virus was bringing the society back to normal, a day after US President Donald Trump likened the global health body to a public relations agency for […]

Protests mark growing unrest with California stay-home order

SACRAMENTO: Californians weary of stay-at-home orders that have left millions unemployed staged displays of defiance Friday, with hundreds of flag-waving protesters gathering at the Capitol and along a famed Southern California beach, while a sparsely populated county on the Oregon border allowed diners back in restaurants and reopened other businesses. While much of the state’s […]

Several US hospitals using hydroxychloroquine in treatment of COVID-19 patients: Report

WASHINGTON: Several hospitals in the US are using the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as the first-line of therapy for COVID-19 positive patients, a medical publication has reported. MDedge on Friday reported that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the second-line medication for people hospitalised with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the Yale […]