Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Saturday capped the maximum price for RT-PCR tests, which is conducted to detect coronavirus, at Rs 2,200.
Beijing [China], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Beijing authorities announced they have shut down one of the city's largest wholesale food markets on Saturday after 45 people linked to the market tested positive for coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): India's COVID-19 tally on Saturday witnessed its highest-ever spike of 11,458 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
Mexico City [Mexico], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI) - The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 544 to 16,448 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
Brasilia [Brazil], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI) - The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 909 to 41,828 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Friday (local time).
Cairo [Egypt], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Egypt has registered a record 1,577 new cases of the coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours, which brings the country's tally to over 40,000, Khaled Megahed, a spokesperson for the country's Health Ministry, said on Friday.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): With 57 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Indore on Friday, the total number of cases reached 4,029 according to Office of Chief Medical and Health Officer, Indore.
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone on Friday with Prime Minister of Laos People's Democratic Republic (PDR) Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith wherein the two leaders exchanged views on health and economic challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Almost 1.5 lakh people are being tested for COVID-19 per day in the country and the number is going up each day, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday issued guidelines for offices, stating that the entire office building need not be closed or halt work in other areas if one or two coronavirus cases are reported and work can be resumed after disinfection.
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 12 (ANI): Nepal on Friday recorded 448 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day rise in cases in the Himalayan nation, the country's Ministry of Health and Population said.
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): India is having "very low" number of COVID-19 cases in terms of cases per million population as compared to other countries, said Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), on Friday.