Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister BS Sidhu, said on Monday that the state has requested the Centre to release Rs 150 crore for building isolations wards and other buildings necessary to treat coronavirus patients.
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases in India has now climbed up to 223, including 32 foreigners, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
Sindh [Pakistan], Mar 20 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday reported its third death from coronavirus as a 77-year-old coronavirus patient died in Sindh, confirmed Sindh health minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Two patients, who were found positive for coronavirus in Karnataka, have been fully recovered and they will be discharged on Friday, said state Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday.
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 18 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that the federal government will deploy a US Navy hospital ship to New York city to treat non-coronavirus patients as hospitals become slammed with victims suffering from the killer bug.
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): While addressing the parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spoke about the steps taken by the Centre to contain coronavirus spread and said they are using retroviral drugs on some patients for the treatment.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Uttarakhand Congress vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana has gone into a 14-day quarantine after he came in contact with a suspected coronavirus patient during his visit at Doon Hospital yesterday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Eleven suspected coronavirus patients, who ran away from the government hospital, were traced by authorities and police on Monday. They had escaped the hospital on Sunday.
Patna (Bihar) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the state government will bear the entire expenses incurred on the treatment of the coronavirus patients.
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): A 55-year-old woman, who went to Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir and stayed in Punjab during her travel, has been admitted at the Cooch Behar Medical College and Hospital after she showed symptoms of coronavirus.