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Shipments of urns in Wuhan raise questions over China's coronavirus death
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Wuhan [China], March 29 (ANI): Months after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan city of central China, families of those deceased, who contracted the contagious infection, stood in long queues at funeral homes demanding to receive the cremated ashes of their loved ones.
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PM Modi lauds spirit of COVID-19 survivors, urges them to share their succ
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that people should not think of COVID-19 quarantine facilities as a prison and spoke with two survivors of the infection during his radio show 'Mann Ki Baat' to establish that it was curable.
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In self-isolation, Boris Johnson writes to UK households, urges to 'stay a
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 29 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has self-isolated after testing positive for coronavirus last week, wrote to every household in the United Kingdom, urging people to stay at home in a bid to contain the spread of the contagious infection.
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Apprised Centre on shortage of testing kits for COVID-19: Chhattisgarh Chi
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that he had apprised the Centre regarding the shortage of testing kits for COVID-19 but assured that ample stock was there in the state to check those people who showed symptoms of the infection.
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Trump backtracks from quarantining New York after Guv criticizes idea
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 29 (ANI): Creating a situation of fuss and alarm, US President Donald Trump on Saturday backtracked from quarantining New York despite floating the idea of introducing stringent measures a day earlier as the tally of coronavirus related infections rose over 52,000
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Pakistan coronavirus cases reach 1500
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 29 (ANI): Coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 1,500 on Saturday. The death toll of the country due to the deadly infection stands at 12.
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Delhi-NCR-based company launches initiative to cater needs of elders amid
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): A Delhi-NCR based company has decided to launch 'Mission Elders First' to cater to the daily needs of the senior citizens like groceries and medicine at the doorstep amid ongoing nationwide lockdown.
The initiative started by Emoha Elder Care is free
COVID-19: Netherlands orders to retract 'defective' Chinese masks from hos
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Mar 29 (ANI): Netherlands government has ordered a retraction of around 600,000 China-made masks from the Dutch hospitals as they are "defective" and do not provide any protection against coronavirus infection.
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France confirms 37,575 coronavirus cases
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Paris [France], Mar 29 (Sputnik/ANI): France has confirmed 37,575 cases of the coronavirus infection, up from 32,964 announced a day earlier, the French health agency said on Saturday.
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ICMR drafts treatment protocol for liver transplant patients amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): In the view of rapidly changing scenario of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued a guideline for liver transplant patients.
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Nepal reports 5th COVID-19 case
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Bharatpur [Nepal], Mar 28 (ANI): Nepal has reported the fifth case of COVID-19 infection as a Nepali national who came from Europe tested positive for the virus, an official from the Health Ministry confirmed.
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Delhi BJP issues helpline number to assist people affected due to lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): With an appeal to positively face the problems caused by the lock-down to save the country and Delhiites from coronavirus infection, Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari on Saturday issued a helpline number--8010066066 for necessary assistance and said that gover
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