Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): In a first since the coronavirus pandemic began, US President Donald Trump, who had for months declined to wear a face mask in public, was spotted donning one on Saturday.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], July 11 (ANI): As face masks have been made mandatory across the country in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, a jewellery shop in Surat came up with an idea of selling diamond-studded masks ranging between Rs 1.5 lakhs to 4 lakhs.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 11 (ANI): If anyone in Siliguri found without masks in public places then he or she will be made to wait for at least two hours by the police as "soft punishment".
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Central government on Friday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the prohibition on export of non-medical/non-surgical masks has been partially relaxed and that the monthly export quota of 50 lakh PPE medical coveralls has been permitted.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday issued a notification raising the penalty for not wearing face masks in public, from Rs 100 to Rs 500.
Washington DC [USA], July 10 (ANI): Healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States have once again started facing shortages of masks, gowns, face shields and gloves as the infection spread and the number of patients getting hospitalised continues to cl
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Hyderabad City Police has registered more than one lakh cases against people for not wearing a mask in public places amid COVID-19 outbreak.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] July 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Loyal Textile Mills Limited today launched Viral Shield, a line of COVID-19 anti-viral, reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), masks and protective fashion wear range.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 9 (ANI): As face masks have become an integral part of our life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a firm in Manipur has supplied more than 1,000 cotton reusable masks to front-line responders.
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 9 (ANI): Gangster Vikas Dubey, the main accused of Kanpur encounter, was arrested on Thursday following suspicion as security guards at Mahakaleshwar temple here asked him to remove his mask, said a senior official of a private security company said.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 9 (ANI): Trying to make people aware of the importance of wearing masks during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Madurai's Hotel Temple City is now serving hot mask-shaped parottas to its customers.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): As the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirms "emerging evidence" of airborne transmission of COVID-19, CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Thursday said that wearing masks has never been more important.