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Combatting COVID-19: HC directs govt to set-up health facilities at Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): In the light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi government to set up health facilities equipped with doctors, public health officials, equipment for emergency medications at Eidgah Old Mustafabad Camp, where people
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ICMR caps cost of COVID-19 tests at pvt labs at Rs 4500
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): In a significant step, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in fresh guidelines for private laboratories doing COVID-19 tests, has capped the cost of the tests at Rs 4,500, even as it urged the private players to do the tests free of cost "in this h
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Number of COVID-19 Cases in The Netherlands Exceeds 3,600
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], Mar 21 (Sputnik/ANI) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands has totaled to 3,631 after 637 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said on Saturday, adding that the nu
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12 new COVID-19 positive cases reported from Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): A total of 12 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the state today.
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IndiGo grounds planes, cuts salary for employees as revenue drops due to C
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): India's largest carrier IndiGo has grounded about 16 planes out of its total fleet of 260 aircraft and is asking the employees to take 10 to 20 per cent salary cuts as it grapples with the impact of coronavirus on domestic and international flights.
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India responded to coronavirus threat much before WHO declared COVID-19 as
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said that India initiated its response to the coronavirus threat on January 8 while the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on Janua
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COVID-19: Number of persons tested positive in Maharashtra rises to 41
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Pune/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Two people tested positive for COVID-19 in the state today - one person from Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune and other from Mumbai - taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 41, Public Health department of Maharashtra said.
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Passengers arriving from COVID-hit nations to be quarantined in Telangana
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): All passengers arriving at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport will be counseled and quarantined, isolation wards have also been set up at Vikarabad and Dulapally districts of Telangana, informed the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare
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Policy action needed for a healthy global economy: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19's public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
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Those who underwent home quarantine should be marked with indelible ink: M
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Rajesh Tope, said on Monday that people who have undergone 100 per cent home quarantine, should be marked with instruction on their left hand with indelible ink.
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Two more positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Two more positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Maharashtra, taking the total number of cases in the state to 39, Public Health Department said on Monday.
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'34 people in Telangana came in contact with Karnataka man who died of cor
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Telangana Public Health Director Dr Srinivas on Friday said that 34 people, who came in contact with the 76-year-old Karnataka man who died of coronavirus, have been identified in the state.
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