Ottawa [Canada], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government in conjunction with Alberta are launching a pilot programme looking to cut down quarantine time for international travellers by testing for COVID-19 at the point of entry, the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs said in a
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India] October 22 (ANI): Quarantine is no longer compulsory for people on short visits from other states to Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said at a press conference here on Thursday.
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary shelter-in-place, quarantines, and other steps taken to control the COVID-19 can reduce the peak number of infections, daily infection rates, cumulative infections, and overall deaths, a new study suggested
Bern [Switzerland], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Swiss Armed Forces Chief Thomas Sussli tested positive for coronavirus, he has been in quarantine since Monday, the country's government said in a statement.
Berlin [Germany], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier entered quarantine Saturday after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokeswoman for the president's office.
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The period of the general quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Israel has been extended until October 18, the prime minister and the health minister said in a joint statement.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 13 (ANI): Telangana recorded 1,708 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths taking the total number of cases to 2,14,792 on Tuesday.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 12 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, following which he went into home isolation.
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], October 11 (ANI): Mini-libraries have been set up in COVID-19 wards of the McGann district hospital and the Sagara Taluk sub-division hospital in Shivamogga by the health department's employees union for quarantined COVID-19 patients.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 8 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the state government to file a reply on the various public interest litigations (PILs) filed over the poor condition of COVID-19 quarantine centres.