New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The global community has been extending a helping hand in supporting efforts of India to meet the challenges and requirements of the unprecedented surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the second wave of the global pandemic, said the Union Health Ministry o
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Friday sought the status of COVID-19 situation in the countryside from the Uttar Pradesh government and also the measures it is considering to curb the surge in the spread of the infection there.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence throughout Afghanistan, the capital city Kabul has been hit by blackouts after electricity pylons were blasted.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Odisha Government on Friday announced that all doctors belonging to various cadres, dental surgeons, PG doctors, post PG doctors, interns and final year students will be temporarily brought under state pool for deployment in COVID care centres.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 8 (ANI): Malaysia has announced a travel ban for Pakistan and several other Asian countries over rising cases of COVID-19 in the last couple of weeks.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): With people facing problems due to shortage of oxygen in the national capital due to surge in COVID-19 cases, Delhi Police personnel helped the needy in getting oxygen cylinders filled and providing green corridors for oxygen supplies to the hospitals.
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI): Japan will send 100 oxygen concentrators to India on Saturday as a part of the first batch of emergency assistance from Tokyo in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections.
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Asserting that the welfare of India is critically important to the United States, US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday said Washington is determined to New Delhi in "its hour of need" amid a COVID-19 surge in the country.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 7 (ANI): Banks, insurance and financial services, capital and debt market services and cooperative credit societies will function on three days in Kerala due to lockdown imposed to check surge in COVID-19 cases, according to an official order.
Panjim (Goa) [India], May 7 (ANI): In view of the rapid surge in COVID-19 infection, the Goa government on Friday imposed a two-week curfew in the state from May 9 till May 23.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): To curb the surge of COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government on Friday imposed a complete lockdown for two weeks in the state from 6 am on May 10 to 6 am on May 24.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 7 (ANI): Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Telangana government on Friday extended the night curfew for another one week. The night curfew will remain in effect from 9 pm to 5 am until May 15.