Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday justified the weekend lockdown in four districts of the State, pointing out that it will help to clamp down on Covid-19 transmissions, especially super-spreaders of the virus.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 18 (ANI): With 593 new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday, the total cases in Kerala reached 11,659 of which 6,416 patients are presently under treatment, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 18 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Saturday said that the state government is trying to break the chain of transmission from one cluster to another to contain the spread of COVID-19.
New Delhi, [India], July 18 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has directed the government of Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam to take necessary steps to suppress COVID-19 transmission as well as to keep case fatality rate below 1 per cent.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerela) [India], July 17 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that coronavirus has reached the community transmission stage in some parts of Thiruvananthapuram.
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in India currently stands at about 63 per cent and asserted that India has not reached the community transmission stage, despite being a large country.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday sought to quell fears of community transmission of COVID-19 in the country, saying there is no such thing yet.
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.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 8 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that there is an "emerging evidence" of airborne transmission of the coronavirus, CNN reported.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 6 (ANI): Adani Transmission Ltd (ATL) said on Monday that it has signed definitive agreements with Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) for acquiring Alipurduar Transmission Ltd in a manner consistent with a transmission service agreement and applicable c