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If lockdown opens on May 4, it will be a big challenge: West Bengal Chief
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): Opening the lockdown on May 04 will pose a big challenge as close to 70% coronavirus cases in India are asymptomatic, said West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha on Thursday, adding that the doctors are worried as to how to identify such Covid
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Close to 70 pc COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic: West Bengal Chief Secretar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha on Thursday said that in India close to 70 per cent COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic and doctors are also worried as to how to identify them.
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IMCT inspects designated COVID-19 hospital in Kolkata
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) on Thursday inspected M R Bangur Super Speciality Hospital, which has been designated as COVID-19 hospital here.
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Gross under-testing, misreporting of COVID data; non-resident Bengali doct
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): A group of non-resident Bengali physicians, health scientists, and healthcare providers have written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raising concerns over the "gross under-testing" and "misreporting of data" on the cause of deat
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West Bengal teacher creates workspace on tree to beat 'network issues', co
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): Subrato Pati, a teacher from a village in Bankura in West Bengal has set up a workspace on a tree after poor network connectivity disrupted conduct of online classes.
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Corona positive woman delivers healthy baby boy in WB
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): A COVID-19 positive woman gave birth to a baby boy who tested negative for the virus and was kept at a distance of six feet from his mother at Sanjivani hospital in West Bengal's Uluberia.
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West Bengal has 300 active COVID-19 cases
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 22 (ANI): West Bengal has 300 active cases of COVID-19 as of 22 April, informed the State Health Department on Wednesday.
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No ICMR, NICED supplied COVID test kits in West Bengal, says state health
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 22 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Wednesday said that it has zero kits supplied by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease (NICED) which can test COVID-19 patients as per the ICMR guidel
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IMA, others write to Mamata seeking help for healthcare workers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 22 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and seven other medical organization including have collectively written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to help healthcare workers in the state and to open more and more COVID-19 tes
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All offices, establishments to remain closed in and around Howrah Municipa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): All offices and establishments will remain closed in and around the Howrah Municipal Corporation area till further orders in the view of coronavirus outbreak, the West Bengal government said on Tuesday.
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WB Governor says there's 'distrust' between state govt, healthcare workers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Tuesday raised serious questions about the alleged under-reporting of COVID-19 related casualties in the state and added that there was a "distrust" between the healthcare workers and the TMC government le
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Insurance scheme extended to journalists in WB
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Tuesday extended the insurance scheme to accredited journalists in view of COVID-19 outbreak in the country, said the state information and the cultural department.
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