As emergency patients await treatment, many hospitals insist on Covid-19 tests
NEW DELHI: A debate is raging among doctors on whether or not to test all patients coming to hospitals for…
Coronavirus | Doubling time of COVID-19 goes up in 18 States
Eighteen States and Union Territories have “shown improvement” in containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Odisha and Kerala…
Why is China silent over disappearances of Covid-19 whistleblowers?
People wearing masks attend a vigil for Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, who was reprimanded for warning a...Read MoreLONDON: Human rights…
How an exodus of millions of Indonesians could sustain a COVID-19 catastrophe
Posted April 20, 2020 15:38:52 The coronavirus pandemic could not have struck Indonesia at a worse time of year.The rapid…
Can you get coronavirus twice? What we know so far about COVID-19 and immunity
Your immune system is like your own personal army: a vast network of cells, tissues and organs that coordinate your…
Focus on the curve: On India’s COVID-19 numbers
Reducing the pace of new infections depends on locating hotspots through accurate data As India prepares to partially relax the…
Coronavirus | Goa is now COVID-19-free
Goa on Sunday became the first zero COVID-19 State in the country with the last seven positive cases also turning…
Manmohan to head Congress consultative group on COVID-19
Ever since the lockdown began, Congress leaders, including party chief Sonia Gandhi, have been writing letters to Prime Minister Narendra…
21 Navy sailors in Mumbai test positive for COVID-19
In the first instance of COVID-19 in the Indian Navy, 21 personnel have tested positive at the Western Naval Command…
Kerala & Tamil Nadu on way to flattening Covid-19 curve?
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/CHENNAI: Two southern states appear on course in their effort to flattening the Covid-19 curve with fresh daily cases in…
Antibody tests are being presented however the WHO is unsure antibodies safeguard you against COVID-19
Posted April 18, 2020 14:01:30 The World Health Organisation (WHO) is not sure whether the presence of antibodies in blood…
A seemingly healthy woman demanded a CT scan. Her lungs showed COVID-19
Updated April 18, 2020 13:15:08 A 30-year-old woman, seemingly healthy and with no coronavirus symptoms, presented to an imaging department…
Digital contact tracing shows assure in stopping spread of COVID-19
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The Magical Thinking of the White House’s New Covid-19 Plan
The White House on Thursday introduced what President Donald Trump called a “phased and deliberate approach” to lifting social-distancing requirements…
Containment operations to be scaled down if no secondary Covid-19 case for 4 weeks: Govt
Containment operations will be scaled down if no secondary positive case of Covid-19 is reported from a quaran...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Coronavirus live updates: Union group of ministers (GOM) conference over Covid-19, underway at Nirman Bhawan
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 17, 2020, 16:15:41 ISTThe number of cases reported in India now stands…
Covid-19: Only 1 in every 24 samples +ve, govt says
NEW DELHI: Only one in every 24 samples tested for Covid-19 in India is positive, the government and Indian Council…
India, Canada, Australia among top to control Covid outbreak
NEW DELHI: At a time when strict lockdown has been enforced by many countries to battle Coronavirus pandemic spread, statistic…
China dispatches 650,000 medical packages to India to combat Covid-19: Indian envoy
Technicians making medical test kits in a lab in Beijing. (AFP Photo)BEIJING: The coronavirus medical test equipment being procured by…
India slams US body for fake news, says stop communalising war on Covid-19
Medical officers inspect a quarantine center at the Sarusojai sports complex in Guwahati (AP)India on Wednesday slammed the United States…
First lot of Covid-19 kits from China may arrive today
NEW DELHI: After several delays, India will finally receive the first consignment of rapid testing kits for Covid-19 by this…
Landlords need to oppose Queensland’s planned protections for COVID-19 tenants, states REIQ
Posted April 15, 2020 20:33:16 The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) is urging landlords to write to Premier Annastacia…
How Health Care Workers Avoid Bringing Covid-19 Home
Health care workers are coming unglued. Every day, they struggle to protect their patients, their communities, and themselves from the…
Flight restriction to remain till May 3
Deserted view of the departure section of T2 terminal of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport during the Janata Curfew in…
Byron Bay, Cairns ‘most vulnerable’ to lasting COVID-19 damage
Updated April 14, 2020 12:18:41 Hard-hit tourism and hospitality hubs Byron Bay and Cairns are among important regional centres likely…
How Kerala managed to flatten the Covid graph
Medical staff members of a government-run medical college collect swabs from people to test for coronavirus di...Read MoreKerala has been…
SC modifies earlier order, says free Covid-19 testing only for poor
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed that Covid-19 tests will be conducted free of cost for the poor…
Coronavirus | Amit Shah intervention made ICMR expand labs for testing COVID-19
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) expanded the number of laboratories that could conduct COVID-19 tests on an intervention…
RBI states it’ll take all actions to combat financial fallout of COVID-19
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not hesitate to use any conventional or unconventional policy instruments to mitigate the adverse…
Americans spend grim Easter Sunday at home as COVID-19 deaths near 22,000
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Americans spent a glum Easter Sunday largely confined to their homes by the still-raging coronavirus…
U.S. spends Easter Sunday on lockdown as COVID-19 death toll tops 21,300
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans spent Easter Sunday on lockdown as the U.S. toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed…
‘A funny, sociable, generous guy’: The Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor passes away from COVID-19
Posted April 13, 2020 02:13:22 British performer Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of comedy trio The Goodies, has died after contracting…
State govts working to ensure home delivery of essential items in Covid-19 hotspots: MHA
NEW DELHI: Various state governments are working to ensure that essential items are provided at the doorsteps of people living…
SA records 4th coronavirus death as 74yo guy succumbs to COVID-19
Updated April 12, 2020 10:08:56 A man has died from COVID-19 in the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Key points:SA Health said…
UP, Maharashtra eye pool tests to speed up Covid screening
Reuters file photo used for representationLUCKNOW/ MUMBAI: In a bid to speed up Covid-19 tests in the state, Uttar Pradesh…
PM Narendra Modi uses homemade face mask during CMs’ meeting on Covid-19
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was seen using a homemade face mask during his meeting with the…
Covid-19: How not to wear a mask
NEW DELHI: Going out to buy groceries or medicines? Don’t forget to don your mask. But masks, even the ones…
The story of India’s largest COVID-19 cluster
It was a letter that arrived sometime on March 25 evening that announced the beginning of a nightmare. The letter,…
Does Vaping Raise Your Risk of Covid-19 Symptoms?
Like many parents, LeeAnn is terrified her son will catch Covid-19. She lives in New York, near the nation’s coronavirus…
New York “cautiously optimistic” with first day-to-day drop in ICU COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units…
Pakistan’s contribution triggers dispute over SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Situation Fund
Pakistan declared a $3 million contribution to the Fund to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak in South Asia. Pakistan is…
Coronavirus | Truth about cats, dogs and COVID-19
While the WHO has initiated a study into the possibility of coronavirus infection spreading from humans to domestic animals after…
Death Cuts the Degree of Separation In Between You and Covid-19
One of the first things they teach wannabe epidemiologists is the shape of the exponential growth curve—how epidemics spread slowly…
Govt announces Rs 15,000 crore package to ramp up health infra to fight COVID-19
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday announced a financial package of Rs 15,000 crore to ramp up the overall healthcare…
India will do whatever possible to assist humankind’s battle against COVID-19: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation through a video on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Prime Minister’s remarks came…
UK’s Johnson ‘enhancing’ as he fights COVID-19 in intensive care
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed…
UK PM Johnson ‘clinically stable’ in intensive care battling COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “clinically stable” in intensive care on Wednesday and responding to treatment…
SC directs approved govt, private labs to conduct Covid-19 tests free of cost
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that Covid-19 tests in approved government labs or private laboratories should be…
UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in a stable…
Coronavirus | Researchers find cells that may explain loss of smell in COVID-19 patients
Can a loss of smell be an early warning for a COVID-19 infection? Multiple reports have surfaced, primarily from Europe…