Covid-19

NBA Set To Resume As Board Approves Return-To-Play Plan

Agence France-Presse | Friday June 5, 2020

The NBA suspended its season on March 11 as the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, leaving professional sport in North America at a standstill.

Sensex, Nifty Rise Nearly 1% Amid Buying Across Most Sectors

Business | Edited by Sandeep Singh (with inputs from agencies) | Friday June 5, 2020

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures rose as much as 54.8 points to touch 10,069.80 ahead of the Indian markets.

Medical Journal Lancet Withdraws Study Flagging COVID-19 Drug's Risk

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 5, 2020

Three of the four authors behind a large-scale study in The Lancet that raised safety fears over the use of common anti-malarial drugs to treat COVID-19 retracted their paper on Thursday, blaming a health care company that supplied the dataset.

Relief For Industry As Vijay Rupani Announced Rs 14,000-Crore ''Gujarat Atmanirbhar'' Package

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

The Gujarat government on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 14,000 crore to help revive the economy battered by the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus, a measure that includes tax rebates to consumers and loan subsidy for business and shop owners.

3,804 COVID-19 Patients Cured In Last 24 Hours: Health Ministry

India News | ANI | Friday June 5, 2020

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday informed that in the last 24 hours a total of 3,804 COVID-19 patients have been cured.

Lok Sabha Secretariat Restricts Entry Of Personal Staff Of MPs Inside Parliament

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entry of the personal staff of MPs inside the Parliament House was restricted by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday.

Triage Within 1 Hour: Delhi Issues New Rules For COVID-19 Treatment

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday June 5, 2020

Amid reports of people being turned back or made to wait for a long time at hospitals, the Delhi government on Thursday issued a new standard operating procedure or SOP for treating coronavirus patients.

Rajiv Bajaj No COVID-19 Expert, Lockdown Helped In Boosting Health Facilities: BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

The central government went for a lockdown to avoid any large-scale fatality due to COVID-19 as its priority was to save people's lives and build health infrastructure during the period to deal with the pandemic, the BJP asserted on Thursday.

From Cafes To Washrooms, Centre Spells Out Rules For Reopening Offices

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

Any employee residing in a COVID-19 containment zone should be allowed to work from home and not attend office till the time the area is denotified, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.

492 Coronavirus Cases In 24 Hours In Gujarat, 33 Dead

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

Gujarat reported 492 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours - a fresh single-day high - taking the tally to 18,601 on Thursday, while 33 more patients succumbed to the infection, 28 of them in Ahmedabad alone, the state health department said.

Need Make-Shift Hospitals For Rising COVID-19 Cases: Centre Tells Supreme Court

India News | ANI | Friday June 5, 2020

The Union of India (UOI) on Thursday told the Supreme Court, during a hearing of a petition by Dr Arushi Jain, that the number of COVID-19 cases is constantly increasing and a large number of make-shift hospitals will have to be set up to deal with the pandemic.

Delhi Health Minister Accuses Hospital Of Not Giving COVID-19 Test Reports On Time

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital does not give test reports on time.

Amid COVID-19 Surge Among doctors, Centre Talks Of "Final Responsibility"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday June 4, 2020

Preventing any infection, including coronavirus, is the responsibility of healthcare workers and hospitals, the Centre told the Supreme Court today amid a surge in infection among healthcare workers across the country. The court had asked the government's response to a petition that sought the provision of alternate accommodation for healthcare wor...

Amid Cyclone Nisarga, Mumbai Cop Donates Blood To 14-Year-Old Patient

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 4, 2020

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday hailed a policeman for donating blood to a 14-year-old patient requiring open heart surgery at a city hospital where no other suitable donor could reach due to cyclone Nisarga and the COVID-19 outbreak.

Amid Spike In COVID-19 Cases, Delhi Government's New Testing Guidelines

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 4, 2020

The Delhi government has issued a new set of guidelines for testing of COVID-19 patients, even as the coronavirus cases in the national capital continued to rise.