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Washington/Sydney US President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount. Trump, who has reacted angrily to criticism of his administration’s response to the worst epidemicRead More
Brussels The European Union moved Wednesday to head off a chaotic and potentially disastrous easing of restrictions that are limiting the spread of the coronavirus, warning its 27 nations to move very cautiously as they return to normal life and base their actions on scientific advice. With Austria, the CzechRead More
New Delhi The Centre on Wednesday said more than half of all Indian districts are currently reporting COVID-19 cases and they will all be brought under active containment strategy to break the chain of viral transmission and ensure cases don’t spread out of these areas. Health Ministry today wrote toRead More
New Delhi Among the 13 recipients of Indian shipments of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is Dominican Republic which is this month’s chair of the UN Security Council. India’s first list of 13 countries that will receive shipments of HCQ are Nepal, Germany, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bahrain, US, Germany, Spain, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives,Read More
Washington Asserting that America was making “critical progress” in the war against the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide over the weekend, sending clear evidence that the “aggressive” strategy to combat the deadly disease was working. On Monday, as manyRead More
New Delhi A total of 602 hospitals have been earmarked as dedicated COVID-19 facilities in coordination with states with a capacity of 1,06,719 isolation beds and 12,024 ICU beds reserved for such patients in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Addressing the daily briefing, Lav Agarwal, theRead More
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3, suggesting limited relaxation in select areas after April 20 keeping in mind interests of daily wage earners. In his fourth address to the nation during the last few weeks, Modi said theRead More
Chandigarh Punjab has reported six coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the number of cases in the state to 176. Jalandhar and Pathankot each reported two cases, while SAS Nagar and Ludhiana each reported one. Besides, one patient is critical and two are on oxygen support in theRead More
Chandigarh, April 12 In fight against Covid-19 outbreak, the state health authorities have identified 17 hotspots of the highly infectious disease in the state. The areas where two or more than two confirmed cases are found have been placed in this category. These hotspots are being seen as having theRead More
Geneva The World Health Organization said on Monday that a safe and effective vaccine would be needed to fully halt the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 114,000 people worldwide. “Our global connectedness means the risk of re-introduction and resurgence of COVID-19 will continue,” WHO Director-General Tedros AdhanomRead More
