India

Around 70 medical staff were isolated at south Mumbai's Bhatia Hospital and were awaiting their test results for COVID-19.

The fear of massive fiscal slippages by the states was visible from the spike in interest rates that the states were forced to offer on their first tranche of the market borrowings on Tuesday with states like Kerala which has been leading the Covid fight,...

During a meeting with officials of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, health department, police and others, Baijal said capacity building of medical professionals along with all protective measures for clinical management should continue.

Action will be taken against the violators under various laws, including the Madhya Pradesh Epidemic Disease COVID-19 Regulation-2020.

The first patient in the cluster (patient 52) tested positive on March 26, 2020 and is an employee of the company's plant in Nanjangud, Mysore.

Even at the virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistan had not refrained from raising the Kashmir issue, a move described by Indian officials as “churlish”.

The Union Health Ministry is releasing funds for states and Union territories under the National Health Mission for implementation of phase 1 up to June 2020.

The day is observed by commemorating the Last Supper when Jesus Christ had called 12 of his chosen disciples for supper and had washed their feet.

The woman, in her 20s, was on one of the planes that ferried some of the 10 other COVID-19 patients from Kolkata to Port Blair on March 24, they added.

The court passed the order on three petitions seeking protective kits, other requisite equipment and safety measure for doctors and healthcare workers.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said it is difficult to take a decision during such a crisis seven days in advance, adding it will depend on whether the graph of cases is going up or coming down.

It said those state governments which have a larger portion of their revenue receipts dependent on GST compensation, face greater revenue and liquidity risk as collection from the cess would be adversely impacted during the year.

Azizullah was a known criminal of the district and has been to jail on several occasions. His family members, however, claimed that he was working as a property dealer and had been threatened by rivals after their mobile phone went missing.

Brahm Kanchibotla, who was a former contributor to the United News of India news agency, died of coronavirus at a New York hospital on Monday night.

With preventive measures in place, the possibility of the infection can be reduced to an average of just two-and-a-half persons per patient in the same period.

The toddler was the son of a migrant labourer-couple with no recent travel history.