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When they realised I had tested positive a few days ago, they shooed us away. My father was fighting for his life in the ambulance (representational image)

First person: Hospital hopping, Hyderabad resident-'s COVID nightmare

The plight of a Covid-19 patient from Warasiguda in Hyderabad whose father was turned away by 3 private hospitals and...

20 July 2020 2:24 PM IST

Municipal workers spray disinfectants in the premises of Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital in Chennai. PTI photo

Chennai may turn green zone by July 31

The number of passengers who were quarantined between May 8 and July 17 was 12,709 and 11,406 of them had gone home in...

20 July 2020 1:23 PM IST

COVID-19 related lockdown has brought education to a halt in government schools. (Representational image)

With no online classes, government schools hit hard in Telangana

Parents of students in the rural areas are demanding that regular classes be started, citing the lower spread of the...

20 July 2020 11:32 AM IST

Ambulances parked at JC road in Bengaluru during the ongoing total lockdown. PTI photo

COVID19 count in India up by 40K in one day

Covaxin human trials to start at AIIMS Delhi today

20 July 2020 10:50 AM IST

Top Indian Air Force commanders will meet this week to discuss operational readiness on the Line of Actual Control. (AP Photo)

Commanders to discuss deploying Rafale jets at LAC

The top commanders of the Air Force will meet on July 22 for the two-day commanders-' conference to focus on the...

20 July 2020 10:49 AM IST

Timely information given by Tirupati International Airport authorities about an overturned fire-fighting unit on the runway averted a possible disaster on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

Tirupati airport avoids mishap to Indigo flight

The airport director said the runway has been restored for flights after removal of fire-fighting unit in a...

20 July 2020 10:25 AM IST

Passengers wearing face masks arrive at Jai Prakash Narayan Airport during total lockdown in Patna. PTI Photo

Lost & found items at airport now pose risk of COVID-19

The newest addition to the things forgotten by flyers are thermometers and bags or pouches containing sanitisers and...

19 July 2020 6:28 PM IST

A boy gets his nasal swab sample taken to test for the coronavirus at Government Fever Hospital in Hyderabad. AP Photo

Diarrhoea may be a sign of COVID-19

Clinical evaluation and preliminary tests are needed to differentiate between typhoid, diarrhoea and Covid-19

19 July 2020 5:39 PM IST

A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gear collects a swab sample of a boy at a government free testing centre in Hyderabad. AFP Photo

Telangana has amped up testing, but is not double-checking the results

This is thanks to the introduction of rapid antigen tests (RATs). Though the testing numbers are high, it hides a...

19 July 2020 5:28 PM IST

None of the relocated patients have access to oxygen ports or ventilators. DC photo

We went back to OGH: Here-'s the horror story

Those who urgently need ventilators or oxygen were waiting for a spot in the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU),...

19 July 2020 4:33 PM IST

$Effective clinical management behind India\s low fatality rate: Health Ministry$ Nation

Effective clinical management behind India-'s low fatality rate:...

The CFR is progressively falling and currently, it is 2.49 per cent. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the...

19 July 2020 3:52 PM IST

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa holds a meeting with heads of private medical colleges on the COVID situation in Bengaluru. PTI photo

Yediyurappa asks private hospitals to reserve 50 pc beds for COVID...

Karnataka CM replaces BBMP commissioner even as COVID cases soar in Karnataka

19 July 2020 11:04 AM IST