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Workers wearing protective suits sit outside an isolation ward at Government General Hospital in Vijayawada. (PTI)

Andhra Pradesh maintains a steep ascent in coronavirus cases

The state reports 2 more deaths, 62 fresh COVID-19 cases

24 April 2020 3:03 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Mangaluru village residents protest against Covid19 victim's funeral...

Protests against burial and cremation of virus victims had been reported in many places while respective governments...

24 April 2020 1:25 PM IST

BBMP workers seal a street using metal sheets after barricades which were put there were destroyed by a gang of miscreants causing tension in the COVID-19 containment zone of Padarayanapura in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Attackers of Padarayanapura health workers test positive for Covid19

A total of 126 people had been arrested in connection with the attack on health workers and police in Padarayanapura on...

24 April 2020 1:10 PM IST

: Police seal the Shaukat Ali Park area after detection of two COVID-19 positive cases in the locality, in Kanpur. PTI Photo

13 madrassa students test corona+ in Kanpur

The students had come in contact with Tablighi Jamaat members who were infected with the virus, the officials said

24 April 2020 12:53 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Sarpanches from across the country via video conferencing, amid ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Coronavirus taught us to be self-reliant: PM Modi

Modi said the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up new challenges which the country never faced before, but also made...

24 April 2020 12:22 PM IST

Medical worker carrying out a COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) serological test. (AFP)

Kerala's third covid casualty a corona+ infant

The total number of confirmed cases in Kerala is 447 with 129 active cases and 316 recovered patients

24 April 2020 11:32 AM IST

A health worker collects samples for a swab test. (PTI)

More journalists test positive in Tamil Nadu

Apart from two deaths, 54 new cases were reported in the state, taking the total coronavirus positive cases to 1,683

24 April 2020 11:18 AM IST

A policeman, right wearing personal protective equipment stands guard during relaxation hours in curfew during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad. AP Photo

Virus cases continue to rise as country inches closer to end of...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said a total 23,502 samples have been confirmed positive for coronavirus...

24 April 2020 10:57 AM IST

Health care staffers stand in the gate of a quarantine center. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Telangana: Medics afraid of contracting virus due to lack of...

PPEs designed to wear while treating AIDS patients given instead of PPEs for Covid-19

24 April 2020 10:53 AM IST

Their predictions, outlined in a working paper, could provide useful insights for public health officials and policymakers on decisions related to easing of restrictions.

Lockdown relaxation will lead to spread of coronavirus

IISc, TIFR prepare model outcomes of based on various post-lockdown scenarios of Bengaluru

23 April 2020 5:44 PM IST

Laboratory technicians wearing full PPE (personal protective equipment) scan test tubes containing live samples taken from people tested for the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

IICT to test samples for coronavirus, asks Telangana government for...

The institute is also working on developing an alternative active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for remdesivir

23 April 2020 4:41 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Periods don't stop for pandemics: Girls struggle for sanitary napkins...

Distribution of sanitary pads has been disrupted in various states these days as schools are shut due to the lockdown

23 April 2020 3:47 PM IST