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Meanwhile, the state government has extended the quarantine period to 28 days considering the possibility for many asymptomatic persons under quarantine could be infected. (Photo: B Satish)

Delayed corona positive cases in Kerala worry health authorities

Over 20 people tested positive for coronavirus several days after 14days isolation period

16 April 2020 1:48 PM IST

Kerala to declare four districts as red zones

Kerala to declare four districts as red zones

Kottayam and Wayanad will be declared as green zones where restrictions will be eased fully if the Centre permits the...

16 April 2020 1:09 PM IST

Telangana Chief minister K. Chandrashekar rao. (DC Photo)

Telangana ready to hike covid19 testing says chief minister

Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao said there is no scarcity of PPE kits and N95 masks for the personal safety of...

16 April 2020 11:44 AM IST

A Municipal Corporation worker sprays disinfectants on a road, as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. (PTI)

Srikakulam, Vizianagaram unaffected by virus in AP

Guntur and Kurnool, with 122 and 113 positive cases respectively, remain the major hotbeds of virus spread in the state

16 April 2020 11:43 AM IST

A medic collects a swab sample of an elderly woman during a door-to-door examination of COVID-19 amid a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Jaipur. PTI photo

India's covid tally modest considering its huge population: Experts

India is going in the right direction but it is not enough

16 April 2020 11:40 AM IST

Bengaluru police and health officials garding Tippu Nagar in Mysore road where a senior citizen passed away due to Coronavirus infection. (Photo Satish B)

Bengaluru senior citizen latest coronavirus casualty in Karnataka

An 80-year old woman in Belagavi and a 65-year old man from Chikkaballapura had died yesterday

16 April 2020 11:23 AM IST

A civic worker sprays disinfectant inside an ambulance after transporting a COVID19 positive patient at Poddar Hospital, in Mumbai. PTI photo

Maharashtra, Delhi and TN lead in covid cases

India death toll from coronavirus reaches 414; cases mount to 12,380

16 April 2020 11:13 AM IST

People in Old City have no access to medical advice for common illness. (DC Photo)

Clinics closed in Old City, no docs for other ailments

Pregnant women too are suffering because of the lockdown as outpatient services are not available at maternity hospitals

16 April 2020 10:49 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. (Dc Photo

AP High Court quashes government orders to convert all schools to...

Government aims to introduce English as a medium of instruction for class 1 to 6 in all schools run by the state...

16 April 2020 10:11 AM IST

The court also inquired regarding the security measures provided to such doctors and medical teams deputed at various hospitals in Telangana State. (Photo: B Satish)

Court slams Telangana police for not acting against those who attacked...

The court directed to submit details of all cases where medics were attacked by Covid patients and the subsequent action...

16 April 2020 10:07 AM IST

Telecom workes on the bennergatta road works as the city is shut down during the Covid 19 panademic threat in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo Satish.B)

14 essential departments in Karnataka to work full time during...

In all other departments, only Group-A officers have been directed to report for duty

16 April 2020 9:27 AM IST

The normally busy streets around Hyderabads iconic monument have all been deserted due to the coronavirus outbreak. (DC Photo)

Hyderabad named among 8 red zone districts in Telangana

A Red Zone District can be moved to Orange Zone if there are no new cases for 14 days

16 April 2020 9:09 AM IST