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Mathilde Dumont (L), a 27-year-old nurse, turns the head of an intubated patient in the early hours of April 11, 2020, during her night shift in the intensive care unit exclusively for COVID-19 patients at the Ixelles Hospital in Brussels. AFP Photo

As countries grapple to contain outbreak, Covid cases worldwide cross...

Now is not the time to reduce resources for WHO as it fights COVID-19, UN chief Antonio Guterres says

15 April 2020 12:49 PM IST

A health worker disinfects the floor of Chennai trade centre. (AFP)

Lack of protective gear: Sanitary workers mob ministers' cars near...

Workers also blocked the car of Namakkal district collector Megraj

15 April 2020 12:05 PM IST

Mumbai races to contain virus outbreak in Dharavi as cases climb to 60

Mumbai races to contain virus outbreak in Dharavi as cases climb to 60

So far, seven COVID-19 patients from Dharavi have died

15 April 2020 11:36 AM IST

Want liquor delivered to your home? Beware of online payment scams

In the first week of April, the Hyderabad police received two complaints of false advertisements on selling liquor

15 April 2020 11:06 AM IST

: A worker sprays disinfectant at the COVID-19 OPD at Government Kilpauk Medical College (GKMC) during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19, in Chennai. PTI Photo

Trend begins to slide in Tamil Nadu as Covid positive cases drop to 31...

So far, 12 people have died due to coronavirus in the state

15 April 2020 10:13 AM IST

Covid19 hospitals in Telangana reek, say patients

15 people use four unclean bathrooms; first-time visitors find conditions shocking

15 April 2020 9:46 AM IST

It is estimated that there are more than 65,000 H-1B visa holders from India in the USA currently. (AFP)

Layoffs worry Indians in US

H1-B visa holders are looking at deportation if they fail to find a new job within 60 days after being laid off

15 April 2020 9:45 AM IST

B. Somaiah DC Photo

TRS sarpanch bans Gandhi hospital guard from returning home

For a man who travelled 80 km every day to attend to duties at the epicentre of Covid care is now facing a bizzare but...

15 April 2020 9:34 AM IST

As lockdown extends, Andhra migrants hit the road in Hyderabad

The labourers said the TRS government has not provided any groceries or money to them as promised

15 April 2020 9:01 AM IST

With 136 containment zones declared in Hyderabad, restrictions on movement are being enforced firmly. (DC Photo)

Telangana tightens lockdown curbs as corona numbers touch all time...

Hyderabad continue to top the daily rise numbers, with 33 of total 52 cases reported from within the GHMC limits

15 April 2020 8:59 AM IST

A doctor wearing protective suit examines a man in a bid to prevent the spread of Covd19. PTI Photo

Slapped by Covid patient's son, doctor bleeds from ear

The doctor has been treated and is stable.

15 April 2020 8:46 AM IST

Greater Chennai Corporation workers spray disinfectants inside a temporary set-up of 500 beds for quarantine during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam, Chennai. PTI photo

WHO all praise for India's lockdown extension

In these testing times, the action lies as much with the communities as with the authorities and the health workforce

14 April 2020 4:51 PM IST