Two swine flu cases detected in Manipur while testing for coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

Two swine flu cases detected in Manipur while testing for coronavirus

India Today  

Two samples among six sent for screening for novel coronavirus in Manipur tested positive for swine flu, a senior health official said on Tuesday. The six samples collected from people entering the state were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for testing for coronavirus, Director of Manipur Health Services K Rajo told reporters. Though none of them tested positive for coronavirus, swine flu has been detected in two of them," he said. The health department said no coronavirus case has been detected in the state so far and urged people not to believe rumours doing rounds on social media.

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Four test positive for Covid-19 in Saharanpur
1 year, 9 months ago

Four test positive for Covid-19 in Saharanpur

Hindustan Times  

Saharanpur district is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases these days. District surveillance officer Dr Shivanka Gaur said among the 16 active cases, three are from Chandigarh, Haridwar and other locations who arrived here and tested positive during ongoing testing at public places. Dr Gaur said the health department conducts 1,000 to 1,100 tests per day at railway station, bus …

Swine flu tests costly, face bottleneck at IPM
2 years, 4 months ago

Swine flu tests costly, face bottleneck at IPM

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Testing for swine flu can only be carried out at the government's Institute of Preventive Medicine. A popular private hospital in Secunderabad said it had received about 25-30 cases of H1N1 in the past month. Dr Tapaswi Krishna, pulmonologist at Gleneagles Global Hospital, said, “IPM needs to be more accessible for testing. It also takes time, as we are …

First swine flu positive case reported from Adilabad
2 years, 4 months ago

First swine flu positive case reported from Adilabad

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Adilabad town reported its first swine flu case amid fears that there could be many more suffering from its symptoms. Deccan Chronicle was the first to hint at possible swine flu cases in the district. The Institute of Preventive Medicine, Hyderabad confirmed the first swine flu positive case after it examined the blood samples sent for investigation by Rajiv …

About 350 Covid-19 patients in hospitals; Only 1,400 tested daily for coronavirus
2 years, 7 months ago

About 350 Covid-19 patients in hospitals; Only 1,400 tested daily for coronavirus

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 354 patients with Covid-19 on Monday. That was 21 percent lower than a week earlier, when 447 people were receiving treatment for the disease, figures from the LCPS showed. The RIVM said on Tuesday that 7,088 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus during the preceding seven days. The GGD found 619 people who …

Tamil Nadu: 58 Students & Staff Members Test Positive For Covid-19 At IIT-Madras
2 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 58 Students & Staff Members Test Positive For Covid-19 At IIT-Madras

ABP News  

Chennai: The IIT Madras management has identified a Covid-19 cluster after 58 students and staff members tested positive for coronavirus between January 5 & 9. In the first week of January, nearly 67 students tested positive in the Madras Insitute of Technology campus in Chromepet. Meanwhile, nearly 21 police personnel in the Greater Chennai Police limit tested positive for coronavirus …

IIM Ahmedabad Turn into Covid Hotspot, 67 Test Positive in Last 10 Days
2 years, 11 months ago

IIM Ahmedabad Turn into Covid Hotspot, 67 Test Positive in Last 10 Days

News 18  

Amid a sharp surge in COVID-19 cases, 67 people, including 31 students, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad tested positive for coronavirus over the last ten days in addition to seven people who were found infected on Monday. As per the IIM-A’s dashboard, which displays the number of tests conducted and the number of positive cases per day, the …

COVID-19 Cluster Grips College Hostels: 67 Students From MIT, 27 From Stanley MC Test Positive For Virus
3 years ago

COVID-19 Cluster Grips College Hostels: 67 Students From MIT, 27 From Stanley MC Test Positive For Virus

ABP News  

Chennai: As novel coronavirus cases spike in Tamil Nadu, new clusters are gripping colleges hostels in Tamil Nadu. The three clusters emerged from Stanley Medical College Hospital, Madras Christian College in Chennai and MIT in Chromepet near Chennai. According to a report on Times of India, 27 students of Stanley Medical College Hospital tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. …

160 doctors across Delhi test positive for Covid-19
3 years ago

160 doctors across Delhi test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

At least 160 junior doctors across five Covid-19 hospitals in the national capital have either tested positive for Covid-19 or are suspected to have been infected over the last few days, the administration of these hospitals confirmed on Tuesday. At least 65 junior doctors tested positive for Covid at All India Institute of Medical Sciences over the last few days …

J’khand sees sharp spike, MP, MLA test positive
3 years ago

J’khand sees sharp spike, MP, MLA test positive

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government on Friday urged people to observe New Year celebrations at home, amid the exponential rise in fresh Covid-19 cases over the past one week, which includes an MP and an MLA among those infected. We have also directed deputy commissioners of districts to ensure testing at picnic spots and ensure people wear masks,” state’s health minister Banna …

Himachal Pradesh: 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19
3 years ago

Himachal Pradesh: 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19

India TV News  

Highlights 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19 With this, the total number of active cases in Bilaspur district rose to 30 The sample of 70 students of primary school has also been taken, reports awaited At least 23 students of a school in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district have tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Covid-19 samples …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 2 Foreign Returnees Test Covid Positive in MP; Samples Sent for Genome Sequencing
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 2 Foreign Returnees Test Covid Positive in MP; Samples Sent for Genome Sequencing

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has decided to reduce the production of Covishield by at least 50 per cent starting next week as the pharmaceutical firm has no further orders from the Centre for the Covid-19 vaccine. Days after favouring a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine for people above 40 years as low levels of …

26 students test positive for Covid-19 at residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
3 years, 1 month ago

26 students test positive for Covid-19 at residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj

India Today  

As many as 26 students of Chamakpur Tribal Residential Girls’ School in Thakurmunda in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the district administration. The school premises is being sanitised twice daily after 26 students tested positive for coronavirus. Some of the students showed symptoms of cold and cough and reportedly fell ill on Thursday, following which …

14 Students of Punjab's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Test Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 1 month ago

14 Students of Punjab's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Test Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Recently, 14 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Waring Khera village in Punjab’s Muktsar district tested positive for the Covid-19. A few days back, 29 students of a government-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana’s Khammam district tested COVID-19 positive. Read| Maharashtra Health Dept Gives Nod to Reopening Schools But Not Before Vaccinating Kids Alarmed by …

12 students of Jaipur private school test positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

12 students of Jaipur private school test positive for Covid

India TV News  

Highlights 12 students of Jaishree Periwal International School tested positive for the coronavirus. As many as 12 students of a private school have tested positive for Covid-19 here on Tuesday, triggering worries among the parents. On Tuesday, 12 students of Jaishree Periwal International School tested positive for the virus. A school official said that a student who had come from …

No Swine Flu in Coimbatore, Only Mild Influenza, Says District Administration
3 years, 1 month ago

No Swine Flu in Coimbatore, Only Mild Influenza, Says District Administration

News 18  

Collector of Coimbatore district Dr S Sameeran on Tuesday said two patients undergoing treatment here were suffering from mild influenza and not swine flu as was reported in a section of the press. There is no cause for concern as the medical team from the district Health Department conducted an inquiry which confirmed that there was no H1N1, also known …

3 cases of swine flu in Bihar
3 years, 3 months ago

3 cases of swine flu in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

Three cases of swine flu have been notified by a private hospital in Patna, health officials on Friday. Paras HMRI hospital in Patna informed about cases of swine flu, Influenza A and Influenza B to the state health department on Thursday. We have shared details with the integrated disease surveillance unit of the state government,” said Dr Syed Asif Rahman, …

Coronavirus Live: '40 Crore Indians Still Vulnerable To Covid Infection', Says Govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Live: '40 Crore Indians Still Vulnerable To Covid Infection', Says Govt

ABP News  

Coronavirus LIVE Tuesday, July 20: Though the Jharkhand government is yet to take a final call on organising the Shravani Mela in Deoghar, sources have indicated that this year also the annual festival will not be organised in the famous Baba Baidyanath Mandir in Deoghar owing to the COvid-19 pandemic. For the first time since the pandemics second wave began …

India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again
3 years, 5 months ago

India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again

Firstpost  

The Wuhan university student, who hails from Kerala’s Thrissur district, had tested positive for coronavirus in January last year Thrissur: A woman medico, who was India’s first COVID-19 case, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said in Thrissur on Tuesday. She is asymptomatic,” Thrissur DMO Dr KJ Reena told PTI. It was on 30 January, 2020 that …

Re-infection Post Covid-19? Doctors Say Check for Swine Flu as Mumbai Reports Fresh H1N1 Infection
3 years, 6 months ago

Re-infection Post Covid-19? Doctors Say Check for Swine Flu as Mumbai Reports Fresh H1N1 Infection

News 18  

Influenza H1N1 or Swine Flu is being reported in Mumbai amid ongoing Coronavirus pandemic in the country. Since the Swine Flu and Covid-19 have similar disease presentation, experts have advised that doctors should think of H1N1 is a patient doesn’t respond to Covid-19 treatment. Since it is rare for a patient to get Covid-19 reinfection within 90 days, the doctors …

Delhi: 40 people from Manipur test positive for COVID-19 day before their flight to Israel
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: 40 people from Manipur test positive for COVID-19 day before their flight to Israel

India TV News  

As many as 40 members, including two children of the Bnei Menashe Jews Community from Manipur, were tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi, just a day before boarding their flight to Israel on Monday. All the patients have been admitted to the Guru Tegh Bahadur COVID Care Center President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management committee Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, "There …

Pakistan asks 12 IHC officials, families to quarantine after one of them tests Covid positive
3 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan asks 12 IHC officials, families to quarantine after one of them tests Covid positive

India TV News  

Pakistan has asked 12 officials of the Indian High Commission here to quarantine, along with their family members and drivers, after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus since their arrival from India last week, the Foreign Office said. A group of 12 officials and their family members crossed over to Pakistan through the Wagah Border on Saturday, Foreign …

102 Students, Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive in Andhra University, Hostel Made into Isolation Ward
3 years, 9 months ago

102 Students, Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive in Andhra University, Hostel Made into Isolation Ward

News 18  

Authorities have turned a hostel block of Andhra University Engineering College, Visakhapatnam into an isolation ward after 102 students have tested positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday. The Engineering College Covid-19 cluster came to light when over 50 students tested positive on Saturday. College authorities told The News Minute that as of Sunday 102 Covid-19 cases have been recorded on …

COVID-19 in Maharashtra: 39 students, five staff test positive for coronavirus at Latur hostel
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 in Maharashtra: 39 students, five staff test positive for coronavirus at Latur hostel

Firstpost  

The infected students and employees have been quarantined at a government hostel near the city in central Maharashtra, an official said Latur: As many as 39 students and five employees of a hostel have tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra’s Latur city, an official said on Tuesday. At least 360 students residing at the hostel underwent COVID-19 tests and 39 …

Gujarat: Four UK returnees test positive for new coronavirus strain
4 years ago

Gujarat: Four UK returnees test positive for new coronavirus strain

India TV News  

Four persons who recently returned to Gujarat from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, a top state health department official said on Saturday. Results of the 15 samples that had tested positive for coronavirus on arrival in Ahmedabad from the UK are currently pending with the National Institute of Virology in Pune, the official …

Coronavirus | Number of mutant variant cases in India goes up to 29
4 years ago

Coronavirus | Number of mutant variant cases in India goes up to 29

The Hindu  

Four more cases of the mutant strain COVID-19 virus were detected in the country on Friday, taking the total number of those affected by it to 29, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. Out of the four cases, three were found in Bengaluru, while one was detected in Hyderabad, said a senior Health Ministry official. “As per protocol, all …

11 foreigners test positive for Covid-19 in Jamshedpur amid scare over mutant variant
4 years ago

11 foreigners test positive for Covid-19 in Jamshedpur amid scare over mutant variant

Hindustan Times  

Jamshedpur was on the edge after 12 persons, including 11 foreign nationals, tested positive for Covid-19 positive on Thursday amid scare of new strain of coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom, officials said. “11 foreigners staying in the Fortune Centre Point Hotel here under Bistupur police station and a staff of the hotel tested Covid-19 positive here this evening. These …

India records 20,549 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, recoveries cross 98.3 lakh
4 years ago

India records 20,549 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, recoveries cross 98.3 lakh

Live Mint  

India recorded 20,550 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. With this, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 1,02,44,853. The country also registered 286 fresh fatalities, pushing the coronavirus death toll to 1,48,439 in India. The Indian Council of Medical Research on Wednesday said …

Two-year-old UK returnee tests positive for new coronavirus strain in Meerut
4 years ago

Two-year-old UK returnee tests positive for new coronavirus strain in Meerut

India Today  

A two-year-old girl who had recently returned to Meerut from UK with her family has tested positive for the new coronavirus strain. Four members of the family had tested positive for coronavirus earlier after which their samples were sent to Delhi to confirm the new strain. Out of the four samples, the two-year-old girl's sample has tested positive for the …

7 UK returnees test positive for coronavirus in Telangana, hospitalised
4 years ago

7 UK returnees test positive for coronavirus in Telangana, hospitalised

India Today  

Seven people who returned recently from the UK tested positive for coronavirus, a senior Telangana Health official said on Thursday. "We have found seven persons who returned from the UK during the past two weeks to be positive for the coronavirus.Their samples were sent to CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology for further tests to check if they have the …

IIT Madras tally at 191 positive cases, six cases in neighbouring Anna University
4 years ago

IIT Madras tally at 191 positive cases, six cases in neighbouring Anna University

Hindustan Times  

Eight more students on Wednesday tested positive for the novel coronavirus at IIT-Madras taking the total number of cases to 191 from December 1 up to now. The state health department intervened to control the spread and the Greater Chennai Corporation tested close to 1,000 samples in the entire campus which included 770 students. Meanwhile civic authorities also tested 550 …

In IIT-Madras Covid spike, positive cases rise to 183
4 years ago

In IIT-Madras Covid spike, positive cases rise to 183

Hindustan Times  

IIT-Madras, which has turned into a Covid-19 hotspot, added 79 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the total number to cases to 183 in December. “Next round of testing for everyone will be after ten days.” IIT-Madras has temporarily shut down its academic departments and research labs. Nine hostels on campus have reported positive cases and a high number of …

Nine Found Covid-19 Positive in Noida's Random Testing at Delhi Borders
4 years, 1 month ago

Nine Found Covid-19 Positive in Noida's Random Testing at Delhi Borders

News 18  

A total of 178 people coming from Delhi to Noida were randomly tested for COVID-19 at the border of the two cities on Thursday and nine of them were found positive, officials said. The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration on Wednesday had started random testing for people coming to Noida from Delhi in view of the spike in coronavirus cases in …

China is testing millions of people in Xinjiang for Covid-19 after one asymptomatic case found
4 years, 2 months ago

China is testing millions of people in Xinjiang for Covid-19 after one asymptomatic case found

CNN  

CNN — China has rolled out mass coronavirus testing for nearly 5 million people and imposed lockdown measures in the prefecture of Kashgar in the far western region of Xinjiang, after a single asymptomatic coronavirus case was reported on Saturday. The testing drive has so far identified 137 additional cases – and all are asymptomatic, according to Xinjiang’s regional health …

18 personnel at Mumbai Raj Bhavan test positive for Covid-19
4 years, 5 months ago

18 personnel at Mumbai Raj Bhavan test positive for Covid-19

Op India  

At least 18 personnel at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus. Two personnel were tested positive last week, after which more than 100 personnel in Raj Bhavan were tested. At least 18 people tested #COVID19 positive at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai, after they got themselves tested on their own. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to get them tested again: …

Coronavirus | Ramp up COVID-19 testing, Health Ministry tells States, UTs
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Ramp up COVID-19 testing, Health Ministry tells States, UTs

The Hindu  

The total number of people being tested for COVID-19 in the country would soon touch one crore, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. “This shall effectively take COVID-19 tests to the people’s doorsteps in high incidence areas to collect samples of all symptomatic individuals as well as their contacts, and get those samples tested by using rapid antigen tests,” the …

Coronavirus | Seven more Pakistan cricketers test positive
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Seven more Pakistan cricketers test positive

The Hindu  

Seven more Pakistan cricketers, including Muhammad Hafeez and Wahab Riaz, selected for the tour of England have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total to 10, the PCB revealed on Tuesday. The seven who tested positive on Tuesday are Kashif Bhatti, Muhammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Rizwan, Imran Khan, Hafeez and Riaz. “It is not a great situation to be …

7 more Pakistan cricketers test positive for Covid-19 ahead of England tour
4 years, 6 months ago

7 more Pakistan cricketers test positive for Covid-19 ahead of England tour

India Today  

In more bad news for Pakistan criket, 7 more of their cricketers have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of their tour of England. PCB also said that players and player support personnel, who have tested negative, will assemble in a bio-secure environment in Lahore on 24 June and will undergo second round of testing on 25 June. "The recent positive …

Watch | India may have undercounted COVID-19 cases
4 years, 6 months ago

Watch | India may have undercounted COVID-19 cases

The Hindu  

A serological survey by the Indian Council of Medical Research or ICMR from 69 districts across 21 States in India found that an estimated 7,00,000 people could have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 in these districts even in early May. Results from the survey suggest that the actual COVID-19 case count by early May could have been at least 20 times …

Beijing reports 2 new Covid-19 cases; students, staff in home quarantine after classmate’s father tests positive
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing reports 2 new Covid-19 cases; students, staff in home quarantine after classmate’s father tests positive

Hindustan Times  

Beijing reported two more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of new infections to three in less than a week after city authorities lowered the outbreak emergency response to level three, the second lowest. The fear of a school-based cluster infection breaking out in Beijing as the city nears normalcy means health authorities have …

Kanpur: 60 COVID-19 cases detected from a 200-metre lane
4 years, 7 months ago

Kanpur: 60 COVID-19 cases detected from a 200-metre lane

India TV News  

Sixty people have tested positive for coronavirus in a single 200-metre lane with authorities saying that a corporator staying there was the first one to catch the infection. Chief Medical Officer Dr Ashok Shukla said, "In a bylane of Vidyut Colony located in Barra Police Station area, 60 people have tested COVID-19 positive since Thursday. "The densely populated bylane is …

2 test COVID-19 positive at Ministry of External Affairs; several officials asked to self-quarantine
4 years, 7 months ago

2 test COVID-19 positive at Ministry of External Affairs; several officials asked to self-quarantine

India TV News  

Two people working at the Ministry of External Affairs office have tested positive for coronavirus, following which the ministry has asked a few of its officials to be under home quarantine. According to sources, a consultant working with the ministry's Central Europe division in New Delhi has tested positive for COVID-19. The Ministry of External Affairs has been looking after …

Coronavirus outbreak: 2,211 Maharashtra Police personnel found COVID-19 positive; 25 dead
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: 2,211 Maharashtra Police personnel found COVID-19 positive; 25 dead

Firstpost  

At least 2,211 police personnel in Maharashtra have tested coronavirus positive so far, of whom 25 have lost their lives due to the infection, an official said on Friday At least 2,211 police personnel in Maharashtra have tested coronavirus positive so far, of whom 25 have lost their lives due to the infection, an official said on Friday. As many …

195 healthcare workers at AIIMS tested positive for COVID-19 so far
4 years, 7 months ago

195 healthcare workers at AIIMS tested positive for COVID-19 so far

The Hindu  

As many as 195 healthcare workers have tested positive for coronavirus infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here till date, sources said. Over 50 healthcare personnel, including one MBBS student, three resident doctors, eight nurses and five mess workers, have tested positive for COVID-19 over the last two days, the sources said. According to them, samples of …

Nagaland registers first coronavirus cases, 3 Chennai returnees test positive
4 years, 7 months ago

Nagaland registers first coronavirus cases, 3 Chennai returnees test positive

India Today  

After Sikkim, Nagaland on Monday has registered the first coronavirus positive cases as three people who returned to the state from Chennai tested positive for the new virus. Confirming the report, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that, two persons in Dimapur and one from Kohima have been tested for Covid-19 on Monday. The special train was arranged by the …

Delhi's Tihar Jail reports first coronavirus case as prison official tests positive
4 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Tihar Jail reports first coronavirus case as prison official tests positive

India Today  

Delhi's Tihar Jail reported its first coronavirus case as a prison official tested positive for the novel virus on Saturday. According to the jail officials, as the official was tested positive his contact tracing was done by jail authorities and it was found that one jail staffer, who is said to have been in close contact with the infected jail …

Coronavirus patients who tested positive twice cannot pass on virus, South Korean study finds
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus patients who tested positive twice cannot pass on virus, South Korean study finds

The Telegraph  

Patients who tested positive for Covid-19 after recovering from it could not then transmit coronavirus, according to a study by South Korea's disease control centre. The South Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention examined 285 Covid-19 survivors who had recovered, tested negative and then tested postive for a second time. The discovery that patients could test positive twice had …

Coronavirus | ICMR revises testing strategy
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR revises testing strategy

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday released a revised COVID-19 testing strategy, which includes testing of all symptomatic influenza like illness individuals with history of international travel in the last 14 days. The other key groups that have been listed as high priority for testing include the front line workers involved in containment and mitigation of COVlD-19, all …

Assam reports 4 more coronavirus cases, Manipur registers fresh one
4 years, 7 months ago

Assam reports 4 more coronavirus cases, Manipur registers fresh one

India Today  

Assam has registered four more Covid-19 positive cases, taking the total tally in the state to 95. Assam Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said one patient was detected at Kalapahar quarantine centre and another was detected at Fatashil Ambari area in Guwahati. In view of developing situation, I urge elderly & children below 10 to strictly stay inside, unless very …

Coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the southern Bangladesh camps that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday, as humanitarian groups warned the infection could devastate the crowded settlement. In the Rohingya refugee camps – home to nearly a million people – there are no intensive care beds at this …

First coronavirus case found in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps
4 years, 7 months ago

First coronavirus case found in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps

Al Jazeera  

Aid groups alarmed as Rohingya tests positive for COVID-19 in the densely populated camps, home to a million refugees. An ethnic Rohingya refugee and a local person tested positive for COVID-19, a senior Bangladeshi official and a United Nations spokeswoman said on Thursday. The other patient was from the “host population”, a term usually used to refer to locals living …

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