Double trouble in Assam: Panic at premier hospital, migrant workers bringing in virus
4 years, 8 months ago

Double trouble in Assam: Panic at premier hospital, migrant workers bringing in virus

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Relatively less troubled by Covid-19 than some of the other states in India, Assam’s composure was broken Friday by two developments. First, a medical student tested positive for the coronavirus at the state’s biggest hospital in Guwahati, requiring it to be shut down in haste and subject patients and medics to testing and quarantine. Second, tests done on 42 migrant workers who took a bus from Ajmer to Silchar revealed that seven of them were coronavirus positive. Fighting down panic after the medical students positive test, the superintendent of the state-run Guwahati Medical College and Hospital ordered nearly 700 patients and 386 health workers put into quarantine. Assam’s health minister told reporters that extensive contact tracing has begun, and samples of all doctors and health workers will be taken for testing.

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4 international passengers test positive for Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu
2 years ago

4 international passengers test positive for Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

A woman and her daughter, who tested positive for Covid-19 at the Chennai airport on Tuesday morning, have been sent to quarantine under the surveillance of the Tamil Nadu health department. The mother and her daughter, who travelled from China through Sri Lanka, landed at Madurai international airport and tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. As per instructions from the …

64 hostel students test COVID positive in Odisha's Rayagada district
2 years, 8 months ago

64 hostel students test COVID positive in Odisha's Rayagada district

India TV News  

Highlights Rayagada District Magistrate said all precautions were being taken He further said the situation is under control Students residing in two hostels in Odisha have tested positive for COVID-19 As many as 64 school students staying in two hostels in Odisha's Rayagada district tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, officials said. According to Rayagada District Magistrate Saroj Kumar Mishra, …

Agra: Three foreign tourists among five test Covid-19 positive
2 years, 8 months ago

Agra: Three foreign tourists among five test Covid-19 positive

India Today  

With a sudden surge in Covid-19 across the nation, Agra has also reported five new cases on Monday, including three foreign tourists. While appealing to the public to take precautions amid the Covid-19 spike, District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh, said “35 days ago, on March 13, two patients were found in Kamla Nagar, so the Kamla Nagar area was a …

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

2,000 medical students, doctors infected with Covid-19 in AP
2 years, 11 months ago

2,000 medical students, doctors infected with Covid-19 in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Nearly 2,000 medical students and government doctors have been infected with Covid-19 in recent days in Andhra Pradesh. Of the total infected, a majority were medical students attending to patients in both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 out-patient wards in 11 government medical colleges attached to various hospitals. AP Junior Doctors’ Association president Dr Jaswanth said, “We have been receiving reports …

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

Gujarat: Over 200 healthcare workers in 15 state-run hospitals test Covid positive
3 years ago

Gujarat: Over 200 healthcare workers in 15 state-run hospitals test Covid positive

India TV News  

Highlights On Tuesday, Gujarat reported 7,476 new COVID-19 cases 154 healthcare workers who have tested positive for Covid belong to the public health sector the Gujarat government had extended the night curfew time in 10 cities by two hours on January 7 Gujarat is witnessing a spike in new coronavirus cases. According to the health department data, around 215 healthcare …

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19
3 years ago

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise on Sunday, with 1,79,339 new infections, taking the total number of active patients in India to over seven lakh. - AP Delhi Administration of precautionary dose of Covid vaccine begins in Delhi Amid a surging third wave of coronavirus infections, Delhi on Monday started administering a third or "precautionary dose" to people …

Sharp increase in hospital workers getting Covid
3 years ago

Sharp increase in hospital workers getting Covid

NL Times  

The number of coronavirus infections among hospital workers is increasing significantly, especially among nurses and carers. This is really a big city problem," Amsterdam UMC director Mark Kramer said to the newspaper. "We see the repercussions of the infections among Amsterdam residents - 40 percent test positive - in our staff. With high numbers of Covid infections on top of …

IIT-Guwahati declared a containment zone after several test Covid positive
3 years ago

IIT-Guwahati declared a containment zone after several test Covid positive

Live Mint  

The authorities of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on Wednesday declared the campus a containment zone after over fifty people tested positive for the virus. Authorities imposed restrictions in the campus after over fifty people tested positive in the past six days. Parmeshwar Iyer, Dean-PR, IIT-Guwahati said that almost 99% of the cases that tested positive for the coronavirus are …

Assam reports 2 Omicron cases; IIT Guwahati declared containment zone after 60 test Covid positive
3 years ago

Assam reports 2 Omicron cases; IIT Guwahati declared containment zone after 60 test Covid positive

India Today  

After Manipur and Meghalaya, two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Assam. “A 13-year-old boy hailing from Kamrup district was tested positive for Omicron variant on Tuesday and another 35-year-old returnee from Dubai also tested positive,” Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said on Wednesday. IIT Guwahati campus declared containment zone after detection of 60 Covid cases The …

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar
3 years, 1 month ago

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: In an alarming development, 48 medical college students at the Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Karimnagar were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, in what is being billed as the single biggest outbreak of the disease in a medical college in Telangana state. District medical and health officer Dr Juveria told told this newspaper …

Two more from at-risk countries test positive
3 years, 1 month ago

Two more from at-risk countries test positive

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai Maharashtra reported two more fresh Covid-19 cases from the high-risk countries on Friday. After the two more positive cases, state sent 28 samples for genome sequencing The state health department now has samples of 30 Covid-19 positive patients from high-risk countries, of which 28 samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune and Kasturba Hospital, Mumbai, for …

Vrindavan: Negative Covid-19 test report mandatory at guest houses, ashrams
3 years, 1 month ago

Vrindavan: Negative Covid-19 test report mandatory at guest houses, ashrams

India TV News  

Highlights Guest houses, ashrams should accommodate people only after getting a negative test report: Official Since last week, 10 foreign nationals have been found to be infected with the virus. Chief Medical Officer Dr Rachna Gupta said action will be taken against those who violate the rules. After 10 foreign nationals tested positive for COVID-19 in the holy town of …

Karnataka: 15 students from nursing college test positive for Covid-19
3 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka: 15 students from nursing college test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

As many as 15 more students have tested positive for the coronavirus disease in two nursing colleges in Karnataka's Tumkur, the district health officer told news agency ANI on Wednesday. This comes a day after 13 students of a government-run residential hostel in Hassan district and seven medical college students in Chamarajanagar tested positive for the coronavirus disease. Karnataka chief …

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 …

Assam Reports 270 New Covid-19 Cases, 7 More Fatalities
3 years, 2 months ago

Assam Reports 270 New Covid-19 Cases, 7 More Fatalities

News 18  

The COVID-19 death toll in Assam rose by seven for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, while the number of fresh infections marginally reduced to 270 taking the overall caseload to 6,11,211, a National Health Mission bulletin said. The day’s positivity rate was 0.75 per cent, registering a slight increase from 0.70 per cent the previous day. Among the fresh …

Lucknow: Panic grips as more than 400 admitted in hospitals due to viral diseases
3 years, 4 months ago

Lucknow: Panic grips as more than 400 admitted in hospitals due to viral diseases

India Today  

The viral illnesses are wreaking havoc in the season of weather change in Lucknow. More than 400 viral patients, including 40 children, are admitted in various government hospitals of Uttar Pradesh's capital city. Although, the doctors say, these are seasonal flu, there is a situation of panic in the hospitals due to the sudden increase of patients with viral fever. …

Tamil Nadu Covid-19 Tally Breaches 26-lakh Mark With 1,630 Fresh Infections
3 years, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu Covid-19 Tally Breaches 26-lakh Mark With 1,630 Fresh Infections

News 18  

Tamil Nadu continued to record a dip in the number of daily cases as the state added 1,630 fresh infections on Sunday, pushing its tally to 26,00,885. As many as 23 people have succumbed to the disease, taking the toll to 34,709 so far, a medical bulletin said.Recoveries eclipsed new infections with 1,827 people getting discharged in the last 24 …

Assam Logs 1,547 New Covid-19 Cases, 25 Fresh Fatalities
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam Logs 1,547 New Covid-19 Cases, 25 Fresh Fatalities

News 18  

Assam’s COVID-19 tally rose to 5,52,425 on Wednesday as 1,547 more people tested positive for the infection, while 25 fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 5,053, a health bulletin said. Kamrup Metropolitan district registered the highest number of new cases at 193, followed by Golaghat and Dibrugarh. Three fresh fatalities each were reported in Dibrugarh, Golaghat and …

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 …

25 More People in Meghalaya Raj Bhavan Test Covid-19 Positive, Tally Jumps to 43
3 years, 7 months ago

25 More People in Meghalaya Raj Bhavan Test Covid-19 Positive, Tally Jumps to 43

News 18  

With 25 more people tested positive for Covid-19, the tally of active cases in Raj Bhavan in Meghalaya’s Shillong has jumped to 43. A statement issued by the Raj Bhavan secretariat on Sunday informed that a mass testing of high risk contacts of infected cases was conducted. “Yesterday as per test results made available, out of 80 high risk contacts …

Passengers Flout Norms, Rush Out Of Railway Station in Assam To Avoid Covid-19 Testing
3 years, 7 months ago

Passengers Flout Norms, Rush Out Of Railway Station in Assam To Avoid Covid-19 Testing

News 18  

As we battle the deadly virus, Assam has made Covid-19 testing mandatory on arrival for all train passengers to keep citizens safe. All boundaries of recklessness were crossed in an act fuelled by paranoia when around 400 train passengers who arrived at a railway station in Assam forcefully made their way out of the premises in order to avoid being …

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people

India Today  

Isolated at home in Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked the party candidates who contested recently held Assam Assembly election to visit their constituencies and help people affected by the pandemic. India Today TV has learnt that all the Congress candidates, who were housed in a resort in Sonapur on the …

Odisha youth continue preparation for CA exam at hospital after being tested Covid-19 positive
3 years, 8 months ago

Odisha youth continue preparation for CA exam at hospital after being tested Covid-19 positive

India Today  

As said by Henry David Thoreau, “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." During his surprise visit to Covid Hospital, Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange was astounded to find a youth who was Hospitalised after being affected by the deadly virus while preparing for his CA Exams from Hospital Bed. After that, success …

Two die and more than 100 test positive in coronavirus outbreak among US diplomatic staff in India
3 years, 8 months ago

Two die and more than 100 test positive in coronavirus outbreak among US diplomatic staff in India

CNN  

CNN — There has been a major coronavirus outbreak among US diplomatic staff in India with two locally employed staff dying and more than 100 people testing positive in recent weeks as the country struggles to cope with a dramatic surge of the deadly disease, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said earlier …

98 More Air Passengers Flee Assam Hospital to Escape Mandatory Covid-19 Testing
3 years, 8 months ago

98 More Air Passengers Flee Assam Hospital to Escape Mandatory Covid-19 Testing

News 18  

A total of 98 air passengers fled a hospital to avoid mandatory Covid-19 testing after landing at Silchar airport in Assam's Cachar district, a health department official said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday, two days after 385 air passengers created disorder at the airport and a hospital and fled without undergoing the test. While 337 passengers were tested …

Tamil Nadu: 16 migrant workers jump quarantine to return home
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 16 migrant workers jump quarantine to return home

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: Two days before their quarantine period ended, 16 Covid positive migrant workers left Tirupur district to go to their native place in Jharkhand, police and health officials said. HT Image The 16 infected patients left with a group of 36 other migrant workers and boarded a train on Monday night fearing a lockdown amid the Covid second wave. As …

67 healthcare workers across 5 Uttarakhand districts test positive for Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

67 healthcare workers across 5 Uttarakhand districts test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand administration on Friday informed that 67 healthcare workers have tested positive in the state as the second wave of coronavirus prevails in the country. Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in the state, the Uttarakhand government has restricted the entry of people into the state secretariat. According to the Director of State Medical and Health Department, Dr. SK Gupta, …

Lucknow: Unable to get hospital bed for 3 days, wife of retired district judge succumbs to Covid-19
3 years, 9 months ago

Lucknow: Unable to get hospital bed for 3 days, wife of retired district judge succumbs to Covid-19

India Today  

Unable to get a hospital bed and even an ambulance for three days after testing positive for coronavirus, wife of a retired district judge in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow succumbed to the virus on Thursday. Both the retired district judge, 69, and his wife, 64, had tested positive for Covid-19 three days ago but were struggling to get an ambulance or …

India sees slight dip in Covid cases with over 1.6 lakh new infections in last 24 hours
3 years, 9 months ago

India sees slight dip in Covid cases with over 1.6 lakh new infections in last 24 hours

India TV News  

India on Monday witnessed a 4.24% dip in the coronavirus cases as 1,61,736 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. According to the Union Health Ministry's daily bulletin, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 1,36,89,453, with 12,64,698 active cases at present. After Covaxin and Covishield, India gets its third vaccine against coronavirus and becomes …

BJP's Bhopal Office Bans Outsider Entry for Ten Days after 7 Test Positive for Covid-19
3 years, 9 months ago

BJP's Bhopal Office Bans Outsider Entry for Ten Days after 7 Test Positive for Covid-19

News 18  

The Madhya Pradesh state headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bhopal has been restricted for outsiders’entry after seven, including former organisational secretary Makhan Singh, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday. On Monday, office secretary Raghvendra Singh ordered to lock the gates of the office and ban outsiders’entry for the next 10 days. For nearly two weeks, no party meeting …

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 under control’: Uttarakhand govt as virus cluster emerges in Rishikesh
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Covid under control’: Uttarakhand govt as virus cluster emerges in Rishikesh

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government said on Sunday that the overall coronavirus disease situation in the state is under control adding that border checks have been strengthened with special attention to people coming from Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Tamil Nadu- which are witnessing an increase in their daily Covid-19 cases. Speaking to news agency ANI, Uttarakhand’s health director …

Covid-19 second wave: Uttar Pradesh active cases up 56% in March, govt on high alert
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 second wave: Uttar Pradesh active cases up 56% in March, govt on high alert

India Today  

Covid-19 is back with a vengeance in many states of the country. In Uttar Pradesh, the number of active cases has increased by 56 per cent this month and the state government is on high alert. Covid-19 gains momentum in Uttar Pradesh On Thursday, twelve employees at the Coronavirus Helpline office in Lucknow tested positive for the virus. On Wednesday, …

Rise in COVID-19 cases in schools worries Telangana government
3 years, 10 months ago

Rise in COVID-19 cases in schools worries Telangana government

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With concerns being raised over growing Covid-19 cases across the country, the school education department says it is monitoring the situation closely with regard to opening of schools and following the safety protocol. Owing to the spike in cases in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, among others, a senior education department official told Deccan Chronicle that they have directed district …

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 …

96 people test positive for UK variant of coronavirus in India, says Govt
4 years ago

96 people test positive for UK variant of coronavirus in India, says Govt

India Today  

The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus in India has climbed to 96, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. "The total number of persons found infected with the mutant UK strain of Covid-19 is 96," the ministry said. The close contacts of the people infected with the new variant of the …

Over 100 test positive for Covid-19 across Chennai’s luxury hotels
4 years ago

Over 100 test positive for Covid-19 across Chennai’s luxury hotels

Hindustan Times  

Following Covid-19 relaxations, luxury hotels are emerging as a Covid-19 cluster after educational institutions in Chennai. Our focus is locations where more than 20 people gather whether it is in public places or gated communalities and beach houses.” “In the last two days, we tested 232 employees of another 5-star hotel and 20 staff have turned positive,” said S Divyahdrashini, …

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 …

Six UK Returnees Test Positive for New Coronavirus Strain, Kept in Isolation; Co-Passengers Being Traced
4 years ago

Six UK Returnees Test Positive for New Coronavirus Strain, Kept in Isolation; Co-Passengers Being Traced

News 18  

India has found six people who returned from Britain in recent weeks with a more infectious strain of the novel coronavirus that has prompted border closures around the world, even as its daily increase in cases fell to a six-month low. Of those arrivals, 114 people were found positive for the coronavirus and their samples were being checked for the …

2020 Take: Covid-19 Unravelled Gujarat's Industries, Migrants' March Induced Tears; Lions Roared Loud
4 years ago

2020 Take: Covid-19 Unravelled Gujarat's Industries, Migrants' March Induced Tears; Lions Roared Loud

News 18  

Disruption of industrial activities due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, protests by jobless migrants eager to return home and hospital fires – all these and more kept Gujarat in the news during the year. Newly-elected BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Abhay Bharadwaj died on December 2 due while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 complications. Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel died …

7 people who flew from UK tested positive for Covid in Telangana
4 years ago

7 people who flew from UK tested positive for Covid in Telangana

Live Mint  

Seven people out of 1,200 who came from the UK to Telangana since December 9 have tested positive for COVID-19. Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender held a review meeting with senior officials of the department on the steps being taken in the state in the wake of global concerns with the new virus strain. Officials informed the minister that 1,200 …

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 …

Eleven UK arrivals in Delhi found COVID-19 positive, health secy reviews status; Karnataka announces night curfew
4 years ago

Eleven UK arrivals in Delhi found COVID-19 positive, health secy reviews status; Karnataka announces night curfew

Firstpost  

The government had on Monday directed that all passengers coming from the UK on arrival at Indian airports should be tested main concerns over coronavirus strain spreading in Britain Ahead of the festive season, Karnataka on Wednesday became the second state after Maharashtra to announce night curfew amid concerns over a new mutation of the coronavirus which is spreading in …

20 Passengers from UK Test Positive for Covid-19 in India, Reports of 4 in Ahmedabad Show High Viral Load
4 years ago

20 Passengers from UK Test Positive for Covid-19 in India, Reports of 4 in Ahmedabad Show High Viral Load

News 18  

Twenty passengers who arrived in India from Britain on Tuesday have tested positive for COVID-19. At the Ahmedabad airport, RT-PCR tests were performed on 275 passengers, including crew members of the flight from London to Ahmedabad. A total of four passengers tested positive were admitted to the SVP hospital. The blood samples of passengers who tested positive will be sent …

Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000
4 years ago

Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thailan ’s total number of …

Nearly half of Singapore’s migrant workers infected with Covid-19
4 years ago

Nearly half of Singapore’s migrant workers infected with Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

Singapore’s health ministry on Wednesday reported no new cases of coronavirus disease from the local transmission, days after the government approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. However, coronavirus infection among migrant workers has been a matter of concern as the latest data showed nearly half of them have been infected with Covid-19 in the past nine months. As of December 13, more …

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