The number of coronavirus patients in the country has crossed the 23,000-mark. So far, 23,077 people have been found infected by COVID-19. Of these 17,610 cases are still active while a total of 4,748 have recovered. According to the Union Health Ministry report, 718 people have died across the country till Friday morning....
The new order will take effect on May 1. The original order, enforced on March 21, was set to expire at the end of April, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday....
US-based Gilead Sciences' remdesivir, a potential antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 patients and is under several trials around the world, has reportedly failed to produce desired results during a Chinese trial study, the Financial Times reported on Thursday....
As the United States is buffeted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has discussed the availability of medicines with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, the State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said on Thursday....
Before the lockdown and 30 days into the lockdown, Indias positivity rate has remained 4.5 per cent, despite a 24-fold increase in testing, the Centre said on Thursday....
Muslim clerics in Kerala on Thursday announced that the holy month of Ramadan would begin on Friday....
The Congress top leadership seems to be upset over a series of events in Palghar, Maharashtra, where two sadhus were lynched last week, triggering a political row where Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi's name was dragged by the BJP and a TV channel....
Gujarat saw another 217 COVID-19 cases added on Thursday to its total, taking it to 2,624, the state with second highest number of positive cases after Maharashtra in the country....
A month into the nation-wide lockdown, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 21,700 as on Thursday evening, the Union Health Ministry said....
Beijing has denied permission to American scientists to visit Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other part of China to investigate the origin of the novel coronavirus. ...
