Sushrusha hospital told to quarantine all nurses Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation directed a private hospital to quarantine all its nurses and stop new admissions after two of its nurses tested positive for coronavirus. A senior BMC official said two nurses from Sushrusha Hospital in Dadar, aged 27 and 42, have tested positive for coronavirus. Following…

50 contractual doctors resign in Gwalior Gwalior: At a time when Madhya Pradesh is facing acute shortage of doctors, 50 doctors appointed on contractual basis at Jayarogya Hospital of Government Gajra Raja Medical College here resigned. Their resignations followed an order from state Medical Education Department seeking their consent for renewal of contract beyond three months….

Trinamool-run KMC contradicts Bengal govt’s COVID-19 toll Last week also, there was confusion over the number of deaths in the state due to the viral COVID-19 infection. Kolkata: The exact number of COVID-19 deaths in West Bengal is becoming nothing short of a mystery. Even as the state government on Friday maintained that the COVID-19 death…

Tamilnadu CM to discuss with Medical Committee about Lockdown extension tamilnadu chief minister edappadi k palaniswami said that a decision on extending the lockdown will be taken after consulting with the medical committee and other senior level committees in the state. Speaking to reporters at the secretariat on thursday, the chief minister said, ‘The number…

12 more positive cases in Bengal The Mamata Banerjee government on Friday said the death toll from Covid-19 in Bengal stood at five, while 12 more positive cases had been reported in the past 24 hours. The total number of active positive cases was 89 in the state as on Friday with the discharge of…

After dist sealed, 22 of Maharashtra family recover Twenty-two members of the same family from Islampur in Sangli district, who were all infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), have recovered. The patients, six of whom are above 50 years of age and one suffers from congestive heart failure, were discharged on Friday. ‘They were extremely happy and…

Coronavirus – British PM Boris Johnson Moves Out Of ICU, ‘In Extremely Good Spirits’ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recovering from COVID-19, has been moved out of intensive care as his condition improves, Downing Street said on Thursday evening. “The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where…

89 active coronavirus cases in Bengal With twelve fresh COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the number of active positive cases in West Bengal has gone up to 89 on Friday. Making the announcement, Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said that the number of confirmed deaths due to coronavirus in the state remains five….

GHMC Mayor applauds Gujarati Seva Mandali for feeding the needy Hyderabad: Mayor Bonthu Rammohan on Friday visited the central kitchen established by Gujarati Seva Mandali, which has been serving free meals to 5,000 persons every day. He said Hyderabad has become a role model for charity and appreciated the Mandali for feeding the needy, migrant…

NCW launches WhatsApp number to report domestic violence during COVID-19 lockdown The National Commission for Women (NCW) launched a WhatsApp number on Friday to report cases of domestic violence, which have seen a rise during the coronavirus lockdown period. The NCW said the WhatsApp number -7217735372 — is in addition to the online complaint links…

Coronavirus Lockdown in India – 99.8% Workforce in IT Sector Incapable of Remote Working, Says Study Mumbai, April 9: Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown when all organizations in the IT sector are engaging its employees in remote work or work from home, a study has revealed that only 0.2 per cent workforce in the IT industry…

Committed a mistake, India not in community transmission stage yet – WHO The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday admitted to its mistake in the daily situational report on April 9, in which it claimed that India had entered the stage of community transmission as far as coronavirus is concerned. According to the updated version…

Army retaliates to Pak shelling, aims at terror launch pads across LoC The Indian army has carried out precision targeting of gun areas and terror launch pads across the Line of Control from its posts in the Keran sector of Kupwara, people familiar with the development said. The action, which came in response to unprovoked…

IIT Ropar’s sanitizing ‘trunk’ using UV light to kill Covid-19 to be available at Rs 500 IIT Ropar has created a trunk that can sanitize what you buy from the market using UV radiation. You can put all groceries and even currency notes in the sanitizing trunk to make them Coronavirus-free! This trunk-shaped device fitted…