(Covid -19)Virus outbreak at Philippine jail fuels calls for prisoner releases

Virus outbreak at Philippine jail fuels calls for prisoner releases Eighteen guards and inmates at a jam-packed Philippine prison have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Friday, heightening fears of a rapid spread of the illness inside the country’s jails. Another 30 prisoners were showing symptoms inside the Quezon City Jail in the capital…

Sanitation workers provided requisite protective gears – Centre tells Supreme Court

Sanitation workers provided requisite protective gears – Centre tells Supreme Court New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that sanitation workers in the country have been provided with requisite protective kits and the authorities are following the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the coronavirus pandemic. The Centre said this before…