The ministry said it has recorded 1,645 new cases It also recorded 342 recoveries, increasing the total number of recovered cases to 4,476 RIYADH: The Saudi Health Ministry announced on Monday seven new deaths from COVID-19 in Makkah and Jeddah, raising the total death toll for the Kingdom to 191. […]
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What Australian researchers are calling the first survey on children and the spread of COVID-19 in the classroom is turning heads in Canada. The preliminary data, which has not yet been peer reviewed, suggests kids in Australia are not so-called “super spreaders” as they’re frequently called by epidemiologists when it […]
Within a month of the first case getting detected, Malegaon, the textile hub of Maharashtra has emerged as a major Covid-19 hotspot. On April 5, Malegaon recorded five positive cases. Within a week the number had gone up to 27 and two people died because of the disease. With the […]
With fewer claims to pay out, some health insurers are using their improved balance sheets to help struggling providers secure loans, pay claims earlier and, in some cases, underwrite patients’ outstanding bills. And they have good reason to ensure providers survive the pandemic: “There is a risk that there is […]
Beaches in Florida’s St. Johns County remained open to record crowds through most of March, despite mounting concerns raised by the county’s medical examiner and residents. While many states were issuing directives to residents to stay home in March, officials in St. Johns County, home of St. Augustine, kept beaches […]
France on Saturday decided to extend a health emergency imposed to fight the new coronavirus for two months until July 24, Health Minister Olivier Veran said. A proposal to be put to parliament on Monday said the lifting this month of the emergency, which began on March 24, would “be […]
The Erode district well on its way into the green category, thanks to an aggressive containment and isolation strategy of the local administration. Tamil Nadu Police paints the number plate of a two-wheeler. CHENNAI: Erode, a mid-western district in Tamil Nadu that was one of the first to […]
Social distancing circles being made after at Delhi’s Okhla Sabzi Mandi after it was shut for two days due to COVID-19 While Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said that only containment zones, and not […]
New Delhi:More than a month into a countrywide lockdown, India reported the biggest single-day jump in the number of coronavirus patients with 2,644 new cases in the last 24 hours, including 83 deaths – also the highest – taking the total to 39,980 cases and 1,301 deaths, the Union Health […]
Coronavirus fund will help victims of domestic violence, rough sleepers and vulnerable children The government has announced a £76m package to support the most vulnerable in society, including victims of domestic violence and modern slavery, rough sleepers and vulnerable children. Acknowledging that the coronavirus lockdown is making it harder for […]