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Our health systems vulnerable to pandemics: G20 countries on Covid-19

The health ministers from the group of 20 major economies discussed weaknesses in health systems that made the world vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak

Over 400,000 samples tested, 17,615 Indians Covid-19 positive: ICMR

ICMR said that by the end of May it would achieve the testing capacity of 100,000 per day

28,941 samples tested on April 15, says ICMR; WHO lauds health ministry

ICMR has also issued a list of 176 government laboratories and 78 private laboratories for the coronavirus testing

Lockdown, distancing most effective Covid-19 'social vaccines': Vardhan

On PPEs, he said all potential manufacturers based in India were contacted and provided handholding support to make good-quality PPEs.

Coronavirus: Confirmed cases climb to 571 in Tamil Nadu, 314 in Kerala

A total of 1,58,617 individuals are under observation of which 776 are admitted in hospitals in Kerala.

Govt launches contact tracing app to track risk of getting coronavirus

Built in a public-private partnership mode, the app was launched on the Google Play Store as well as the Apple Store

Health Ministry identifies 20 existing, 22 potential coronavirus hotspots

The ministry said this in an advisory on human resource management of COVID-19 to provide guidance to the states on manpower that can be mobilized for the management of the disease

Coronavirus impact: India and China may escape global recession, says UN

With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries facing unprecedented economic damage from the Covid-19 crisis, the UN is calling for a $2.5 trillion a rescue package

Statsguru: Covid-19 cases on the rise in India, Maharashtra worst affected

The worst-affected states remain Maharashtra and Kerala. They accounted for more than a third of the cases

Covid-19: India prepares for massive screening effort after April 14

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) sought quotations earlier this week from suppliers for a million antibody kits (for screening through blood tests) and also 700,000 RNA extraction kits

Covid-19: Where do we stand now?

As we are seeing in Italy, rapid growth rate of the epidemic makes the hospital and basic medical facilities exhausted in no time

Covid-19 throws up drug supply opportunity for Ipca, other pharma firms

Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's, Torrent Pharma, Cipla, Cadila Healthcare and Natco Pharma would also benefit from malaria drug supplies, Alembic Pharma from azithromycin sales

Coronavirus LIVE: India prepares for lockdown as death toll rises to 7

Coronavirus latest updates: A coronavirus patient died in Mumbai on Sunday. Globally, 318,644 infections have been reported while death toll rose to 13,674 till Sunday. Catch Coronavirus updates here

'Small-world' networks

The lack of random testing means we simply don't know about extent of community spread in India

Coronavirus shadow on polls: Candidates to get more time to canvass support

Since the Election Commission has not released the schedule for the Upper House elections, political parties are still waiting for the notification to this effect

Coronavirus LIVE: India stays indoors for Janata Curfew on PM Modi's appeal

Coronavirus latest updates: Globally 300,227 infections reported while death toll rose to 12,948 till Saturday due to Covid-19. Catch Coronavirus LIVE updates here

Cabinet passes a policy to promote manufacture and growth of bulk drugs

An announcement on the matter is expected over the weekend

Coronavirus infections have not reached community level: Harsh Vardhan

The number of coronavirus cases have crossed 190 in India and at least four people have died due to the infection

Trying to get 4 more Covid-19 testing centres in state: UP Health minister

As of now, only the King George Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow has the approval for testing Covid-19 cases, the minister said during a visit to Gautam Buddh Nagar

Coronavirus LIVE: ICSE, ISC exams delayed; first positive Chhattisgarh case

Coronavirus latest news: Covid-19 death toll across the globe rose to 8,967 on Thursday, with over 219,240 confirmed cases. 169 cases have been detected in India. Catch Coronavirus LIVE updates