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India coronavirus dispatch: Poor spending heightens vulnerability to crisis

Mizoram enforces Lockdown 7.0, Hyderabad suspends Covid testing, and stroke, depression, anxi-ety in Covid patients - a roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

HC declines plea for Covid-19 testing in all court premises for lawyers

Delhi HC declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to Delhi govt to take steps for providing testing for advocates, judicial officers, court staff and their family members in all court premises

World Coronavirus Dispatch: LatAm deaths may hit 388,000 by Oct, says study

UK's Royal Mail to axe 2,000 jobs, Saudi may see a U-shaped recovery, Germany's infection rate slowest in three months and other pandemic related news across the globe

India registers its first daily Covid-19 case addition of more than 17,000

The highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases went past 17,000 on Friday, pushing India's tally to4,90,401, while the death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. Updated at 8 am, the data showed the daily COVID-19 cases increased by the highest-ever 17,296 cases. India registered over 14,000 cases for the seventh day in a row and witnessed a surge of 2,99,866 infections from June 1 till 26. The number of active cases stands at1,89, 463while 2,85,636 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the updated figure at 8 am. "Thus, around 58.24 per cent patients have recovered so far," an official said. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 77,76,228 samples have been tested up to June 25 with 2,15,446 samples being tested on Thursday. Of the 407 new deaths reported till Friday morning,192 were in Maharashtra,

Covid-19: Serological survey to begin in Delhi on Saturday

Survey to aid comprehensive analysis of Covid-19 in Delhi and prepare a broad strategy to combat the pandemic

India coronavirus dispatch: Can one spread virus if one isn't symptomic?

Thane, Navi Mumbai wrestle with Covid surge, Chennai hospitals stretched, and a look at India's evolving strategy on testing for Covid-19-a roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

Stranded Indians in Iran to embark INS Jalashwa today: Indian Navy

On June 11, INS Shardul had brought back 233 Indians from Iran

PIL for guidelines on COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless; HC seeks Centre, AAP govt stand

The Delhi High Court asked the Centre and the AAP government on Thursday to reply to a PIL seeking directions to them to issue guidelines for COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless persons in the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to them seeking their stand on the plea by a lawyer alleging a "casual approach" on the part of the Delhi government, particularly its Chief Secretary, while dealing with issues of health of homeless persons with mental illness. The court listed the matter for further hearing on July 9. Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal claimed in his petition that the Delhi government has not taken seriously the lack of guidelines with respect to COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless persons. He said the high court had on June 9 directed it to address the grievances raised by him in another PIL with regard to mentally ill homeless persons in accordance with law, rules, regulations and government policy. He said

Out of India's total COVID-19 cases, only 4.16 pc of patients required ventilator support: Govt official

According to the Union Health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 4,56,183 and the death toll rose to 14,476 on Wednesday

18 new COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand, 1 more death

The number of people who have been found to be infected rose to 2,219 with the detection of the fresh cases

Uttarakhand reports 55 new COVID-19 cases, state's count surges to 2,623

As per the department's bulletin, the death toll in the State stands at 35

COVID-19: Delhi chief secretary tells govt depts to bring services online

The move is aimed at preventing the spread of novel coronavirus in the national capital

Brazil tests coronavirus shot; govt yet to secure deal if it works

The country's pandemic response has faced criticism since March, when President Jair Bolsonaro started defying social distancing recommendations

Coronavirus pandemic well-established at global level now: WHO expert

Some of that increase may be attributed to increased testing, but the WHO does not believe that testing is the main reason

India coronavirus dispatch: Hotspots are emerging in the villages

Changing approach towards mask use, domestic violence in the time of Covid-19, will it be safe for children to attend school once they reopen?-roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

World coronavirus dispatch: Brazil is second nation with million-plus cases

One in five people at risk of severe Covid-19 illness, Tesla defers shareholder meet, London restaurants reopen July 4 and other pandemic related news from across the globe

India coronavirus dispatch: The necessity of testing healthcare workers

A great opportunity to transform India's mental healthcare, nurses resign due to poor work condi-tions & low pay, second chance for Tamil Nadu-roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

Covid-19 Factoid: India witnessing significant improvement in recovery rate

Rate of growth slows down in the UK, while in Delhi the cases are piling up

Accounts from Mumbai's Dharavi on efforts to chase away the virus

As efforts to 'chase the virus' begin to pay off in Mumbai's Dharavi, frontline workers and residents share accounts of recent months

Expert panels, CCTVs: How SC wants states to ensure Covid-19 patients' care

An SC Bench observed that there should be uniformity in Covid-19 testing charge across all states