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Coronavirus pandemic: India surpasses UK, now 4th worst-hit country

India is now at the fourth spot, only behind the US (2,076,495 cases), Brazil (787,489) and Russia (502,436), as per Worldometer figures

As Covid-19 cases rise, Delhi govt races to arrange 15,000 beds by end-June

A senior doctor in a private hospital said that the government had hired a lot of junior doctors which had added numbers, but had not solved the problem

Delhi added 10,000 coronavirus cases in eight days from June 1

Delhi reported its first case on March 1, when a businessman in East Delhi was diagnosed with Covid-19 after returning from Italy

Covid-19 has material impact on healthcare services ops: Apollo Healthcare

Apollo Hospitals said it is still evaluating the full impact of the current situation on its business and will continuously calibrate responses to the Covid-19 situation as it evolves

Spread of coronavirus from people without symptoms is 'rare': WHO

Van Kerkhove said many of them turn out to have mild disease, or unusual symptoms

Over 55 NSG personnel have tested Covid-19 positive; combat commandos safe

Some among them have recovered while some personnel among the positive cases were asymptomatic and detected only after contact tracing and testing, they said

Focus on house-to-house survey, prompt testing: Health min to civic bodies

In terms of infrastructure and human resource management for containment of Covid-19, the Health Ministry said proper planning for health infrastructure should be taken up

Religious places gear up to reopen from June 8 amid uptick in Covid cases

Prasad, flowers and other items of rituals will be banned, thermal guns will be used to screen people

Few pvt Delhi hospitals doing 'black marketing of Covid-19 beds': Kejriwal

The government is talking to the owners of private hospitals to determine their problems in reserving 20 per cent of their beds for Covid-19 patients, he said

Tamil Nadu govt caps coronavirus treatment charges in private hospitals

The per day charges for treatment in Intensive Care Units shall not exceed Rs 15,000

Serum Institute risks making Covid vaccine before trial at new $100 mn unit

AstraZeneca deal with SII is for supply of a billion doses, with a commitment to provide 400 mn before 2020-end. If all goes well, India could have its first set of Covid-19 vaccines by end of year

India records highest single day jump of 9,304 coronavirus cases

India is seventh among the countries worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy

Covid-positive man dies after being 'denied' treatment at Delhi hospital

Authorities at LNJP Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 facility, denied the charge, and said the patient was 'brought dead'

Steep death graph, no peak yet: Why India is behind the curve on Covid-19

While the mortality rate seems to be plateauing in UK , Spain and Italy after peaking, in India he bad news is that it hasn't reached the high point after which it can start tapering off

Air India makes it mandatory for crew to check pre-flight Covid-19 results

An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow with no passenger on-board was asked to return midway on Saturday after its ground staff realised that one of the pilots of the plane had tested positive

Coronavirus: 99% of Mumbai's ICU beds are occupied, says civic body

Seventy-two per cent of 373 ventilators in the city were in use

71% think govt's stimulus package will lead to economic recovery: Study

Even though a majority support the economic package, fewer than half see it benefitting them personally

ICMR asks states to revise cost of Covid-19 test; material cost may reduce

India has reported a total number of 1,51,767 cases of coronavirus, of which 64,425 have been cured/discharged while 4,337 have lost their lives

India cancels orders for Chinese Covid-19 test kits, says won't lose money

States must stop using rapid antibody test kits procured from Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics, said ICMR

PM 'low key', cannot be seen now that lockdown has failed: Rahul Gandhi

Demands to know govt's plan after May 31; fears the pandemic will spread manifold in a "non-lockdown situation"