HEALTH

COVIID-19: 704 cases, 28 deaths in 24 hours in India

9:22 pm April 6, 2020

New Delhi: India reported 704 coronavirus cases and 28 deaths in the last 24 hours, the biggest rise so far. With this, the number of infections has risen to 4281, including 111 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. Out of the over 4,000 cases of coronavirus, at least 1,445 have been found to be linked […]

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Trump requests Modi to release anti-malarial drug for COVID-19 treatment

8:39 pm April 5, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump has sought help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the sale of Hydroxychloroquine tablets ordered by the US to treat the growing number of coronavirus patients in his country, hours after India banned the export of the anti-malarial drug. Trump said he spoke to Prime Minister Modi on Saturday morning […]

India’s coronavirus cases doubling in 4.1 days: Govt

8:32 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: The rate of doubling of COVID-19 (coronavirus ) cases in India is 4.1 days presently but if the cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation would not have happened, it would have been 7.4 days, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Joint Secretary in the ministry Lav Agarwal said there had been 472 […]

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Ayurveda helps boost immunity against COVID-19: Experts

7:27 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: As the world scrambles to find a cure for COVID-19, health experts have suggested boosting the body’s immune system may help minimize the affects and hasten the recovery from the disease. They say ayurvedic herbs such as tulsi, cinnamon, black pepper, shunthi (dry ginger) and raisins and regular yoga are potent aids to […]

China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

China, India and the COVID-19: Labeling the virus will not help anyone

1:57 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: There is a clear consensus by WHO and the international community that a virus should not be linked to any specific country, region or ethnic group and such stigmatization should be rejected. The pandemic of influenza in 2009 originated in North America, which WHO didn’t call “North American flu”, rather it was eventually […]