British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.?
In a video message posted on social media, the UK prime minister said that he will continue to lead the UK government's response to the deadly virus, which has claimed 578 lives. Read more?
The number of Covid-19 cases in India are rapidly rising and are likely to go up in the coming days before the effects of the nationwide lockdown become evident.?
In the meantime, government hospitals across the country are being pushed to their limits due to the ever-growing number of suspected cases that have to be screened and admitted if needed. Read more?
In a big relief to the corporate sector, the Reserve Bank of India allowed a three month moratorium on payment of instalment in respect of all term loans outstanding on March 1, 2020.?
"All commercial banks (including regional rural banks, small finance banks and local area banks), co-operative banks, all-India Financial Institutions, and NBFCs (including housing finance companies and micro-finance institutions) are being permitted to allow a moratorium of three months on payment of instalments in respect of all term loans outstanding as on March 1, 2020," RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said. Read more?
In a rather bizarre, yet tragic incident, a man who was showing extreme withdrawal symptoms as he was he couldn't get his daily dose of liquor due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown has committed suicide.?
The man, identified as K Sanoj, a 38-year-old native of Thavanur in Kerala's Thrissur district was found dead, hanging from a ceiling fan in his house on Friday morning. Read more?
In the coming days, the medical infrastructure in India will be put to its toughest test - once the number of Covid-19 patients spirals out of control.?
Across the world, in China, Iran, Italy, Spain, the US, UK, and many more countries there was an acute shortage of hospital beds, isolation facilities and ventilators which are crucial for patients who are critically ill. Read more?
Parts of Punjab has been hit by a major Coronavirus (Covid-19) scare after it emerged that a man who passed away on March 18 after he was tested positive for the infection has passed on the virus to at least a dozen people in his area.
The 70-year-old man, who was a Gurdwara priest, had returned to Delhi from Germany via Italy on March 6 after a two-week tour. Read more? ??