Coronavirus

The World Health Organization chief warned Monday that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, reviving the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive measures aimed at reducing its spread. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify why he believes the...

Washington: Hundreds of Amazon employees are expected to strike from Tuesday to protest conditions they say are unsafe and demand better protection in the workplace against the coronavirus pandemic. This is “the biggest mass action by workers yet, as frustrations mount around the company’s failure...

New Delhi: With 1,336 new cases in the last 24 hours, the total number of novel coronavirus cases stood at 18,601 Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said. The Health Ministry in its morning update said that, of the total cases, 14,759...

Sydney: The coronavirus-hit cruise ship, Ruby Princess, is scheduled to leave Australia's waters this week, a spokesperson for New South Wales (NSW) police said Tuesday. The Ruby Princess has been linked to more than 600 COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths in Australia and as of...

Bengaluru: Covid-hit global software major Infosys has halted hiring, hikes and promotions, an official said Monday. "We have stopped hiring temporarily, frozen salary hikes (and) have also temporarily suspended all promotions. These, we believe, are no regret moves," said Infosys Chief Financial Officer Nilanjan Roy...

New Delhi: Did you know that one of the world’s largest art museums, The Louvre in Paris, offers free virtual tours of several of its most popular exhibits online? There are hundreds of other interesting activities that you can engage in during this period that...

New Delhi: The Union health ministry has issued guidelines to be followed on detection of suspect or confirmed COVID-19 cases in non-coronavirus health facilities and said hospitals located in proximity or catering to COVID-19 containment zones should treat all patients as suspect cases until proven...

Balasore: Concerns were raised by the top officials of Odisha government over West Bengal returnees after 24 out of 79 COVID-19 cases in the state had the travel history to West Bengal or came in contact with someone who returned from West Bengal. In the last...

Pune: A 35-year-old man, whose father died of coronavirus in Pune over 10 days back and four other family members are still in hospital after contracting the disease, is in a state of shock and not able to muster courage to inform his mother about...

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), in a joint project, have developed a working prototype of a Positive Pressure Respirator System (PPRS) to address the problem of acute global scarcity of N-95 respirator...