Home / India News / Covid-19 doubling time improves to 15.4 days: Health Ministry The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 15.4 days from 13.3 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday, as the country’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 4,971 and the total cases rose to 1,73,763.The doubling time…
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Covid-19: Madhya Pradesh govt extends lockdown till 15 June
Home > News > India > Covid-19: Madhya Pradesh govt extends lockdown till 15 June Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: ANI) 1 min read . Updated: 30 May 2020, 06:32 PM IST Edited By J. Jagannath Till Friday night, coronavirus has claimed the lives of 334 people in the state In order…
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Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Schools may be asked to keep groups of students or classes apart from each other at all times as…
Read More »Coronavirus crisis can change cities for the better
Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Cities rise and fall, but the city has a way of confounding its would-be obituarists. Futurists thought digital communications…
Read More »Delhi HC raps government as dead bodies of COVID-19 patients not being cremated
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report that brought to light about coronavirus COVID-19 bodies being returned from Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat due to the lack of facilities at cremation grounds. The court has sought a detailed status report from the Delhi government on the matter and also…
Read More »Ford says inspectors ‘refused’ to go into nursing homes during pandemic peak; Ontario hits testing target for first time in 11 days
The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Thursday (this file is no longer being updated). Read Friday’s coverage here.7:21 p.m. India is the latest country whose coronavirus death toll has topped the number of lives lost in China, where the pandemic started, as hot spots shift to developing countries ill-equipped to…
Read More »MacKay, O’Toole pitch pandemic recovery plans heavy on tax incentives, fiscal prudence | CBC News
The two leading contenders to replace Andrew Scheer as leader of the Conservative Party have released economic plans they say would jump-start an economy crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic.Conservative leadership candidates Peter MacKay (left) and Erin O'Toole have released their plans for restoring Canada's economy post-pandemic. (Canadian Press)Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole, the two leading…
Read More »Uber UK launches Work Hub for drivers to find other gig jobs during COVID-19
Uber UK has launched a Work Hub for drivers to view a selection of temporary work opportunities with other companies as a way to supplement pandemic-hit ride-hailing earnings during the coronavirus crisis. The Work Hub sits within the Uber driver app and displays offers of work from third party providers — including jobs that involve…
Read More »Q&A: Could schools reopen before September in light of new health advice?
There’s lots of commentary about reopening schools. How safe would it be to do this? Latest research by the HSE has concluded that schools are “not a high-risk setting” for the transmission of Covid-19. The report published in a European journal on infectious disease surveillance concludes that reopening of schools should be considered as an…
Read More »Coronavirus: Schools should reopen in early stage of lifting lockdown, HSE experts say
Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Schools in Ireland are not a high-risk setting for the transmission of coronavirus, and reopening classrooms should be considered…
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