Tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19

A tiger housed at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for coronavirus, making it the first known infection in an animal anywhere, according to US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories. The 4-year-old female Malayan tiger is believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who was “asymptomatically infected with the virus” while caring […]

ICMR to get about 7 lakh rapid antibody testing kits by April 8

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will get about seven lakh rapid antibody testing kits by Wednesday (April 8). The kits will help in conducting COVID-19 tests in hotspot areas where large number of cases are being seen. ICMR will get delivery in a phased manner, while it is expected that they will get […]

Centre releases first installment of Rs 25 crore to Sikkim to fight coronavirus pandemic

As part of the State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund, the Centre has released a sum of Rs 25 crore as first installment to the government of Sikkim to combat the Coronavirus crisis. This was confirmed in a release issued by the Finance Commission Division, Government of India earlier today. It may be mentioned here that […]

COVID-19 cases surge to 3,072 in India; death toll rises to 75

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has surged to 3,072, according to the Ministry of Health and family Welfare. In the biggest ever single-day spike in India, as many as 525 new COVID-19 positive cases has been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. As many as 13 new […]

30 pc of total COVID-19 cases in country linked to Tablighi Jamaat event: Health Ministry

Out of the total cases of COVID-19 in the country, around 30 per cent are epidemiologically linked to Tablighi Jamaat cluster at Nizamuddin, the Centre said on Saturday. Total positive cases of COVID-19 in India stands at 2,902 which includes 601 fresh patients. “Till now we have found cases related to Tablighi Jamaat from 17 […]

Assam Govt employees and pensioners to get full salary by April 9

The Assam Government employees and pensioners will get their full amount of salary and there will be no deduction from their salary in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Addressing a press meet in Guwahati, Assam health and finance minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “There will be no deduction from the salary of state […]

COVID-19: Spanish Garden in Guwahati turned into containment zone for 14 days

The Assam government has turned the Spanish Garden apartment in Guwahati into a containment zone for the next 14 days with immediate effect after a resident of the apartment tested positive for COVID-19. Addressing a press meet in Guwahati, Assam health and finance minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Spanish Garden has become a containment […]

COVID-19 cases soar to 25 in Assam as one more test positive

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Assam has gone up to 25 with the emergence of a fresh case from North Lakhimpur district. State health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the information on his Twitter account. Sarma also mentioned that the person had been attendee at the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. Taking […]

Mizoram gets its first COVID-19 testing lab

The first COVID-19 testing lab in Mizoram has been set up at the Zoram Medical College in Aizawl and is operational from today onwards. The testing lab was inaugurated by State Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana. Earlier, the samples from the State were tested at the COVID-19 testing lab at the Silchar Medical College Hospital […]