Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) will be completely shut down from March 27 for general patients, announced Assam Health Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday. GMCH will be kept exclusively  for Coronavirus treatment though no positive case has been detected so far in Assam. Addressing a press meet in Guwahati, Dr. Sarma informed […]

After Guwahati witnessed rampant violation of social distancing norms on the third day of 21-day nationwide lockdown, the Assam government ordered immediate closure of vegetable and meat markets in the city besides all areas falling under the jurisdiction of the Kamrup (M) district administration. The effect shall remain in place until further notice. The move […]

India on Thursday reported 88 new COVID-19 cases, which is the highest in a single day, taking the total countrywide tally to 694, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The number of people who have been cured or discharged stands at 44 while the active COVID-19 cases stand at 633. Sixteen people […]

Kamrup (Metropolitan) district administration has fixed the timings for opening of whole sale and retail shops in the district during the lockdown period which was imposed to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus. The whole sale shops will remain open from 8 AM to 4 PM every day. On the other hand, retail shops including fair […]

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a slew of significant measures to deal with the economic distress caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to deal with the situation. The development comes at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week had constituted a task force headed […]

A total of 649 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. “42 fresh coronavirus cases and four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases stands at 649,” said Lav Aggrawal, Joint Secretary, Health […]

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday briefed newspersons at the Sarusajai Sports Complex on the health department’s preparedness to deal with the Coronavirus crisis. The Sarusajai Sports Complex which will be converted to a special facility for treating any COVID-19 case. Briefing newspersons Himanta Biswa Sarma said that a quarantine facility with 1,000 […]

Spain’s number of COVID-19 cases has increased by almost 8,000 over the past 24 hours, reaching 47,610, and the death toll has increased by over 700 to 3,434 and is now higher than in China, according to the national Health Ministry. As of Wednesday, 3,166 patients are in critical condition. As many as 5,367 people […]

The total number of positive coronavirus cases in India have climbed to 606, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country so far stands at 553, while the number of people who have been cured or discharged stands at 42. Ten people have died […]

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that those shops which are catering to essential services will continue doing so during the 21-day nationwide lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Shops catering to essential services will continue to operate during the 21-day lockdown,” Javadekar said, adding that people should not panic. “There are only […]