Coronavirus

BBMP ramps up health checks for Pourakarmikas

BBMP ramps up health checkups for Pourakarmikas after 5 sanitation workers succumb to COVID

In Bengaluru so far five Pourakarmikas have lost their lives due to COVID-19 after pressure from the union the BBMP is now ramping up health checkups and providing gears for their safety.

Jul 18, 2020

Spain orders culling of 100,000 minks after animals test positive for coronavirus

The WHO acknowledges that the infection of coronavirus from minks to farmworkers could be the "first known cases of animal-to-human transmission" after similar cases were reported in Denmark and Netherlands.

Jul 18, 2020

Over 1 million: India joins US, Brazil in grim coronavirus club

India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countryside and smaller towns.

Jul 18, 2020

COVID-19: Alpha Tauri unveil behind-the-scenes documentary

The Alpha Tauri unveiled a new documentary 'Open the Doors' on their team testing their new car in Barcelona with behind the scenes footage.

Jul 18, 2020

Amitabh Bachchan thanks well-wishers, fans for 'unstinting love

Big B, his son Abhishek Bachchan, Abhishek wife Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya, were admitted to Nanavati Hospital after testing positive to the coronavirus last weekend.

Jul 18, 2020

CM Yediyurappa holds crucial meeting on Covid-19 management in Bengaluru: What was discussed

The Karnataka CM Yediyurappa met with the state's top brass and the 8 zonal ministers of BBMP to discuss steps of COVID-19 management.

Jul 17, 2020

Bengaluru sees spurt in Covid deaths: 97% patients on ventilators at BMCRI have died

Over the past few months, critical care ventilator support and ICU support for Covid patients have reported high mortality rates globally. In Bengaluru, BMCRI confirmed that 89 of the 92 patients on ventilators at the Victoria Hospital died.

Jul 17, 2020

Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao isolates self after driver tests coronavirus positive

Commissioner of Police (Bengaluru) Bhaskar Rao, IPS, has announced that he will be quarantining himself as his driver has tested positive for COVID-19.

Jul 17, 2020

Dakshina Kannada youth congress leader Mithun Rai tests coronavirus positive

After Dr Bharath Shetty, Mithun Rai, Youth Congress President of Dakshina Kannada district, has tested positive for covid-19.

Jul 17, 2020

In world-first breakthrough, 20-minute coronavirus blood test invented by Australian researchers

Researchers in Australia have devised a test that can determine novel coronavirus infection in about 20 minutes using blood samples in what they say is a world-first breakthrough.

Jul 17, 2020

MLC and producer Sandesh Nagaraj hospitalised after testing coronavirus positive

Producer and politician Sandesh Nagaraj has tested coronavirus positive. He is hospitalised in Mysuru.

Jul 17, 2020

TTD chairman plans to continue darshan at Tirumala even after 140 workers tested Covid positive

After 140 employees tested positive for Covid-19, TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy said that the Srivari darshan at Tirumala will continue with precautionary measures.

Jul 17, 2020

Unable to find medical aid, man reaches Karnataka CM's house seeking help

A man made his way to Karnataka CM Yediyurappa's house after being turned away from the hospital in the hope of getting medical assistance.

Jul 17, 2020

'My words were misinterpreted': Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu clarifies controversial remark

Karnataka Health Minister said that only God could save us from COVID-19, which created a huge stir as a sign of the govenrment's defeat in the face of coronavirus. However, the minister has now clarified that his statements were minced.

Jul 16, 2020

Johnson & Johnson profit tumbles 35% as COVID-19 slams medical device sales

Johnson & Johnson reported a 35.3% fall in second-quarter profit on Thursday as demand for its medical devices was hammered by hospitals putting off non-urgent procedures such as knee and hip replacement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jul 16, 2020

Bengaluru police extends support to the needy

Bengaluru: Nearly 8,000 sign up as civil police wardens to assist law-keepers

In Bengaluru since the need arose for volunteers to help the police department in the city and the Commissioner of Police Bhaskar Rao, IPS made an appeal on social media, nearly 8,000 signed up as civil police wardens in the city.

Jul 16, 2020

Non-Covid hospital in Bengaluru reports 17 positive cases among staff

In a shocking development, 17 staff members at the Sanjiv Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics have tested positive for COVID-19 even though the hospital doesn't treat COVID patients, raising concerns about how it could have been transmitted.

Jul 16, 2020

Now, Karnataka's budget for Tirumala guesthouse is Rs 200 cr as financial crisis deepens

Karnataka is already facing a financial crisis due to the pandemic, with huge government expenditure on the fight against COVID-19.

Jul 16, 2020

Coronavirus India update: 32,695 new Covid-19 cases recorded, 606 deaths in 24 hrs

India recorded the highest single-day spike of 32,695 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 606 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 9,68,876 cases with a death total of 24,915 the Health Ministry's data stated on Thursday.

Jul 16, 2020

Karan Tacker moves in with parents due to Covid scare

Bollywood actor Karan Tacker has shifted to Lonavala due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai.

Jul 15, 2020

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Coronavirus

BBMP ramps up health checkups for Pourakarmikas after 5 sanitation workers succumb to COVID

Spain orders culling of 100,000 minks after animals test positive for coronavirus

Over 1 million: India joins US, Brazil in grim coronavirus club

COVID-19: Alpha Tauri unveil behind-the-scenes documentary

Amitabh Bachchan thanks well-wishers, fans for 'unstinting love

CM Yediyurappa holds crucial meeting on Covid-19 management in Bengaluru: What was discussed

Bengaluru sees spurt in Covid deaths: 97% patients on ventilators at BMCRI have died

Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao isolates self after driver tests coronavirus positive

Dakshina Kannada youth congress leader Mithun Rai tests coronavirus positive

In world-first breakthrough, 20-minute coronavirus blood test invented by Australian researchers

MLC and producer Sandesh Nagaraj hospitalised after testing coronavirus positive

TTD chairman plans to continue darshan at Tirumala even after 140 workers tested Covid positive

Unable to find medical aid, man reaches Karnataka CM's house seeking help

'My words were misinterpreted': Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu clarifies controversial remark

Johnson & Johnson profit tumbles 35% as COVID-19 slams medical device sales

Bengaluru: Nearly 8,000 sign up as civil police wardens to assist law-keepers

Non-Covid hospital in Bengaluru reports 17 positive cases among staff

Now, Karnataka's budget for Tirumala guesthouse is Rs 200 cr as financial crisis deepens

Coronavirus India update: 32,695 new Covid-19 cases recorded, 606 deaths in 24 hrs

Karan Tacker moves in with parents due to Covid scare

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