Coronavirus outbreak

On March 24, UN resident Dessallien and WHO representative Dr Bekedam met Dr Harsh Vardhan and lauded the Government for its robust response.

Earlier, the Indian Railways had offered its coaches to be used as isolation wards for the patients who are tested positive for Wuhan Coronavirus

Dr Harsh Vardhan’s letter dated March 25 reportedly said that Bengal has four testing centres, the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) in Kolkata, Midnapore Medical College and the North Bengal Medical College.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had covered up several epidemics in his home country Ethiopia when he was the health minister

As people objected to Nand Kumar Bhagel's meeting, an irritated Bhagel asked the locals to complain to the police if they had any problems with him indulging in such activities.

Boris Johnson said that he had mild symptoms of Coronavirus, and he tested positive for the infection

48 people from the Kasargod district of Kerala have been tested positive of COVID-19, almost one-third of the 137 cases in the State.

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba wrote a letter to all the state governments highlighting the discrepancy in the numbers

Writing for The Print, Shivam Vij claimed that PM Modi's lockdown will not save the country from Coronavirus but will kill the economy

It was reported by Czech news site Expats.cz that as much as 80 per cent of the Wuhan Covid-19 rapid test kits sold by China were faulty, forcing healthcare workers in the country to rely on conventional laboratory tests.