Government sends health teams to Maharashtra, Punjab after spike in daily COVID-19 casesThe teams will visit the (COVID-19) hotspot areas in the states and ascertain reasons for the surge in cases, the ministry said.
06 Mar, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Punjab orders fresh curbs on indoor, outdoor gatherings as COVID-19 cases riseChairing a virtual review meeting of the COVID-19 situation in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh issued orders to limit indoor gatheri...
23 Feb, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Tata Memorial Hospital conducts 494 surgeries amid pandemicAt a time when cancer surgeries are either being deferred, postponed or cancelled, TMH has conducted major elective surgeries in a "COVID-1...
12 Jun, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
Concern over health of police personnel in Maharashtra, Gujarat amid Covid crisisWhile shortage of personal protective equipment has made the fight tougher, police personnel have also been finding it arduous to get teste...
22 May, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
Aarogya Setu app alerted Govt to 300 'emerging hotspots' which could have been missed out: Niti Aayog CEOSince its launch on April 2 this year, over 96 million people have registered with the Aarogya Setu health care application, which has beco...
09 May, 2020, 08.47 PM IST
In a fortnight, number of COVID-19 hotspot districts decreases to 129 from 170Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that 80 districts in the country have not reported any new case of COVID-19 in last sev...
01 May, 2020, 01.33 PM IST
In a fortnight, number of COVID-19 hotspot districts decreases to 129 from 170The number of COVID-19 hotspot districts in India as on Wednesday morning has come down to 129 from 170 a fortnight ago, but in the same pe...
30 Apr, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
Final week of lockdown: What states have done so farEven as India scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 800 lives and affected almost 28,000 people, major hotspo...
27 Apr, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
MHA says COVID situation especially serious in Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur,Indore; deploys central teamsThe Centre on Monday said the coronavirus situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places...
20 Apr, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
Maharashtra becomes first state to cross 3,000 Covid-19 casesThe state reported 165 more COVID-19 cases with 107 cases being reported only from Mumbai taking the total number of coronavirus cases in t...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
Pvt sector drafted but Covid-19 battle rests heavily on govt hospitalsWhile several state govts have made dramatic announcements about taking over private hospitals to fight Covid-19, it is clearly the public ...
15 Apr, 2020, 11.19 AM IST
- As Mumbai races to control Covid in Dharavi, other slums emerge as hotspots
M East Ward, one of Mumbai's poorest areas, has reported 80 coronavirus positive cases so far.
14 Apr, 2020, 10.20 AM IST
Telcos warn of full service breakdown in virus hotspotsThe situation, industry sources said, is particularly challenging in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra where numerous locations have bee...
13 Apr, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
Maharashtra: 15 COVID-19 hotspots identified in ThaneThe Thane Municipal Corporation has identified 15 hot spots in the city and declared them as Quarantine Containment zones, he said. The TMC...
11 Apr, 2020, 12.14 PM IST
Government working on urban model amid high level of cases in citiesThe ‘urban model’ exercise looks to “isolate, locate and clear” hotspots of infectious cases.
10 Apr, 2020, 11.56 AM IST
Mumbai: 50% of coronavirus patients found in four civic wardsNearly 50 per cent of the total 590 coronavirus patients found so far in Mumbai, which has emerged as one of the hotspots of coronavirus sp...
09 Apr, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
India's 10 COVID-19 hotspots: An overviewThere are two hotspots each in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
01 Apr, 2020, 02.25 PM IST