COVID-19: 11 UK returnees found infected in Mumbai since November 25"Currently, 187 of the 590 passengers who returned from the UK last week are placed under institutional quarantine at various hotels," Dr G...
28 Dec, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
New Britian coronavirus strain: Mumbai civic body issues revised SOPAs per the amended Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), travellers will be kept under institutional quarantine after arrival and RT-PCR tes...
27 Dec, 2020, 07.02 PM IST
Maharashtra govt mandates quarantine for air passengers from Europe, Middle EastThe circular said 800 rooms will be required immediately on December 21 for passengers arriving from U.K.
21 Dec, 2020, 10.37 PM IST
No home quarantine for flyers to MaharashtraBefore then, domestic passengers arriving at airports such as Mumbai would be stamped on their hands to be in mandatory home quarantine for...
15 Oct, 2020, 05.57 PM IST
Fresh ink for COVID quarantine stamp at Delhi airport after Congress leader's complainA fresh batch of ink is being used in the COVID-19 quarantine stamp for international passengers at the Delhi international airport after a...
05 Oct, 2020, 01.18 PM IST
CBI team reaches Mumbai to investigate Shushant Singh Rajput death caseThe agency officials will collect the documents from the Mumbai Police and meet the investigation officer, who handled the Sushant case.
20 Aug, 2020, 10.10 PM IST
Government seeks help to rein in quarantine violators, asks citizens to report violations“They should inform the police at telephone number 100 about violations,” the order says. The government has also asked RWAs to report to t...
05 Jun, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
Karnataka: Health department issues SOP for inter-state returneesAbout 38,000 people have registered with the government’s Seva Sindhu platform asking permission to return. Of these, the majority are from...
07 May, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
As Covid-19 cases rise in India, “Covtech” based surveillance intensifiesIn states like Kerala, contact tracing of COVID-19 patients involves “virus detectives”, ground-level human workers who go door to door tra...
30 Mar, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
How to catch a Covid patient, Sherlock-styleRemote heat maps, phone tracking, crowd sourcing apps and spying neighbours have all been pressed to the task.
29 Mar, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
Election Commission allows use of indelible ink for stamping ‘home quarantined’The EC’s sou-moto decision was communicated to the secretary, health ministry, all chief electoral officers across states, and to the sole m
26 Mar, 2020, 07.52 AM IST
Health Ministry asks Indian airlines not to carry those with 'home quarantined' stampsAs the ban on international flights came into effect in India in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak, the Union health ministry on Monda...
23 Mar, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Home-quarantined in Karnataka state come under strict watchDespite paying home visits and making calls to check on their health regularly, tracking the movement of home-isolated people has become ch...
23 Mar, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
Delhi shuts all restaurants, bans gatherings of 20 or more people in efforts to curb spread of coronavirusThe announcement comes shortly after the Centre sealed all borders - prohibiting all overseas flights from entry into the country, and advi...
19 Mar, 2020, 06.28 PM IST
Passengers flouting rules of quarantine to face actionPassengers coming from Covid-19 affected countries and undergoing home quarantine run the risk of facing penal action in case they flout th...
19 Mar, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
Amitabh Bachchan gets a 'home quarantined' stamp, urges fans to be cautiousBMC thanked the actor for spreading awareness.
18 Mar, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
Coronavirus suspects under home quarantine to have their left hand stamped in MaharashtraGreater Mumbai's Municipal Commissioner Pravin Pardeshi has issued an order to all officials at hospitals and the airport, asking them to '...
17 Mar, 2020, 03.10 PM IST