India Inc steps up with coronavirus care centres for employees hit by second waveEmployees recuperating at these centres will have access to nurses and doctors, even oxygen, while for more serious cases, the necessary me...
01 May, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
Tougher travel rules to contain spread of COVID-19 come into force in UKThose arriving will have to pre-book and pay 1,750 pounds to spend 10 days quarantining in government-sanctioned hotels, covering the cost ...
16 Feb, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
Britain's COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy to start February 15The mandatory 10-day stay in government-provided accommodation, first announced last month, is designed to tighten borders against mutant s...
05 Feb, 2021, 02.01 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
India to undergo two-week quarantine in Adelaide: Cricket Australia acting chiefThe website reported that not just the visiting Indian team but also the IPL-returned Australian cricketers will have to serve the mandator...
21 Jul, 2020, 03.34 PM IST
Over 15 lakh quarantined in Mumbai since virus outbreak: BMCAs of now, 2.46 lakh people are under home quarantine and 14,288 under institutional quarantine, the BMC said on its website.
07 Jul, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
Hotels are not designed to be hospitals: Jean-Michel Cassé, COO, AccorDelhi has asked Accor’s Pullman hotel, others to admit Covid patients with the numbers rising.
16 Jun, 2020, 12.46 PM IST
Hospitality sector alarmed by orders from state authorities, not getting paid for services renderedCII has appealed to the chief minister to reconsider this decision as it states that hotels are neither designed nor equipped to deal with ...
05 Jun, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
168 churches in Mizoram offer halls to be used for quarantine facilityChairperson of the task group of quarantine facilities Esther Lal Ruatkimi said Mizoram is facing shortage of quarantine facilities as a la...
27 May, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
Healthcare workers hold black ribbon protest against new quarantine guidelinesAs per the Union health ministry guidelines issued on May 15, healthcare workers serving in COVID-19 areas do not need to undergo quarantin...
22 May, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
Home quarantine may be allowed for those returning from abroadAllowing home quarantine and permitting home food at external quarantine facilities are on the table. A key suggestion being considered is ...
22 May, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
UP, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand preparing quarantine centresWhile UP and Bihar have to contend with a large influx of returning workers, who were stranded during the lockdown forced by Covid-19, Chha...
08 May, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Primary contacts of patients in state may be home-isolatedThe Karnataka govt is planning to isolate primary contacts of Covid-19 patients in their homes, after facing several hurdles in quarantinin...
29 Apr, 2020, 11.11 AM IST
Covid-19: Six IHCL employees test positiveIHCL, which had allocated rooms for medical workers and is offering quarantine facilities through various hotels, said as a matter of abund...
12 Apr, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
More hotels, accomodation spaces earmarked for COVID-19At present, nine hotel chains, including Lemon Tree, Radisson Hotels and Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), are collectively offering 392...
26 Mar, 2020, 08.23 PM IST
Covid-19: Pay-and-use quarantine units at 31 hotels in BengalAmid the spurt in Covid-19 cases, a total of 31 hotels in the city and nearby Rajarhat and New Town areas have agreed to offer pay-and use ...
26 Mar, 2020, 01.58 PM IST
Oyo in talks with Delhi govt to offer quarantine roomsThe Delhi government had last week asked hotels in Aero City, near the city’s international airport, to manage and accommodate incoming tra...
24 Mar, 2020, 07.47 AM IST