Fever, headache, body pain & difficulty in breathing: Symptoms of coronavirus similar to SARSThe infection is capable of spreading from person to person and between cities.
27 Mar, 2020, 10.42 AM IST
Coronavirus suspects will only be discharged after two negative tests in 24 hours: GovtThe case shall still be monitored for 14 days after their last contact with a confirmed 2019-nCoV case. In case the laboratory results are ...
16 Mar, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Novel coronavirus situation under control: Health SecretaryShe said various precautionary measures have been undertaken in close coordination with the ministries concerned at the central level. "The...
14 Feb, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Coronavirus: Over 3000 people still under observation, says govtThe state had on February 3 declared the novel coronavirus epidemic as a "state calamity" after a third student tested positive for the inf...
08 Feb, 2020, 11.08 PM IST
View: The world needs to act in a time-bound manner to prevent the spread of global outbreaksThere is much that we do not yet know about the virus, but are working to find out. Accurate, timely information empowers all people to ass...
07 Feb, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
Kerala lifts nCoV state calamity alert as no cases reported in last few daysConsidering all these circumstances, the government has decided to withdraw the 'state calamity' alert. But that does not mean that we are ...
07 Feb, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
nCoV outbreak: Govt directs ports to put screening system; regular monitoring of situation by PMO, othersA detailed statement regarding the situation and measures taken to check the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (nCoV) was made by Unio...
07 Feb, 2020, 09.29 PM IST
Huawei India indefinitely suspends travel to, from China"The recent outbreak of respiratory illness caused by novel coronavirus (nCoV) first detected in Wuhan, China, has concerned Huawei. In acc...
05 Feb, 2020, 09.33 PM IST
DGCI approves 'restricted use' of anti-HIV drugs on nCoV patientsAccording to government sources, apex health research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had sought an emergency approval from ...
05 Feb, 2020, 08.50 PM IST
No nCoV positive case in Odisha so far, 2 hospitalisedTwo medical students - one man and another woman who have returned from China have been admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack...
04 Feb, 2020, 07.43 PM IST
Why all novel coronavirus cases so far are from KeralaFrom immigration officials and police to panchayats and local level health volunteers, the system put in place following the Nipah scare of...
04 Feb, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
Coronavirus in China may have come from bats: StudiesThe coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the central Hubei province of China in December, has killed 361 with 57 deaths reported on Su...
03 Feb, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Government issues fresh advisory, says anyone with travel history of China since January 15 can be quarantinedIn its advisory, the Health Ministry also said anyone with travel history of China since January 15 could be quarantined.
02 Feb, 2020, 09.04 PM IST
Homeopathy and Unani effective in prevention of novel coronavirus infections: AYUSH ministry"The Ministry of AYUSH is issuing the advisory as preventive measure and not claiming to be a treatment advice for the nCoV infection. The ...
29 Jan, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
More infectious but less fatal than SARSAs per WHO statistics, 202 laboratory-confirmed cases of nCoV including three deaths were reported till last week. During the period of inf...
29 Jan, 2020, 07.07 AM IST
Doctors warn Coronavirus could be as potent as SARSInfectious diseases specialist Dr Om Srivastava said, “It is too early to say whether the novel coronavirus 2019 will become endemic in Ind...
26 Jan, 2020, 08.57 AM IST
'Novel Chinese coronavirus may have transmitted to humans from snakes'According to the researchers, including Wei Ji from Peking University Health Science Centre in China, patients who became infected with the...
23 Jan, 2020, 11.23 AM IST