80 doctors, students at Patiala medical college test positive for COVID-19A total of 80 people, including doctors, students and support staff, of the Government Rajindra Hospital and Medical College in Punjab's Pa...
04 Jan, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
COVID-19: Punjab government orders closure of shops by 5 pm"All shops will remain open till 5 pm," said Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar addressing mediapersons after a cabinet meeting here on Mon...
26 Apr, 2021, 09.16 PM IST
Punjab left with just 5 days of COVID-19 vaccine stock: Amarinder SinghPinning hopes on fresh batches of vaccines from the Centre, Singh stressed that if Punjab was able to meet its target of administering two ...
10 Apr, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
80 pc Covid-19 cases in Punjab have UK variant; marriages, farmers' protest reasons behind surge: Dr Harsh VardhanGenomic sequencing is an advanced test that determines the precise genetic information a virus carries as viruses mutate as they multiply a...
06 Apr, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
50 central teams deployed to Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh for Covid-19 managementEleven teams are being deployed in Chhattisgarh and nine in Punjab to assist the state governments in Covid-19 surveillance, control and co...
05 Apr, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
No new strain of novel coronavirus detected in Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab: GovtIn written reply to a question, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said that after the detection of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the...
23 Mar, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
Maharashtra, Punjab tighten COVID-19 curbs; India records biggest increase in cases in 4 monthsA day after Maharashtra witnessed the highest one-day spike of 25,833 COVID-19 cases, CM Uddhav Thackeray said lockdown is an option but he...
19 Mar, 2021, 09.27 PM IST
Fresh Covid surge: Night curfew extended in 9 districts of PunjabThe nine districts where the night curfew has been extended were Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kap...
19 Mar, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
6 states showing steep rise in daily new Covid cases: GovtWhile Covid-19 situation has turned worrisome in Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, it continues to remain alarming in Kerala and M...
07 Mar, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
Explained in 6 charts: Covid surge in 8 states; Maharashtra, Punjab lead active caseloadStates like Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continue to lead the coronavirus surge in the country, accounting for nea...
06 Mar, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
Covid-19: Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka continue to see upsurge in new casesThe Union health ministry said that 14,989 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new ...
03 Mar, 2021, 03.51 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
Non-adherence to COVID-19 norms behind surge in infections in Punjab: Health officialsAccording to the state health department data, Punjab has recorded daily cases between 200 and 350 for the last several days. It added almo...
22 Feb, 2021, 04.21 PM IST
With surge in COVID-19 cases, Punjab imposes daily night curfew from tomorrowThe government and private offices will work at 50 per cent capacity till the end of this month, as per the directives issued by the CM dur...
20 Aug, 2020, 08.46 PM IST
Punjab's coronavirus death rate higher than Haryana: Government dataWith Punjab reporting 17 deaths so far, the COVID-19 fatality rate in the state stood at six per cent which is more than the national avera...
24 Apr, 2020, 05.32 PM IST
Eight more contract coronavirus in Punjab; count rises to 184Among the fresh cases, four were reported in Pathankot, two in Mohali and one in Jalandhar, according to the medical bulletin. Gurdaspur re...
14 Apr, 2020, 09.11 PM IST
Pakistan army forcibly moving coronavirus positive patients to PoK and GilgitAmid strong protests by locals, the Pakistan army has started to move coronavirus positive patients from Punjab province to Pakistan occupi...
27 Mar, 2020, 01.28 PM IST