WASHINGTON – The U.S. government told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible because of the country’s escalating Covid-19 crisis. In a Level 4 travel advisory — the highest issued by the Department of State — U.S. citizens were told “not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is […]
WASHINGTON – The double mutant Covid variant – identified as B1617 – that was first detected in India, has spread to ‘at least 17 countries’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Up till April 27, B1617 variant had been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded on the open-access database GISAID (the Global Initiative on […]
UNITED NATIONS – As India battles a crippling surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the United Nations has offered the assistance of its integrated supply chain and is “willing to help in whatever way it can, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. UN authorities remain in touch with officials in India over […]
MELBOURNE – Australia on Tuesday suspended all direct passenger flights from India for the next three weeks due to the unprecedented spike in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. The pause on arrivals would be reassessed before May 15, Morrison said. The decision was taken during a meeting of Cabinet’s national security committee to consider the […]
WASHINGTON – Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday announced that the tech giant will be donating to support and relief efforts on the ground in India amid a worsening COVID-19 situation there. “Amid a devastating rise of COVID cases in India, our thoughts are with the medical workers, our Apple family and everyone there who […]
HOUSTON – Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his Microsoft counterpart Satya Nadella have assured help to India as the country grapples with a ravaging coronavirus crisis that has put enormous pressure on its hospitals due to a shortage of beds, oxygen and medical supplies. India logged a record of 3,52,991 new coronavirus infections in a […]
NEW DELHI – The Netherlands has said it is suspending all passenger flights arriving from India starting Monday amid a surge in coronavirus infections in the country. “A flight ban will take effect for passenger flights from India at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 26… The flight ban will be in place until at least […]
Washington: Amid a surge in COVID cases in India, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has told its citizens to avoid travelling to India. ”Travellers should avoid all travel to India. Even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting & spreading variants and should avoid all travel to India. If […]
New Delhi: Wearing two tightly-fitted face masks can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them from reaching the wearer”s nose and mouth and causing COVID-19, according to a study. The research, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, shows that the reason for the enhanced filtration is not so much adding […]
Washington: A team of US scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, has identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes Covid-19. According to Sumit K. Chanda, professor and director of the Immunity and Pathogenesis Programme at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, the scientists have gained new insights into […]
