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Indian officials warn of lockdown extensions as COVID-19 cases in South Asia near 6,000
While the government does plan to review the lockdown, set to end on April 14, three senior officials told Reuters this will depend on an assessment of the situation in each state, and lockdowns and restrictions would be extended in districts where the coronavirus case spread has continued.
Scared, tired New York doctor: ‘It’s going to get tougher’
New York suffered its deadliest single day from the coronavirus on Friday, with 562 additional deaths in the last 24 hours for a total of 2,935 fatalities, by far the most of any U.S. state.
French coronavirus cases jump above China’s after including nursing home tally
The number of people who have died from the COVID-19 illness in France jumped by 61% to 6,507 over two days after data from nursing homes were included, and confirmed cases jumped by 44% to 82,165, the health ministry reported on Friday, making France the fifth country to report more cases than China.
Caronavirus Pandemic:“Wimbledon”cancellation trigger £100 million insurance claims
“We’re fortunate to have the insurance and it helps,” The Guardian quoted AELTC chief executive Richard Lewis as saying on Thursday. “The insurers, the brokers, and everybody involved have been excellent to work with so far, but there’s still a lot of work to do.”
Outgoing chief executive Lewis revealed a virus clause was put into the All England Club’s insurance policy in 2003 due to fears over the scale of the SARS disease
Caronavirus Pandemic:30% infections linked to Tablighi centre,death toll nears 100-mark
Sharing the age-group analysis of COVID-19 patients, Agarwal said the maximum 42 per cent are of 21-40 years, 33 per cent of 41-60 years, 17 per cent are above 60 years and 9 per cent are of 0-20 years.
The elderly people and those with other medical complications are said to be at higher risk in this pandemic. In Delhi also, five of the six COVID-19 patients who have died were above 60.
COVID-19 testing, treatment free for Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries at pvt labs, empanelled hosps
“Testing and treatment of COVID-19 is already available for free in public facilities. Now, more than 50 crore citizens, eligible under the health assurance scheme will be able to avail free testing through private labs and treatment for COVID-19 in empanelled hospitals,” it said in a statement.
Business activity collapses across Europe as coronavirus lockdowns spread
Italy and Spain have so far taken the biggest hit on the continent from the pandemic but all four of the currency union’s top economies – and Britain, which recently left the European Union – saw activity collapse.
ICMR issues advisory for rapid antibody-based blood tests for COVID-19
The move comes in the wake of the country reporting 3072 COVID-19 cases including 75 deaths so far.The results of antibody tests similar to blood tests are available in 15-30 minutes.
Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases
Though daily infections have fallen dramatically from the height of the epidemic in February, when hundreds of new cases were reported daily, Beijing remains unable to completely halt new infections despite imposing some of the most drastic measures to curb the virus’ spread.
Health Ministry identifies 20 existing, 22 potential COVID-19 hotspots
“Although there is no evidence of widespread community transmission, 20 existing and 22 potential hotspots have been identified. The containment measures to break the cycle of transmission and clinical management of those affected would require large human resources,”