No new containment zone in Delhi, tally remains 100
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was on April 8 that the Delhi government announced that 20 containment zones had been set up in the city and since then, more and more red zones were…
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India’s youngest corona patient recovers in Telangana
Hyderabad, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 45-day-old baby boy, said to be India’s youngest Covid-19, patient has recovered from the disease and was discharged from a hospital here on Wednesday. Officials clarified that the infant was…
Gilead upbeat on ‘positive data’ from remdesivir trial
New York, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) US-based Gilead Sciences on Wednesday said a closely-watched study of the investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19 has “met its primary endpoint”. “Gilead Sciences. Inc. is aware of…
COVID-19: 308 new cases, Gujarat total 4,082; 197 deaths so far
Gandhinagar, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 308 new coronavirus positive cases were found in Gujarat on Wednesday, inclsuding 234 in Ahmedabad alone. Gujarat’s total positive cases till date has climbed to 4,082. A silver…
Kasargode district collector goes on quarantine after journalistturns positive
Kasargode (Kerala), April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kasargode district collector Sajith Babu on Wednesday night went into quarantine after a TV channel reporter who came into contact with him tested positive for coronavirus. The result of the…
Due to pendency, Delhi to stop sending COVID test samples to Noida lab
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Citing considerable pendency in testing reports in National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) in Noida, the Delhi government has decided not to send more COVID samples to the autonomous organization under…
Many districts to get relaxation in new guidelines on May 4
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday announced that many districts will be given “considerable relaxation” in new lockdown guidelines to be issued on May 4 – a…
Maha notches new high of 32 Covid-19 deaths in one day
Mumbai, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra on Wednesday notched its highest number of single-day Covid-19 deaths at 32, one higher than the previous high of 31 recorded on Tuesday, health officials said. The state also recorded…
Owaisi seeks relaxations in Hyderabad’s containment zones
Hyderabad, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday demanded some relaxation in containment zones which reported no new case of Covid-19 for 15 days. The Hyderabad MP suggested that the affected household and…
Maha Congress reaches out to over 3.50 mn with food, aid
Mumbai, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Disaster Cell of Congress’ Maharashtra unit has directly reached out to over 3.50 mn people in the state and provided them with food, aid and other help during the lockdown,…
23-day-old recovers from Covid-19 in Telangana
Hyderabad, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 23-day-old was among 13 children who have recovered from Covid-19 in Telangana on Wednesday. The infant from Mahabubnagar district was discharged from state-run Gandhi Hospital, the state’s nodal centre for…
Sealed borders a hurdle in movement of workers
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) To stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, inter-state borders connecting Delhi to the neighbouring states have been sealed, which is now causing problems in the movement of workers engaged on…
Railways delivers medicine to a heart patient in Chiplun from Mumbai
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Coming to the aid of a heart patient, the Indian Railways carried his medicines from Mumbai to Chiplun in one of its special parcel trains, said a senior Central Railway…
HC turns down trust’s plea for relief work in Chandni Mahal red zone
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday turned down a petition by a trust seeking permission to enter the Chandni Mahal containment zone in the city’s central part in order to…
COVID-19: Three more nursing staff test positive in Gurugram
Gurugram, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three more coronavirus positive cases were reported from Gurugram district on Wednesday, all of them female health workers, an official said. Confirming the new cases, Covid-19 team member Dr Ram Prakash…
Will decide in a day or two on migrant’s movement: Kejriwal
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi government is in touch with other state governments and will take a decision on the movement of migrants in a day or two, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said…
TN Covid-19 positive count touches 2,162, death toll now 27
Chennai, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 104 persons testing positive for coronavirus, taking the state’s total tally to 2,162 and the death of two more persons, taking the toll to 27. In…
HCQ has 90% chance of helping COVID-19 patients: US doctors’ body
New York, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of US doctors has claimed that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential “game-changer” for COVID-19 by President Donald Trump, has improved the survival and recovery odds for about…
Bengaluru awaits Covid patient for plasma therapy
By Sharon Thambala Bengaluru, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) An 11-member team of doctors is poised to inject plasma, extracted from two Covid survivors into a needy patient at state-run BMC Victoria hospital in the city centre…
23 more Hazur Sahib returnees test positive in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty-three more people, who returned to Punjab after a 1,750-km odyssey from the Sikh shrine in Nanded, Maharashtra, on Wednesday tested coronavirus positive, taking their total to 34. As per official…