The number of novel coronavirus cases globally stood at 175,530 with 7,007 deaths, across 145 countries and territories at 10:30 pm (IST) on Monday, as per the tally compiled by AFP from official sources. Since 10:30 pm on Sunday there are 587 new deaths reported and 11,597 new cases globally. Continue Reading
The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology has met with a ‘self-made’ crisis after it allowed a doctor exposed to Covid-19 risk work there as normal. On March the doctor who returned from Spain 2 after a study programme has been tested positive on Sunday. About 30 doctors and some paramedical staff […]Continue Reading
A UK tourist and a Thiruvananthapuram based doctor who had gone abroad for studies tested positive for COVID-19 in Kerala on Sunday, taking the total number of infected cases in the state to 24, second behind Maharashtra (31). But what dominated the day’s discussion was a slip-up on the part of the authorities which saw […]Continue Reading
Amid the coronavirus scare that has spread voices of concern across the world , a surprising incident in Thailand has left people amazed. In a viral video clip, many monkeys were seen fighting one another over a banana, because the number of tourists crashed within the city of Lopburi, in Thailand. As per the reports, monkeys depend upon the tourists for food and enough Continue Reading
On Tuesday the state cabinet meeting held decided to cancel the annual examinations of students up to Class VII in the wake of the fresh confirmation of coronavirus cases in Kerala. But there would be no change in the examinations scheduled for the students in the Classes of VIII, IX and X. The Cabinet has […]Continue Reading
Researchers have found a drug called camostat mesylate, that they believe may work to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which has claimed over 3,000 lives globally, majority of them in China, the virus’s country of origin. Camostat mesylate is a drug approved in Japan for use in pancreatic inflammation. As per the researchers, the new […]Continue Reading
How it will spread and its prevention The virus spreads when the droplets from sick person get into healthy persons eyes, nose and mouth. So to prevent from getting infected keep a distance of 0.5 meter will keep you safe from large droplets or can handover a mask to them so that they can protect […]Continue Reading
India on Thursday reported its first positive case of novel coronavirus (nCoV) on Thursday. The Union ministry of health and family welfare in an official statement said a student from Kerala, who was studying in Wuhan University and travelled to India, has tested positive for the virus. The government said that “One positive case of […]Continue Reading
As part of awareness against novel coronavirus (nCoV), the state health department has put 436 people under surveillance. Of these, five are admitted to hospitals with symptoms similar to that of the virus. The remaining people are under house surveillance. According to the department, the 436 people who are being monitored had reached the state […]Continue Reading