Have cut transmission, minimised spread, increased COVID-19 doubling time during lockdown: Govt

Have cut transmission, minimised spread, increased COVID-19 doubling time during lockdown: Govt

New Delhi, The government said on Thursday that it has been able to “cut coronavirus transmission”, minimise its spread and increase the doubling time of COVID-19 cases in the country during the 30-day period of the nationwide lockdown. While asserting that the growth of coronavirus cases in the country has been more or less linear […]

Jaishankar, Pompeo talk over phone; discuss cooperation to contain COVID-19

Jaishankar, Pompeo talk over phone; discuss cooperation to contain COVID-19

Washington,  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart Mike Pompeo on Thursday spoke over phone and discussed bilateral and international cooperation to contain and mitigate the novel coronavirus. “Spoke with Indian Minister of External Affairs @DrSJaishankar today on positive steps that the United States and #India are taking to contain and mitigate #COVID19,” […]

Poor nations need COVID-19 research to avoid system ‘breakdown’

Paris, Research on the prevention of treatment of COVID-19 in poor and developing nations is urgently needed to avert a “complete breakdown” of health services, a coalition of more than 70 scientific bodies said Friday. The pandemic is currently hitting Europe and the United States the hardest, straining even their health systems to the limit. […]