Joan Pons Laplana is a senior digital charge nurse working on the frontline in an intensive care unit treating coronavirus patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospital in the north of England. Like many of his colleagues in the state-run National Health Service (NHS), the 45-year-old medic is not British. TheContinue Reading
New York: As the novel coronavirus spread through New York City in late March, doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital noticed something strange happening to patients’ blood. Signs of blood thickening and clotting were being detected in different organs by doctors from different specialties. This would turn out to beContinue Reading
Representative image. (Reuters) Barton Behravesh said the animal tests are done at veterinary labs and use different chemicals than human tests, which have been in short supply during the crisis. Associated Press New York Last Updated: April 22, 2020, 11:37 PM IST Two pet cats inContinue Reading
A file photo of Pakistan PM Imran Khan. (Reuters) Earlier in the day, a team of doctors from the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital collected samples from the Prime Minister. PTI Last Updated: April 22, 2020, 11:38 PM IST Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wasContinue Reading
File photo shows a patient being evacuated from the Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside, California. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File) A total of 1,80,289 deaths have been recorded worldwide for 2,596,383 infections. There were 1,12,848 deaths in Europe for 1,263,802 cases on the hardest-hit continent. Agencies Paris Continue Reading
(Representative image) REUTERS/Amit Dave The United States is the country with the most deaths at 45,153, ahead of Italy with 25,085, Spain 21,717, France 21,340 and Britain with 18,100. AFP Paris Last Updated: April 22, 2020, 11:50 PM IST More than 1,80,000 people in the worldContinue Reading
Chandigarh (Media Bureau) The Punjab government has been vigorously using the administration after increasing cases of coronavirus. Now another big decision has been taken by the Chandigarh administration. Chandigarh will have infrared screening of all passengers coming from outside. Infrared thermometers have been made available on 38 Entry Parts inContinue Reading
Chandigarh (Media Bureau) Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday lashed out at the government after the historic fall in crude oil prices, saying that even in this situation, petrol was selling at Rs 69 and diesel at Rs 62 per liter. He questioned why the government was not payingContinue Reading
Chandigarh (Media Bureau) The rapprochement between Geo and Facebook will help Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfill his mission of Digital India. Mukesh Ambani said, “I am confident that in the post-Corona era, India will achieve economic recovery in the shortest possible time.” This partnership with Facebook and Reliance will playContinue Reading
The moon rises over the Sydney Opera House as smoke from bushfires shrouds the skyline in Sydney, Australia. (Image: Reuters) Australia’s push for an independent review of the origins and spread of the pandemic, including the response of the WHO, has drawn sharp criticism from China. Reuters SYDNEY/GENEVA Continue Reading
