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Domestic passenger flights resume, India among top 10 worst-hit nations: Covid-19 news today
Here is a preview of the top Covid-19 news today from India and the world.
Domestic air travel resumes today with all states finally agreeing to accept at least some flights even though safety protocols will vary airport to airport. Meanwhile, India overtook Iran on Sunday, breaking into the list of top 10 countries worst affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in terms of total number of cases.
Domestic flights resume today after ‘long day of hard negotiations’
Air travel across the country was set to resume on Monday, with all states finally agreeing to accept at least some flights but announcing varied quarantine and self-isolation rules for arriving passengers to address misgivings about infections being brought in from other cities. Read more
India now among 10 worst countries in Covid-19 cases
With the highest one-day national surge of 6,634new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, India on Sunday overtook Iran to become the 10th biggest hot spot of the pathogen, which has rapidly swept the globe, claiming new epicentres across continents and leaving health care systems overwhelmed in its wake. Read more
Covid-19: What you need to know today
A new study on Covid-19 patients from Singapore highlights just why it’s important to refine treatment and hospitalisation policies on the basis of science. Bloomberg News reported on Sunday that a joint paper by the country’s National Centre for Infectious Diseases and the Academy of Medicine showed that patients were no longer contagious 11 days after infection. Read more
20% beds in 117 private hospitals to be reserved for Covid-19 surge
Private hospitals with 50 or more beds will need to set aside 20% of their bed strength for Covid-19 patients, the Delhi government ordered on Sunday in a measure meant to prepare the city’s health care system for a surge in infections. Read more
Centre identifies 4 model cities for Covid handling
Four cities -- Jaipur, Indore, Chennai and Bengaluru -- could serve as possible role models for other urban centres in handling the Covid-19 pandemic that India is striving to control while moving to restart the economy. Read more
Surge in Shramik trains to UP, Bihar clog network, railways cite congestion
With several Shramik Special trains bound for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar being delayed and diverted over the past two days, the ministry of railways on Sunday said the convergence of trains to these destinations have caused congestion in the network adding that the total number of trains to the region has increased. Read more
Covid-19 surge pushes Mumbai to the brink
On May 10, a 35-year-old bank loan agent in Mumbai suddenly developed a temperature. With the city firmly in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, his family was alarmed but he dismissed their concern, saying he hadn’t come in contact with any confirmed Covid-19 patient. Read more
Covid-19 dampens Eid celebrations across India
Under the shadow of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday marked Eid al-Fitr, but the usual fervour and celebrations were missing. Read more
Virus strains on bats in China lab not matching Covid-19: Director
The Chinese virology institute at the centre of US allegations as the possible source of Covid-19 has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none of them match the pathogen behind the new pandemic, its director has said. Read more
Poverty-stricken, jobless Hyd couple tries to sell infant son for ₹22,000
Poverty and lack of work during the lockdown enforced to prevent the spread of Covid-19 drove a migrant couple in Hyderabad to try and sell their two-month old son for Rs 22,000 through a mediator on Sunday. Read more
Virtual courts are not a panacea: Chandrachud
The Covid-19 outbreak forced the Supreme Court to resort to virtual court hearings so that the safety of lawyers, litigants and media personnel was not jeopardised, but such hearings will not replace or be a substitute for physical courts, Supreme Court judge, justice DY Chandrachud, said on Sunday. Read more
Addressing Covid outbreak with clinical studies of Ayush systems: Ayush minister
The ministry of Ayush (ayurveda, yoga & naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy) is also active in India’s fight against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Read more
