New Delhi, October 10 (PTI): As India enters the festival season, a survey by a digital community-based platform that has measured basic COVID-19 safeguards found that only 13 per cent people rated mask complia
New Delhi, September 9 (IANS): While cautioning people against the upcoming festive season, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Thursday that despite the decrease in daily Covid-19 cases, people shoul
JAIPUR, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): A young group of Covid warriors in rural Rajasthan is leading the charge to educate and protect their communities to fight the challenge of an infodemic triggered by the misinformati
NICE, France, September 30 (Reuters): Students arriving for the new university term in the French city of Nice said they found themselves crammed into lecture theatres with some people even sitting on the
MANILA, September 14 (Reuters): Experts described as dangerous and premature on Monday the Philippines' decision to cut the social distancing minimum to 30 centimetres (12 inches) on public transp
New York, September 11 (IANS): Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that practicing strict social distancing is associated with a markedly lower likelihood of testing positive with the Covid-
New York, August 16 (IANS): Government-issued physical distancing orders significantly slowed the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to an estimated reduction of more than 600,000 cases in the US within three weeks of
GENEVA, August 3 (Reuters): The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a "silver bullet" for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to norm
YATSUSHIRO, Japan, July 12 (Reuters): Boxes of surgical masks, bottles of disinfectant and a sign saying "Please wear a mask" mark the entrance to a public gym in Yatsushiro city, a shelter for reside
LONDON, JULY 8 (IANS): Banks face a growing risk of cyber-attacks as the coronavirus crisis accelerates the shift to digital banking and remote working, Moody's Investors Service said in a report on Wednesd
NEW DELHI, JULY 8 (IANS): The Jammat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has urged Muslims to take precautions during Eid ul-Adha (Bakrid), to be celebrated in the last week of July, and has issued guidelines on offering praye
LONDON, June 23 (Reuters): Britain on Tuesday announced an easing of social distancing rules from July 4, reducing the recommended gap from 2 metres to "1 metre plus" in England as it further loosened
SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters): South Korea will face another wave of coronavirus infections, with as many as 800 new cases a day by July, if the government does not introduce stricter social distancing guidelin
VATICAN CITY, June 7 (Reuters): Pope Francis on Sunday warned Italians to not let their guard down against coronavirus now that infection rates have fallen and urged them to obey government rules on social
LONDON, June 2 (Reuters): Keeping at least one metre apart and wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to cut the risk of COVID-19 infection, according to the largest review to date of stud
CLUJ, Romania/BUCHAREST, May 29 (Reuters): Soon after a two-month lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus eased in Romania in mid-May, Grigore Lup, a Romanian shoemaker from the Transylvanian city