A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 tests at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai. (Photo Credit: PTI)
- India has recorded 14,788,109 COVID-19 cases, till now
- The death toll from COVID-19 in India now stands at 177,150
- There are 1,801,316 active cases in the country
Quarantine evaders will be fined. (Representational/Pixabay)
- France will impose a 10 day quarantine on travellers from 4 countries
- Countries are Argentina, Brazil, Chile and South Africa
- Flights from Brazil were suspended until at least next Friday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the COVID-19 situation in India today. (PTI Photo)
- PM Modi reviewed the status of supply of medicines such as Remdevisir
- He called for fast-tracking installation of approved medical oxygen plants
- PM Modi said all necessary measures must be taken to ramp up availability of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients
People in Delhi arrive to board buses for their native places at ISBT, in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases across the country. (Photo credit: PTI)
- India has currently racked up a total number of 14.5 million COVID-19 cases
- Madhya Pradesh government urges all DCs to quarantine people who were in Kumbh Mela
- Kerala reports 13,835 new COVID-19 cases, 3654 recoveries and 27 deaths
The yet unopened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, just like the Oscars, saw its launch delayed due to COVID-19. (Photo credit: AFP)
- The nominated songs will be performed from Academy Museum of Motion pictures and a small village in Iceland
- Oscar 2021 are following a 'awards-show-as-a-movie' theme
- Venues would set up in Britain and France for nominees unable to travel to Los Angeles
New studies suggest that SAR-CoV-2 virus is predominantly spread in the air. (Photo Credit: Representational Image/Unsplash)
- A medical journal provided evidence that virus which causes COVID-19, can be airborne
- Silent transmission account for at least 40% of all transmission, suggests studies
- It is also found that the transmission rates of the virus are much higher indoors
China was the only economy that grew in 2020. (Photo Credit: Representational Image/Pixabay)
- China saw the biggest jump in GDP since the country started keeping records three decades back
- Among the reasons behind the sharp spike was the low base figure of last year
- "The national economy made a good start," said the spokeswoman of the National Bureau of Statistics
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted in solidarity of the victims. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI)
- UK and Italy have also crossed the 100,000 mark in Europe
- The first wave of COVID-19 claimed around 30,000 lives
- France currently battles its third wave of the deadly disease
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday expressed his concerns over worsening COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh. (Photo credit: PTI)
- Dead bodies have been queueing up at crematoriums, said Akhilesh Yadav
- The dismal COVID-19 situation in the state arose because of BJP’s "cheap mentality", claims Yadav
- Yadav is himself in home quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus
Health workers take swab samples of passengers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Railway Station in Mumbai. (Photo Credit: PTI)