The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi is to be repurposed as a quarantine facility to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak in India. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) relinquished the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to the Delhi state government. The SAI announced last month that sports facilities under its purview could be used for quarantine purposes. […]
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Ayushman Bharat in Delhi to come about
The decision has been made to implement the Centre’s flagship health insurance Ayushman Bharat in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has announced. Sisodia, who holds the finance portfolio in the Government of Delhi, made the announcement as he presented the state budget for the 2020-21 period. The decision comes after a long-standing tussle between […]
Coronavirus pandemic a ‘very real’ threat
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the threat of a full-blown novel coronavirus pandemic is ‘very real’ – lending further credence to fears that a coronavirus pandemic could manifest as the foretold ‘Disease X.’ In light of the continued coronavirus outbreak in India, the Union Government is urging a number of ministries to […]
AIIMS Delhi on frontline against COVID-19
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi and its counterparts in other areas of the country are to be positioned on the front line in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The premier facility has been requested by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to dedicate a portion of […]
Coronavirus outbreak continues as Indian cases rise
The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to affect India, as cases in the country rise. At the time of writing, there are forty active cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in India. The other three cases are of individuals who have since recovered. All three were students who had returned to India from the Chinese city […]
New COVID-19 cases reported
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have hit thirty in India, with more new cases reported. A man hailing from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh became the latest person to test positive for the virus which has spread across the globe since it first broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. At the time of […]
Cases of COVID-19 jump in India
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have jumped in India to 28, as Union Government officials and state-level authorities urge calm. At the time of writing, 28 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in India, with 25 active cases. The initial three cases were reported among students in the state of Kerala, who had returned to India […]
COVID-19 outbreak continues
India has reported six novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases to date, three of which are active. The news comes as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spark panic worldwide with tens of thousands infected and thousands having lost their lives. The earliest COVID-19 cases in India were reported in three students who had been returned to Kerala […]
COVID-19 in India: New cases confirmed
Fresh confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in India have been reported – one in the national capital of Delhi and one in the Telangana state capital Hyderabad. The COVID-19 outbreak originated in Wuhan, the capital city of China’s Hubei province. At the time of writing, there are 89,798 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The […]
Delhi elections: The healthcare outcome
Delhi elections: A landslide victory for Kejriwal. But what’s next for healthcare? The results of the Delhi elections suggest a landslide victory for the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government under Arvind Kejriwal, who seems poised to assume the office of the national capital’s Chief Minister for a third term. “The Aam Aadmi Party repeated […]