Thursday, May 2, 2024

Topic: Coronavirus

Pandemic spotlights underlying inequalities in black communities: Obama

Former United States President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized American leaders over the handling of the coronavirus response, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials "aren't even pretending to be in charge".

94-year-old woman recovers from COVID-19 in Maharashtra

A 94-year-old woman in Maharashtra was discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19, ANI reported.

WHO: People living longer and healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track

“The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is too slow to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and will be further thrown off track by COVID-19,”

For death of migrants, BJP govt is responsible: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said both the Union and Uttar Pradesh governments have failed to tackle the coronavirus crisis due to their "short-sightedness and impractical decisions"

First COVID-19 case in Bangladesh Rohingya camps

The coronavirus pandemic has been detected in one of the camps in southern Bangladesh that are home to more than one million Rohingya refugees.

Dilution of testing guidelines is disastrous. Why certain companies are being with favored: Congress

The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of "diluting" the COVID-19 testing guidelines and said its revised rules, which allow a patient to be discharged without undergoing final tests for coronavirus, will prove disastrous for the country.