8.14 am: Andaman and Nicobar Islands have three new cases, reports ANI . With this, the tally rises to 119, of which 65 are active cases a...
8.14 am: Andaman and Nicobar Islands have three new cases, reports ANI. With this, the tally rises to 119, of which 65 are active cases and 54 have recovered.
7.46 am: China reports three new cases, according to Reuters.
7.45 am: A doctor explains how to evaluate repurposed drugs being prescribed to coronavirus patients.
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7.32 am: US records more than 53,000 cases in the last 24 hours, according to Reuters.
7.30 am: The Congress unit in Karnataka has alleged misappropriation of funds by the state government in purchase of equipment for Covid-19 treatment, reports News18. “The government has purchased corona related equipment, worth more than Rs 3,000 crore,” says former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. “Prima facie it looks the government has paid more price than the market price.”
7.20 am: The World Health Organization says it should get results from clinical trials of drugs that might be effective in treating Covid-19 patients within next two weeks, reports Reuters. “Nearly 5,500 patients in 39 countries have so far been recruited into the Solidarity trial,” says WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “We expect interim results within the next two weeks.”
7.15 am: Top updates from Friday
- India reported 20,903 new coronavirus cases and 379 deaths on Friday. The country’s overall count rose to...
