Delhi govt issues guidelines for schools: Students, staff shouldn’t be allowed to enter school premises without thermal scanning

Delhi govt issues guidelines for schools: Students, staff shouldn’t be allowed to enter school premises without thermal scanning

No student or staff should be allowed entry into school premises without thermal scanning and if any of them tests Covid positive, the institute’s authorities must take appropriate quarantine measures, according to Delhi government guidelines for schools. The guidelines were issued in the wake of a spike in coronavirus patients in the city that on … Read more

COVID-Positive or Exposed? What to Do Next

COVID-Positive or Exposed? What to Do Next

Dec. 29, 2021 — With new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketing to more than 240,000 a day recently in the U.S., many people are facing the same situation: A family member or friend tests positive or was exposed to someone who did, and the holiday gathering, visit, or return to work is just days or hours … Read more

Alert for passengers arriving in India from UK! Govt issues guidelines to follow upon arrival — check details

Alert for passengers arriving in India from UK! Govt issues guidelines to follow upon arrival — check details

Britain Coronavirus New Strain: People wearing protective face masks wait for passengers to arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after India cancelled all flights from the UK over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai. (Reuters image) UK Coronavirus New Strain: After six passengers arriving in New Delhi on … Read more

IPS officer who probed Sushant case tests positive for COVID-19

IPS officer who probed Sushant case tests positive for COVID-19

Earlier two IPS officers of Mumbai police had tested positive for the viral infection. An IPS officer who was part of the Mumbai police’s team which was probing actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case has tested positive for coronavirus infection. The IPS officer and all other members of his family have contracted the viral infection, … Read more

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi tests positive for Covid, hospitalised

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi tests positive for Covid, hospitalised

GUWAHATI: Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was admitted to Guwahati Medical College and hospital (GMCH) after he tested positive for COVID-19. The octogenarian Congress leader shared the news on his Twitter handle. “I have been tested Covid-19 positive yesterday. People who came in contact with me during Last few days should go for Covid … Read more

Covid-19 in Delhi: Infections up, or is it more RT-PCR tests?

Covid-19 in Delhi: Infections up, or is it more RT-PCR tests?

Delhi’s positivity levels started falling when it began conducting more Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT). On Tuesday, with 1,061 people testing Covid-positive of the 11,910 tests done, Delhi recorded a positivity rate of 8.9%. The last time the capital showed a similar positivity rate was July 20 when the positivity was 8.3%. So, are infection levels … Read more