Coronavirus News

Four judges of the reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ tested positive for COVID-19. At first, singer-judge Srikanta Acharya and jury member Monomoy Bhattacharya had tested positive for COVID-19. Later, two other judges, Mika Singh and Akriti Kakar have reportedly tested positive for the virus too.

Highlights of what the BJP is promising the people of the state.

The number of COVID-19 cases is increasing every day in Kolkata and North 24 Parganas. According to the State Health Bulletin on Wednesday (October 21), 879 people were infected with COVID in a single day in Kolkata. The number of infected in North 24 Parganas was 872 in one day. Once again, Kolkata tops the list of COVID-19 cases.  

'COVIRAP' the diagnostic machine developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur researchers, has been successfully validated for its efficacy in Covid-19 detection by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Institute said on Wednesday.

"Employees who work in a role that can effectively be done from home are welcome to do so until June 30, 2021", an Amazon spokeswoman said in an emailed statement on Tuesday, adding the guidance is applicable globally.  

India's Covid-19 tally crosses 76-lakh mark with 54,044 new cases and 717 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.  

The campaign #MaskOnSpitNot emphasises on wearing a mask but wearing it correctly and stop spreading the virus by refraining from spitting out in public.

Active cases of COVID-19 in India are less than 10% of the total caseload, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease has crossed 67 lakh

As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual vaccine by purchasing and pre-positioning syringes and other necessary equipment.  

In the last 30 days since Covid-19 cases peaked in India, the growth rate of infections has more than halved — from 92% in the month prior to September 18 to 42% since then, a drop of 50% points.