Mangaluru: In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada, district administration and Department of Health has set up 13 ‘Fever Clinics’ across the district.
The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 90,000 on Thursday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1630 GMT from official sources.
TikTok, the fast-growing mobile video app, pledged Thursday to contribute 250 million to coronavirus relief efforts around the world.
Vijayapura: A man lost his life when he, fearing check post, jumped into the river Krishna to reach his native place.
The government on Thursday announced a financial package of Rs 15,000 crore to ramp up the overall healthcare infrastructure in tackling the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 6,500 people and has left at least 196 dead in the country.
A video clip of Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, whose go corona slogan reverberated across social media, surfaced on Thursday with the politician urging people in his archetypal way to stay inside their homes to halt the spread of the deadly virus and defeat it.
A 80-year old woman from Gadag district became the sixth COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where 16 new positive cases were confirmed, pushing the tally in the state to 197, the Health department said on Thursday.
Twelve more people tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala on Thursday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state so far to 357.
A Karnataka BJP MP's daughter who recovered from COVID-19 has said she did yoga and 'pranayama' while in hospital quarantine and these were key to defeating the pandemic.
