Coronavirus in India

India’s daily Covid-19 caseload crosses 2,000 again

The number of India’s daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 2,000-mark once again with 2,067 new infections reported in 24 hours, according to the data by Indian health ministry.

India’s Telangana govt opts for pay cut to bear financial strain of Covid-19 lockdown

Amidst concerns that the ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 would economically impact India, the government in the southern state of Telangana has decided to implement pay-cuts for government employees and pensioners.

Coronavirus outbreak: India announces 21-day lockdown

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight announces a 21-day lockdown across the country from midnight tonight to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

India's lockdown underway, death toll from coronavirus now 8

Amidst a lockdown across vast swathes of India, a 68-year-old Filipino, who had recovered after he was tested coronavirus positive, died in a hospital in Mumbai raising the death toll from coronavirus in India to eight.

Coronavirus: Indian state minister for external affairs in self-quarantine

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan says he has confined himself to self-quarantine at his residence in New Delhi but tested negative for coronavirus.

India reports 2nd case of coronavirus

India reports its second case of deadly novel coronavirus in Kerala, three days after the southern state reported the country's first case of the infectious disease that originated in China.

April 20, 2022
April 20, 2022

India’s daily Covid-19 caseload crosses 2,000 again

The number of India’s daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 2,000-mark once again with 2,067 new infections reported in 24 hours, according to the data by Indian health ministry.

March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020

India’s Telangana govt opts for pay cut to bear financial strain of Covid-19 lockdown

Amidst concerns that the ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 would economically impact India, the government in the southern state of Telangana has decided to implement pay-cuts for government employees and pensioners.

March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: India announces 21-day lockdown

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight announces a 21-day lockdown across the country from midnight tonight to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

March 23, 2020
March 23, 2020

India's lockdown underway, death toll from coronavirus now 8

Amidst a lockdown across vast swathes of India, a 68-year-old Filipino, who had recovered after he was tested coronavirus positive, died in a hospital in Mumbai raising the death toll from coronavirus in India to eight.

March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020

Coronavirus: Indian state minister for external affairs in self-quarantine

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan says he has confined himself to self-quarantine at his residence in New Delhi but tested negative for coronavirus.

February 2, 2020
February 2, 2020

India reports 2nd case of coronavirus

India reports its second case of deadly novel coronavirus in Kerala, three days after the southern state reported the country's first case of the infectious disease that originated in China.