Coronavirus outbreak: Scrubbing hands with soap and water, one of the most effective methods to stop the spread of several illnesses, is universally recommended today; even considered common sense. In the mid-19th century, however, this advice was treated…

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The newborn's mother has also tested positive for coronavirus. It is not yet clear if the infection was transmitted in the womb, during birth or after birth.

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Scindia camp said it was an obvious case of vendetta politics.

Last week, the Health Ministry had announced that India had recorded its first cases of community transmission, though officials later clarified it had meant “local transmission in the community”.

There are at least two possible scenarios leading to a second positive test. The virus could have lain dormant in the body, so that the test before discharge would have failed to pick the low virus threshold.

Earth spun 372 times a year 70 million years ago, compared to the current 365. This means the day was 23½ hours long, compared to 24 today.

The state Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and General Administration, Govind Singh, had moved a motion to adjourn the Assembly.

Amazon, market leader in cloud computing technology, had argued it was not considered for the contract because of Donald Trump’s dislike of the company and its CEO Jeff Bezos.

The World Health Organization defines epidemics as “the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behaviour, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy.

Despite this year being Mujib's centenary, all celebrations in Bangladesh have been postponed due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

India and the United States are testing far fewer people than China and South Korea did. South Korea’s strategy of mass testing is currently seen as being highly successful — however, testing at such scale in a country India’s size is a whole new ball game.

South Korea had started to prepare even before January 12, when China shared the genetic code of the novel coronavirus with the World Health Organisation (WHO). At the time, China had reported only 41 cases. But South Korea knew it was vulnerable — and it…

People should not panic, but take precautionary measures. Strong systems and processes are in place to deal with the outbreak, and the Ministry is constantly monitoring the situation

Many Indians have stopped eating chicken, believing rumours and misinformation on social media. This has led to a crash in prices, and massive losses for the poultry industry.

India has conducted roughly 6,000 tests so far, lower than the US (8,000), Japan (9,600), France (12,000), the UK (13,000), and Italy (23,000). South Korea has conducted as many as 2 lakh, which experts see as the reason for their significantly declining…