Coronavirus India

"Scaling access to easy, accurate, and fast testing can speed up the country's preparedness and curb community contagion," ICMR former Director-General Nirmal Kumar Ganguly said.

The Minister also said that the Centre is monitoring the developments by state governments.

Soren said that Rath Yatra could not be allowed for the second consecutive year as the coronavirus threat is still looming large in the state.

This statement from the Delhi CM comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address at an Indian Medical Association event on National Doctors' Day, hailed their contribution in saving lives from coronavirus.

The receding trend of fresh cases continued as India reported 43,071 new Covid cases and 955 deaths in the last 24 hours.

These relaxations will be in effect from July 5 to July 19, he said. While the night curfew will continue on weekdays between 9 pm and 5 am, the weekend curfew has been lifted.

India on Friday reported 46,617 new cases and 853 deaths as per health ministry's updated data.
 

This is the second year in a row that the pilgrimage will stay cancelled. The state has postponed the Char Dham Yatra till further orders in compliance with the state High Court's orders.
 

The need for new technology in detecting Covid virus led to developing a face mask with tiny sensors that can detect the presence of the virus in a person in just 90 minutes.
 

The cascading impact of Covid enforced lockdown and restrictions has led to about 10,000 hotel owners across Karnataka planning to either sell the hotel or give the same on lease to recover from mounting losses. 1000 hotels in  Bengaluru alone are under the hammer, however, there are no takers.