Health

06 July 2020; MEMO: Saudi Arabia has set aside 3.5 billion riyals ($933 million) to support 480,000 of its citizens working in the private sector and who are struggling as a result of uncertainty stemming from the coronavirus.

The Governor of the General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI), Sulaiman Al-Gwaiz, said in a statement yesterday that the initiative to support workers in the private sector comes within government initiatives to mitigate the financial and economic burdens caused by the pandemic.

NEW DELHI, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India announced Monday that it had logged nearly 700,000 coronavirus cases, taking it past Russia to become the world’s third-hardest-hit nation in the global pandemic.

The health ministry said 697,358 cases had now been recorded, a rise of 24,000 in the last 24 hours, while Russia has just over 681,000 cases.

India has registered 19,963 deaths from the virus, a much lower number than many other badly hit countries. The United States and Brazil have the highest numbers of cases.

KANPUR: The shopkeepers are not allowing the beggars to enter their shop in this time of social distancing. 

Though it was nothing new for them, they have their own reasons behind this open particular refusal.

They were asking them to wait outside the shop and beseech for alms. One shopkeeper was directing a woman beggar not to enter the shop. But she would ask for money standing outside the shop, he instructed. She at once turned back hearing the voice of the shopkeeper.

ISTANBUL 06 July 2020; MEMO: Turkey’s healthcare system, growing stronger with each passing day, will make Turkey an international hub for quality medical care, said Turkey's health minister on Saturday.

Speaking at the inauguration of Istanbul’s Kartal State Hospital, Fahrettin Koca said that they expect the public to follow COVID-19 preventative measures more carefully during the normalization period.

Mangaluru, Jul 5 (PTI) Mangaluru city and suburban areas in Dakshina Kannada wore a deserted look on Sunday with the people fully backing the total lockdown clamped by the district administration in the wake of increasing number of coronavirus cases.

The total lockdown is set to continue on all Sundays till August 2 unless otherwise notified.

Shops and business establishments were closed and vehicles kept off the roads.

Only essential services, including hospitals, ambulance services and supply of essential items are allowed.

Phoenix, Jul 4 (AP/PTI) Arizona has reached new peaks in hospitalisations and emergency room visits, indicating the state is only intensifying as a coronavirus hot spot.

State health officials say the capacity of hospital intensive care units is at an all-time high of 91 per cent.

The number of people hospitalised Thursday due to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 was 3,013, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. It's the first time reaching 3,000.

New Delhi, July 4 (PTI) With 22,771 people testing positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 3,94,226 and one patient has migrated. There are 2,35,433 active cases of coronavirus presently in the country, the updated data at 8 am showed.

"Thus, around 60.80 per cent of patients have recovered so far," an official said.

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — At the foot of Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump made a direct appeal to disaffected white voters four months before Election Day, accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history.”

Gangtok, Jul 2 (PTI) Twelve Army personnel in Sikkim have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the Himalayan state's tally to 101, a top official of the Health department said on Thursday.

Director General-cum-Secretary, Health, Dr Pema T Bhutia said that these 12 Army men, said to br primary contacts of their 40 year-old colleague who had tested positive on June 23, were tested for COVID-19 and their results have come positive.

These 12 army men as well as their 40 year-old colleague have been shifted to the Army hospital at Bagdogra, Bhutia said.

New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Amid rising cases of novel coronavirus in the national capital, top government authorities have reviewed setting up of a COVID-19 war room in Delhi, officials said on Thursday.

The Kejriwal government has been emphasising on ramping up health infrastructure to meet the projected bed requirements for patients, as part of which it has already acquired several hotels, banquet halls and attached them with hospitals and nursing homes.