Coronavirus live updates: 'India to take call on int'l flights when other nations ease curbs'

In the first such instance in West Bengal two judges of a city court have tested positive for Covid-19 following which people who had come in contact with them have been advised to proceed on home quarantine, state health department sources said.

“The captain had retired in April-end and has not flown in AI after that.” The senior captain, 58, was from erstwhile Indian Airlines who operated the Airbus A320. His demise has raised concern within the airline as a significant number of pilots and cabin crew have tested positive for coronavirus. “We have 3-4 symptomatic; 30-40 asymptomatic and 150 quarantined pilots and cabin crew members. In all about 200 of our crew members are either Covid positive or quarantined after passenger(s) on the flight they operated tested positive,” said an official.

Researchers have identified proteins in the blood of COVID-19 patients which are linked to the disease severity. The scientists used state-of-the-art analytical techniques to rapidly determine the levels of various proteins in the plasma component of COVID-19 patient blood samples. Using this approach, they identified various protein biomarkers in the blood plasma of patients with COVID-19 which were linked to the severity of their disease.

"We will take strong action against such hospitals and they cannot refuse patients. Some time will be needed to break the mafia who are indulging in it. These few hospitals have political connections but they should not be under illusion that their political masters can save them," he said in a virtual press briefing.