Coronavirus live updates: 204 railway coaches deployed in 4 states to boost Covid-19 capacity

India, along with 12 other countries, has led an initiative here aimed at spreading fact-based content to counter misinformation on the coronavirus, with over 130 nations endorsing the global call to fight the "infodemic" relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Small and medium multi-speciality nursing homes in the city having 10 to 49 beds have been declared as "COVID nursing homes" by the Delhi government to increase the bed capacity for coronavirus patients, according to an official order. Only standalone exclusive eye centres, ENT centres, dialysis centres, maternity homes and IVF centres are presently exempted, the order issued on Saturday said.

One disaster robbed them of their livelihood. Another has now provided them jobs. A section of migrants, who had returned to Bengal from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand following the lockdown in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, has been recruited by agencies engaged to restore powerlines that were devastated by Cyclone Amphan.

More than 85% of migrants surveyed by a volunteer group, Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN), said they had to pay for their journey home during the Covid-19 lockdown. The survey report says that the Supreme Court interim order on May 28 asking state governments to bear the transport costs came too late since their movement had been cleared at the beginning of the month.

Amid rising number of deaths due to Covid-19, the Centre has initiated multiple interventions to help states efficiently and effectively manage the cases at the clinical stage, especially those who are severely ill and need critical care. Read more