India

Local residents doused the flames that engulfed the house after the explosion and fire tenders reached after almost an hour.

In an interview with News18, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke about a range of issues including, India's post-lockdown Covid-19 containment strategy and the Centre's response to the outbreak.

Soon after the incident, a protest was staged outside Seer Hamdan hospital and in Salia demanding impartial probe and action against the negligent doctors.

A total of 94 high-risk samples were tested in the district on Friday, and 72 on Saturday, of which 21 had tested positive. On Sunday, 164 more samples were sent for testing.

Dr Arkadipta Choudhury made the face shield using compressed polyester, inexpensive straps and visors.

The three women while going for their duties were accosted by four men who tried to allegedly molest them in front of a petrol pump at Dagaon on Saturday night.

According to the data received on Sunday, for the past three days, the doubling rate of the virus is 12.0, for seven days it is 11.7 and for 14 days it is 10.4, the minister was quoted as saying in a statement.

The protests in the region had been brewing for the last few days. Hundreds of migrant workers were also stopped on Thursday by the Barwani district administration from entering the state.

Tens of thousands of skilled and unskilled workers from different parts of the country are putting up in various parts of Jammu region and are facing the heat of the nationwide lockdown.

The panel had recently examined 105 deaths in the state, following which it attributed 33 cases to the disease and the rest to co-morbidities.

As part of the therapy, antibodies from a recovered patient are harvested and ingested into a sick person to help the latter's immune system mount a fight against the pathogen.

In a press release, SpiceJet said its B737 freighter aircraft departed from Mumbai to Bahrain on late Friday night.

The buses were stopped at Halol check post near Waghodia in Vadodara as they did not have permits to proceed, after which agitated labourers clashed with police and indulged in stone pelting, an official said.

The India Meteorological Department said that north Indian plains and the hills will start receiving light to moderate rain under the influence of an active western disturbance.

The doctor has no symptoms and is under home isolation, an official of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) said.

However, liquor shops will not be allowed in COVID-19 containment zones.