Coronavirus Safety Gear

A few hours of heavy rain on Friday flooded a government hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward in Chhattisgarh, where coronavirus cases have been on rise since September. The rain also disrupted the hospital's power supply forcing the staff to shift nine patients - six of them suspected to have Covid and three in need of oxygen - to another floor.

India's frontline coronavirus warriors - ASHA workers - are up in protests in Delhi and Haryana. While 20,000 ASHA workers of Haryana have been on strike since August 7, 6,000 workers in Delhi have been on strike since July 21. They have two demands - better safety gears and proper wages.

The Delhi High Court Monday sought the AAP government's reply on suggestions for setting up a helpline for nurses to complain against private hospitals for failing to providing N-95 masks and PPE kits as also considering compensation to those who die attending to COVID-19 patients.

Policemen wearing coronavirus safety gear found it hard to control their emotions on Wednesday as they paid their last respects to their colleague, Delhi Police Inspector Sanjeev Yadav, a braveheart who died fighting COVID-19. While colleagues wrapped his body in the Indian flag, family members, also in personal protective equipment (PPE), stood in...

PPE suits, face masks and gloves, critical medical resources in the fight against the COVID-19 virus have been tossed aside as garbage inside Delhi's Lodhi Crematorium

As the auto industry is slowly moving towards its new normal, the carmakers are making a positive approach to defeat the coronavirus and overcome the crisis caused by the outbreak, by taking all the necessary safety measures. Several carmakers have resumed operations at their manufacturing plants by obtaining all the required permissions from the r...

As the fourth phase of the lockdown nears completion, the Delhi Metro is all geared up to resume services in compliance with safety norms once the order comes from authorities.

Grappling with half of Madhya Pradesh's coronavirus cases, Indore has now been hit by alleged irregularities in the purchase of face safety masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) kits meant for government doctors and other medical staff.

Amid a huge crunch of protective gear for medical personnel treating COVID-19 patients, India has exported 90 tons of medical equipment and safety gear to Serbia. The matter was discovered after a tweet from the Serbian wing of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) which is the providing support to coronavirus-effected nations. The health min...

The association of ambulance employees in Uttar Pradesh threatened to stop work from Tuesday afternoon over non-payment of salaries for two months and lack of protective gear for them despite being on the front-line in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

The nationwide lockdown and "curfew situations" could delay the supply of protective gear for medical professionals at the frontline of the battle against the Coronavirus by at least a month, a government agency has admitted.

ISPs and telcos including Airtel, ACT Fibernet, Excitel, Reliance Jio, and Spectra have also brought various upgrades to their existing systems to keep the Internet up and running for the masses in the country. But how’re they able to meet the growing demands of Indian users? Here’s the answer.

A few hours of heavy rain on Friday flooded a government hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward in Chhattisgarh, where coronavirus cases have been on rise since September. The rain also disrupted the hospital's power supply forcing the staff to shift nine patients - six of them suspected to have Covid and three in need of oxygen - to another floor.

India's frontline coronavirus warriors - ASHA workers - are up in protests in Delhi and Haryana. While 20,000 ASHA workers of Haryana have been on strike since August 7, 6,000 workers in Delhi have been on strike since July 21. They have two demands - better safety gears and proper wages.

The Delhi High Court Monday sought the AAP government's reply on suggestions for setting up a helpline for nurses to complain against private hospitals for failing to providing N-95 masks and PPE kits as also considering compensation to those who die attending to COVID-19 patients.

Policemen wearing coronavirus safety gear found it hard to control their emotions on Wednesday as they paid their last respects to their colleague, Delhi Police Inspector Sanjeev Yadav, a braveheart who died fighting COVID-19. While colleagues wrapped his body in the Indian flag, family members, also in personal protective equipment (PPE), stood in...

PPE suits, face masks and gloves, critical medical resources in the fight against the COVID-19 virus have been tossed aside as garbage inside Delhi's Lodhi Crematorium

As the auto industry is slowly moving towards its new normal, the carmakers are making a positive approach to defeat the coronavirus and overcome the crisis caused by the outbreak, by taking all the necessary safety measures. Several carmakers have resumed operations at their manufacturing plants by obtaining all the required permissions from the r...

As the fourth phase of the lockdown nears completion, the Delhi Metro is all geared up to resume services in compliance with safety norms once the order comes from authorities.

Grappling with half of Madhya Pradesh's coronavirus cases, Indore has now been hit by alleged irregularities in the purchase of face safety masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) kits meant for government doctors and other medical staff.

Amid a huge crunch of protective gear for medical personnel treating COVID-19 patients, India has exported 90 tons of medical equipment and safety gear to Serbia. The matter was discovered after a tweet from the Serbian wing of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) which is the providing support to coronavirus-effected nations. The health min...

The association of ambulance employees in Uttar Pradesh threatened to stop work from Tuesday afternoon over non-payment of salaries for two months and lack of protective gear for them despite being on the front-line in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

The nationwide lockdown and "curfew situations" could delay the supply of protective gear for medical professionals at the frontline of the battle against the Coronavirus by at least a month, a government agency has admitted.

ISPs and telcos including Airtel, ACT Fibernet, Excitel, Reliance Jio, and Spectra have also brought various upgrades to their existing systems to keep the Internet up and running for the masses in the country. But how’re they able to meet the growing demands of Indian users? Here’s the answer.