Govt warns against use of N-95 masks with valved respirators

The Centre has written to all states and union territories warning against the use of N-95 masks with valved respirators by people, saying these do not prevent the virus from spreading out and are......

UK lagging behind in using face masks: Nobel scientist

Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, one of the United Kingdom's most prominent scientists and President of the Royal Society, on Tuesday warned that the country is lagging behind others in the......

Modiji, please extend the lockdown!

'Premature lifting of the lockdown will spread the disease from asymptomatics, and those undetected, to the whole community, ushering in prolonged misery, preventable and avoidable deaths, famine......

Govt advises people to wear homemade masks in public

As India witnesses a spike in coronavirus cases, the central government on Saturday issued an advisory asking people to wear "homemade face covers", particularly when they step out of their houses......