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Two persons from Bhatkal town have tested positive for Covid-19; results of tests on 56 others are awaited.

Health emergency clamped on Bhatkal town to enforce lockdown measures

This is the first case of a health emergency being imposed to tackle the corona crisis

27 March 2020 11:30 PM IST

Heath workers take a break during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 at Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

WHO study predicts virus could infect more than 200 million people in...

The predictions made by a WHO modelling study comes amid stark warnings that COVID-19 threatens of a health emergency in...

15 May 2020 9:45 AM IST

Some 28,000 people were infected with Ebola in the outbreak which began in late 2013 and continued through last year, killing more than 11,000 people mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. (Photo: AFP)

17 deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed

It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly...

9 May 2018 8:29 AM IST

A door-door survey is being undertaken in Malavalli town in Mandya distrit. (Photo: Sunil Kumar)

Health emergency declared in Karnataka town after 3 Covid-19 positives...

Three men from Malavalli town infected through contact with Tableeghi Jamaat returnees

7 April 2020 10:25 PM IST

The moment a few positive cases of Covid-19 cropped up in Bhatkal town, the administration clamped down on all movement.

Uttara Kannada: How this district in Karnataka kept a firm grip on...

The district admin spotted the foreign travel connection early and moved in fast to contain the virus

2 April 2020 9:09 PM IST