At present, seven funeral homes are running in Wuhan. The RFA report claimed 5,000 urns — almost double the number of deaths reported — had been distributed by Hankou Funeral Home’s supplier in a single day.
The number of confirmed covid-19 cases in India went up by 35 percent over the past two days to 1397, the latest data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last night shows. This is a faster increase compared to the previous two days, when the case count rose 23 percent to 1071.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight infections and disease. It was first identified in Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976. Since 1981, it has killed more than 36 million people. Currently there are between 31 and 35 million people living with HIV, majority in the Sub-Saharan Africa.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India has crossed 1000-mark, following which the government asked states to seal borders, in a bid to help curb the exodus of migrant workers from cities.
Some 2.5 million pilgrims from around the world usually flock to Mecca and Medina cities for the week-long ritual scheduled to begin in late July. The pilgrimage is also a significant source of income for the kingdom.
The Ministry on Monday concurred with the AIIMS Director's remarks that localised community transmission is being observed in some pockets of the country