COVID-19/Coronavirus Current Affairs

June 30, 2020

Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja was respected by the United Nations for her struggles to stop the coronavirus pandemic. She was among a few of the world leaders called to speak on the occasion of the United Nations Public Service Day.

June 29, 2020

Madhya Pradesh’s government will start a ‘Kill Corona campaign’ from July 1 to screen the whole population of the state in a fortnight. This was planned at a meeting led by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

June 23, 2020

Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced the Trust has planned to allot Rs 3,100 core for the fight against COVID-19. 50,000 ‘Made-in-India’ ventilators will be bought from the PM CARES Fund which will be provided to government run COVID hospitals in all States/UTs for better treatment of the critical COVID-19 cases.

June 22, 2020

Tripura government has planned to initiate a scheme called ‘Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho’ which means ‘Play little, Study little’, from June 25.
As per the scheme, the students would be receiving audio and video content on learning activities projects along with entertainment and gaming activities through SMS or WhatsApp services.

June 17, 2020

The West Bengal government on 16th June started a job portal for IT professionals who have come back to the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced.

June 16, 2020

Martyapura Re Jamaraj (‘Yamaraj on earth’), a short film released by a group from the Ankushpur village of Odisha’s Ganjam district has honored with a special jury award at the COVID-19 International Film Festival 2020.

June 15, 2020

Central Railways has started a robot called ‘Captain Arjun” for the screening of travelers for COVID-19 infection and monitoring on railway premises in Pune.

June 14, 2020

India has been ranked 56th out of 200 countries in a comprehensive report on security and risk assessment of nations fighting COVID-19.
Switzerland is the safest country in the world for COVID-19, followed by Germany and Israel. South Sudan is the most dangerous.

June 12, 2020

Expert Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi passed away 12th June, less than a week after healing from the novel COVID-19. He was 93.

June 12, 2020

In its fights against combating the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh will be launching a campaign named ‘Roko-Toko’ in the upcoming days. The campaign will focus on those who are not wearing masks in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Roko-Toko meaning Stop and Campaign will be launched in the state through volunteering by select organizations. As wearing a mask is mandatory in public places across the state, under the campaign, the volunteers will be tasked to provide a mask to those who are not wearing it in public places and further a Rs 20 will also be charged from the person as a cost for the mask.

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