Mamata Banerjee

Unlike other states which are attributing the cause of death to the Wuhan Coronavirus in case the deceased has tested positive for the virus, the West Bengal government has set up an 'expert committee' to determine the cause of death after going through the test results, medical history and other documents of the deceased.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she was surprised by the yellow colour of PPEs and said that doctors usually wear white or blue kits.

A BJP woman Panchayat candidate Shakuntala Haldar and her husband Chandra Halder were found dead in Kankasa village of Kultali, West Bengal under mysterious conditions

There seems to be a strange dichotomy in the number of cases and deaths due to the Wuhan Coronavirus being reported from West Bengal.

The doctor was reportedly released only after he posted a Tweet praising the government.

Dr Harsh Vardhan’s letter dated March 25 reportedly said that Bengal has four testing centres, the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) in Kolkata, Midnapore Medical College and the North Bengal Medical College.

The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal announced a complete lockdown in the state till 31 March to control Coronavirus

West Bengal reported its first Coronavirus death on March 23 (Monday) as a 55-year-old railway employee passed away.

The Wuhan Coronavirus has created havoc globally with over 3,00,000 cases and 12,948 deaths as of last evening.

Rice and potato distribution which was scheduled on 23 & 24 March has been preponed to Sunday in WB, the day of Janta Curfew