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Vaccination for All: Centre Asks States to Set up Field Hospitals

April 24, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 24: The centre has asked states to consider setting up field hospitals with help from government research agencies or the private sector as the country prepares for the massive vaccination programme from May 1 when all citizens above the age of 18 will be covered. This recommendation was one of the many […]

Covid-19: Centre Exempts Customs Duty, Health Cess on Import of Oxygen and Corona Medicines

April 24, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 24: As India again reported a record number of over 3.46 lakh Covid-19 cases and also the highest ever 2,624 death in the 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday, the centre granted customs duty exemptions for a period of three months on vaccines and medicines related to the Coronavirus cases to […]

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UK Strain, Double Mutant Variants Causing Covid Surge

April 23, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 23: The UK strain and double mutant variants are driving the Covid surge in Delhi and many other parts in the country, an analysis of samples by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed. Data released by it says over 400 cases of the UK strain and 76 of the […]

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PM’s Call to CMs to “Fight the Pandemic as One Nation”

April 23, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 23: Amidst near-collapse of the health infrastructure due to massive surge of the Coronavirus cases in the country, the prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday gave a clear message to the country, “if we fight the pandemic together as one nation, there will not be any scarcity of resources.” His […]

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Vaccine Delivery: ICMR to Conduct Feasibility Study for Using Drones

April 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 22: The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in partnership with the IIT-Kanpur, will soon start conducting experiments for a feasibility study of using drones for the delivery of vaccines. The ICMR was granted the conditional exemption for the use of drones by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General […]

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Vaccination: Registration for 18+ to Start from April 28, No Walk-in Facility

April 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 22: Registration for vaccination against COVID-19 for all those aged above 18 will begin on the CoWIN platform and Aarogya Setu app from April 28 and no walk-in registrations will be allowed, an official spokesman of the Thursday. All appointments have to be made in advance, as there is no walk-in facility […]

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Oxygen Shortage: Centre Invokes Disaster Management Act

April 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 22: After a shameful dogfight between the governments of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana over share of oxygen, the union home ministry on Thursday stepped in invoking the Disaster Management Act to ensure uninterrupted inter-state and intra-state movements of oxygen-carrying vehicles all over the country. The centre’s intervention came as […]

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Covid-19: “Only a Small Fraction of Vaccinated People Reported Positive:” Government

April 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 21: Though in terms of actual numbers of the people contracting Coronavirus even after taking first or both the doses of vaccines looks high, percentage-wise only a “small fraction” of such people have tested positive so far, the central government claimed on Wednesday. “These vaccines definitely, definitely protect against disease. […]

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Covid-19: India Finds a New Virus Variant in Three States

April 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 21: Concerns have been expressed if the vaccines developed by India and in some other countries will be effective for the newer mutations the Coronavirus seems to be developing frequently. After finding two mutations, the researchers have now found three mutations located in Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal and the […]

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Covid-19: Second Wave “Less Severe” but “More Virulent”

April 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 21: The government that on Monday said the second wave of Coronavirus disease was “less severe” than the first wave last year, changed its stand on Wednesday claiming that the second wave was “more virulent” than the first. India’s second wave of coronavirus is more virulent than the first wave as the […]