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PM Modi warns states against laxity, calls Covid a challenge

21 May 2021

Amid declining active coronavirus cases across the county, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cautioned the states against laxity in Covid-appropriate behaviour and said that the past experience has taught us that the virus remains a challenge even on a minor scale. “Though the active Covid cases in the country...

CENTRE SEES RED ON BLACK FUNGUS, ASKS STATES TO NOTIFY IT UNDER EDA

21 May 2021

Even as the Union Health Ministry on Thursday in a letter to the states and Union Territories asked to make “Mucormycosis” or “black fungus” a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act (EDA) 1897, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there are about 200 cases of “black fungus” in...

SINGAPORE FUMES OVER KEJRIWAL’S COVID CLAIM, MEA SAYS HE DOESN’T SPEAK FOR INDIA

20 May 2021

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request to the Centre to immediately suspend flights from Singapore because of an alleged new strain in that country that is suspected to affect children and could lead to a third wave of Covid infections in India, has led to a full-blown war of words,...

After plasma, Remdesivir too may be dropped from Covid treatment regime

20 May 2021

After an advisory from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on the use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of coronavirus patients, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairperson Dr D.S. Rana has told The Sunday Guardian that Remdesivir is also being considered to be dropped from the Covid-19 treatment regime...

DIP IN COVID-19 CASES BUT DEATH TOLL MAY RISE FOR ANOTHER WEEK

20 May 2021

India on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day toll of 4,529 Covid-19 deaths. The country also recorded 267,334 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, taking the total case tally in the country to 2,54,96,330. The active caseload in the country has registered a dip, dropping by more than 1.27 lakh....

AS PHARMACIES RUN OUT OF BLACK FUNGUS DRUG, GOVT TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION AND IMPORT

19 May 2021

Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday that the government has chalked out a strategy with manufacturers to ramp up the domestic production of Amphotericin-B as well as to import the drug which cures mucormycosis or black fungus, which is a post-Covid complication. His remarks...

Cyclone Tauktae devastates Gujarat, PM Modi to visit today

19 May 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Gujarat on Wednesday for a one-day aerial inspection as the state is devastated by Cyclone Tauktae. He will monitor the post-cyclone situation. He will reach Bhavnagar from Delhi at 11.30 am on Wednesday. After reaching here, he will conduct aerial inspections of cyclone...

DROP IN NEW COVID CASES BUT SPIKE IN FATALITIES

19 May 2021

India’s daily spike in coronavirus cases witnessed a dip with 263,533 fresh infections recorded in 24 hours, as per the Health Ministry data on Tuesday. However, the number of deaths due to Covid-19 continued to remain alarmingly high with 4,329 more fatalities recorded, the highest toll in a single day...

Sisodia says Delhi has a vaccine stock of just 4 days for those above 45

18 May 2021

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia urged the Centre on Monday to make the data on vaccines supplied to states public and sought 3.82 lakh doses of the vaccines for people aged 18-44 years in the city. Currently, Delhi has a vaccine stock of four days for those aged 45...

AFTER BATTERING MAHARASHTRA, CYCLONE TAUKTAE MAKES LANDFALL ON GUJARAT COAST

18 May 2021

The “extremely severe” Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on Monday night, with the outermost wall of the cyclone passing over Saurashtra in Gujarat. The process will continue for the next several hours, officials said. Deadly winds are blowing at 80 to 130 km/hr speed in the Veraval, Somnath, Una, Kodinar areas...

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