Eight states witnessed a sharp increase in daily new COVID-19 cases and accounted for 81.42 percent of reported infections on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said. These eight states are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh. India’s active COVID-19 case count also increased to …
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K Sudhakar said that strict measures were unavoidable. Bangalore, April 3 (PTI): Hinting that there is no relaxation in the new set of guidelines issued by the state government, amid pressure from various quarters, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Saturday that it was inevitable to take certain strict …
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Uttarakhand has announced COVID-19 vaccination for journalists of all ages Dehradun: Recognizing journalists as people who work 24 hours a day as front-line people in the midst of the pandemic, the Uttarakhand government today announced vaccination for them, with no age limit. “Journalists have supported the fight against the pandemic …
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Maharashtra alone reported 47,827 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, the highest since the pandemic began. New (daily) cases of coronavirus in India approached the critical mark of 90,000 on Saturday, several states and Union Territories (UT) announced stricter Covid-19 rules such as restrictions on movements, night curfew, enclosures (in …
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On Saturday, the Center directed states and UT that new registrations of healthcare and frontline workers will not be allowed, as some ineligible beneficiaries in this category were obtaining their names for COVID-19 vaccination in violation of the rules. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter, said that registration …
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NEW DELHI: In a move to prevent fraudulent entries for Covid vaccination by those who are not eligible, the Center has decided to stop any new registration of frontline and healthcare workers. However, healthcare and frontline workers who have already registered will receive their vaccine. In addition, registration of individuals, …
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The union’s health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan, said on Saturday that illegible beneficiaries are receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in the category of frontline and healthcare workers. Bhushan ordered all states and territories in the Union to immediately stop new registrations in the two categories on the CoWIN portal. “Several supplies have …
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Mumbai currently has 62,187 active cases (archive) Bombay: Mumbai today reported more than 9,000 daily cases of coronavirus, which is the highest peak in a single day for the capital of Maharashtra. It also recorded 27 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Mumbai municipal body, Brihanmumbai Corporation …
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Swab testing for Covid-19 by health workers at Juhu Beach in Mumbai. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty) On the day the Center classified 11 states and Union Territories as “states of grave concern” due to their high and growing daily Covid-19 cases and deaths, several states took action on Friday …
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