The Union Ministry of Health has advised Union states and territories to conduct more COVID-19 testing to track undetected and missing patients. In an order issued Friday, the Ministry recommended that they adopt an aggressive and widespread testing strategy for rapid detection of infection for effective tracing, containment and treatment. …
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The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has infected 57.9 million people worldwide and 1.37 million have lost their lives on Saturday, according to real-time statistics provider Worldometer. Many have pinned their hopes on vaccines as reports come in of two of them, including Pfizer and Moderna candidates, that they are highly effective …
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The Union Interior Ministry (MHA) said on Saturday that the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has increased the RT-PCR testing capacity from 27,000 tests per day to 37,200 as directed by the Union Interior Minister, Amit Shah. Shah, on November 15, had announced a series of measures to control …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually attended the 15th G20 Summit chaired by Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The theme of this Summit is – “Discovering the opportunities of the 21st century for all”. The Prime Minister congratulated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leadership on its successful G20 …
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The health condition of former Assam Prime Minister Tarun Gogoi is critical, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. Gogoi’s condition deteriorated with multiple organ failure and he was left unconscious with shortness of breath, Sarma added. His son and deputy leader of the Congress party Lok Sabha, …
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A health worker collects Covid-19 test samples at the Nizamuddin train station in New Delhi. Coronavirus India News Live Updates: With Gujarat witnessing an increase in Covid-19 cases, the government has decided to impose night curfew in Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot from Saturday. During the curfew, essential services such as …
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The panel has also recommended regulating the prices of non-invasive oxygen cylinders. New Delhi: COVID-19 patients were charged “exorbitant fees” for private treatments in the absence of specific guidelines, a parliamentary panel led by Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said in a report, adding that they could have saved …
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The G20 leaders appeared in various windows through a blinking screen. Riyadh: Saudi King Salman inaugurated the G20 summit on Saturday for the first time for an Arab nation, with the virtual forum dominated by efforts to address the coronavirus crisis and the worst global recession in decades. G20 leaders, …
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Noida and Ghaziabad, the twin cities that border the national capital, Delhi, have again imposed the limit on the number of guests to be invited to weddings. According to the Hindustan Times’ sister publication Hindustan, the district administration in Noida and Ghaziabad has restricted the number of guests and weddings …
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33 students from the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration tested positive for COVID-19. Mussoorie: The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Stewardship Academy in Mussoorie has been sealed off for two days after 33 trainees were found to have tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. “We have found 33 positive …
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