The Health Ministry on Saturday halted new registrations of healthcare and frontline workers to receive coronavirus vaccines, citing a barrage of registrations of ineligible people in these categories in recent days at centers across the country. New registrations will now not be accepted for people in these two categories, who …
Read More »No change in home quarantine rules, asymptomatic patients or people with mild symptoms to observe 17 days of quarantine: BMC
The oldest Bombay The Municipal Corporation Public Health Department issued revised detailed guidelines on home quarantine for COVID-19 infected patients. According to the circular, patients with mild symptoms or those who are asymptomatic must observe a total of seventeen days of a home quarantine period without reduction, the administration said. …
Read More »Healthcare Workers No Longer Eligible to Register for Vaccine, Government Says to Expand Scope of Campaign
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 …
Read More »Covid Vaccination: Stop a New Registry of Healthcare Workers, Government Tells States | India News
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, …
Read More »Maharashtra Adds 49,447 Highest COVID-19 Cases in One Day; 277 die
Maharashtra reported 49,447 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the highest increase in a day so far, bringing the count to 29,53,523, while 277 deaths brought the number to 55,656, the state health department said. . The city of Mumbai also recorded 9,108 new infections, the highest peak in a …
Read More »‘Ineligible beneficiaries receiving the Covid vaccine as health workers, frontline’: Center
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 …
Read More »Nearly 500 children tested positive for COVID-19 this month in Bangalore
Nearly 500 children tested positive for COVID-19 this month in Bangalore Bangalore: The capital of Karnataka, Bangalore, is seeing a huge increase in COVID-19 numbers and children are not spared from this increase. According to data released Tuesday night, of the nearly 2,000 positive cases, 50 were children under the …
Read More »‘Confinement can be avoided, if…’: Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik stressed on Monday that the state “cannot afford another lockdown,” adding that it can be avoided if people follow the rules to control the growing cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Read also | Nagpur’s Covid-19 Count Rises Again Over 3,000, Death Toll Nears 5,000 “We …
Read More »Bengaluru pub temporarily closes after 16 employees received COVID-19
The pub has been closed and the employees who have COVID-19 are all asymptomatic and self-isolating. The Bengaluru civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has identified a new group in the northern part of the city in Mathikere. Up to 16 staff members of a popular pub, 1522, The …
Read More »Night curfew from 8 pm to 7 am imposed in Maharashtra starting tonight; Violators will have to pay 1,000 rupees
Masks and social distancing have been made mandatory, spitting and consuming substances such as paan, gutkha have been prohibited. Anti-maskers will be fined 500 rupees, while the fine for spitting in public is 1000 rupees. Movie theaters, shopping malls, auditoriums and restaurants will also close at 8 pm. Home delivery …
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