NEW DELHI: India reported a steady nationwide rise in coronavirus cases on Sunday. The country recorded the highest single-day increase of 93,249 coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. This number has raised the country’s Covid-19 count to 1,24,85,509. While, with 513 deaths, the death …
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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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A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a person for COVID-19 testing. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey) Coronavirus India Live Updates: National Conference President and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah has tested positive for Covid-19, his son Omar announced on Tuesday. “My father tested positive for Covid-19 and …
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The Center also updated the Co-WIN platform and communicated to the states that, unlike before, when the second dose of the vaccine would be scheduled for Day 29, beneficiaries will have the discretion to choose the date of the second dose within the extended interval of 4-8 weeks. New cause …
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The Serum Institute of India in Pune. (Express photo: Ashish Kale) Coronavirus India Live Updates: The center asks the Serum Institute for 100 million doses of Covishield, as it plans to increase vaccination The Center has asked the Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture another 100 million doses of …
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Beautification work is underway on Thane. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi) Prepared to stop the increase in Covid cases through extensive vaccinations, health measures’: Gujarat CM during the meeting with the prime minister Prime Minister Vijay Rupani informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday that Gujarat is fully prepared to …
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In Nagpur on Monday. Amid a new wave of Covid infections, with more than 2,000 cases daily, the city headed for a week-long shutdown starting Monday. (PTI) The Maharashtra government has said that cinemas, hotels, restaurants, shopping centers and offices that violate Covid-19 regulations will be closed “until the Covid-19 …
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At a Covid-19 testing and vaccination center in New Delhi. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) Coronavirus India Live Updates: Brazil surpassed India to become the second most affected country in the world after a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases. 85,663 new cases and 2,216 deaths were registered in the last …
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Vaccination site at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) Jambo Covid Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday morning (Express photo by Pradip Das) The lack of transparency about the vaccination schedule in these private hospitals makes it difficult for older people and people with comorbidities in the priority group to schedule appointments, said …
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Meanwhile, an MBBS senior from Sion Hospital tested positive for the new coronavirus on Saturday, days after receiving the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Doctors said that even after both doses, immunity could take several days to develop. The 21-year-old received the Covishield vaccine. Last week he received the …
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