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- India
Priyanka Gandhi to start virtual poll campaign from Saturday
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who had cancelled her major poll rallies due to the Covid-19 surge, will start campaigning for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls virtually from Saturday.…
- India
Bengal health infra on verge of collapse due to Covid surge
Kolkata: With a huge number of medical staff including doctors, nurses and support staff of government and private hospitals in West Bengal suffering from Covid-19, the state health department is finding it…
- India
EC reviews Covid situation in poll-bound states with health officials
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday reviewed the current Covid situation in the five poll-bound states with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria, and ICMR chief Dr…
- Telangana
Five-fold increase in Covid cases in Telangana triggers alarm
Hyderabad: A five-fold increase in Covid-19 cases in Telangana in the last one week has sent health authorities into a tizzy and sparked fears of a third wave. The rising number of…
- India
India reports 58,097 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally reaches 2,135
New Delhi: India registered a single-day rise of 58,097 Covid cases, a spike of 20,718 over the previous days total, and 534 deaths in a span of 24 hours, said the Union…
- India
72 more doctors of Patna’s NMCH test Covid positive
Patna: At least 72 more doctors of the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital in Patna have tested positive for Covid-19. With the fresh infections detected on Monday night, a total of 168…
- India
AIIMS cancels doctors’ winter vacation amid Covid surge
New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday announced the cancellation of doctors’ winter vacation amid rising Covid cases. In a notice issued on Monday, the AIIMS Delhi…
- India
Paramilitary forces prepare for 3rd wave, reactivate Covid care centres
New Delhi: Amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases, fuelled by its Omicron variant, the Central Armed Police Forces are stocking required medicines like Remdesivir, as well oxygen supplies and reactivating the…
- India
100% vaccination or Covid negative certificate must for parties in Goa: CM
Panaji: In the wake of a surge in Covid cases in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that parties and events in the coastal state will only be allowed if…
- World
Omicron renders most monoclonal antibody therapy ineffective: Study
New York: Monoclonal antibody therapy, once hailed as 100 percent effective in stopping Covid-19 in its tracks, has been defeated by the new super mutant Omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to…
- Telangana
Telangana crosses 4 crore covid vaccine doses milestone
Hyderabad: The government of Telangana on Thursday announced that the state has crossed the milestone of administering a total of four crore shots to its citizens. While 94 percent of eligible population…
- Telangana
Telangana: No need to panic over Covid spread in schools, says Sabitha Reddy
Hyderabad: Telangana education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy on Tuesday assured the parents to not worry about the spreading of COVID-19 in educational institutions. She made it clear that the situation in the…
- World
Omricon variant more likely to cause reinfection than delta: Study
Cape Town: A team of researchers in South Africa said they have found some evidence that people who had been infected once with Covid were more likely to be reinfected with the Omicron…
