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Pradhan holds meeting to augment supply of medical oxygen from steel plants

Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday held a meeting with senior officials of the ministry to augment availability of medical oxygen in the country.

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra, Delhi, UP, Karnataka see record daily cases

Coronavirus live updates: India has added 2,142,934 fresh Covid-19 cases since April 1. Mumbai registered 9,925 new cases, Delhi 17,282 in the last 24 hours. Stay tuned for corona-related news

DATA STORY: India now has 1,569,743 active Covid cases, next only to the US

India has so far vaccinated 117,223,509 people. That is 856.31 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.43 per cent of its population

Decision in 3 working days after foreign Covid-19 vaccine firms apply

Many vaccine makers in talks with govt as India wants a portfolio of products

Weekend shutdown in 10 Odisha districts, night curfew in urban areas

The Odisha government on Thursday announced a weekend shutdown in 10 districts bordering Chhattisgarh where the number of active coronavirus cases crossed the one lakh mark, an official said.

Chhattisgarh records 15,256 new coronavirus cases, sees 135 deaths

With 15,256 new coronavirus cases reported on Thursday, Chhattisgarh saw its highest single-day spike, taking the state's caseload to 5,01,500, a health official said. With 135 deaths due to the viral infection recorded during the day, the statewide toll mounted to 5,442, he said. The state has been witnessing over 10,000 daily cases since the last nine days. The number of active cases in the state stands at 1,21,769 after 113 people were discharged from hospitals, while 9,530 others completed their home isolation period in the day. With this, the number of people who have recovered from the infection increased to 3,74,289. The worst-hit Raipur and Durg districts reported 3,438 and 1,778 new cases, respectively, in the day. While the total count of infection in Raipur reached 1,06,319, including 1,431 deaths, Durg's caseload increased to 62,166, including 1,054 deaths. Rajnandgaon recorded 1,319 new cases, Bilaspur 1,139 and Balodabazar 616 among other districts, he said. Of the

Second Covid-19 wave: ASI monuments closed for visitors till May 15

All centrally protected monuments, museums and sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been closed with immediate effect till May 15 due to the surge in coronavirus cases in the country, the Union culture ministry said on Thursday. An order to this effect was issued by the ASI and it was tweeted by Culture Minister Prahlad Patel this evening. "Due to the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided to close all centrally protected monuments, sites and museums under the ASI with immediate effect and till May 15 or until further orders," the ASI said. These include 3,693 monuments and 50 museums. In live monuments like Puri Jagannath Temple and Somnath Temple, daily 'puja' will be conducted but no public gathering will be allowed, said Nitin Tripathi, the ministry's media advisor. Last year, too, all monuments and sites maintained by the ASI were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 17. They reopened in July with strict restrictions like mandatory wea

Maharashtra records 61,695 new Covid-19 cases, reports 349 deaths

Maharashtra on Thursday reported 61,695 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 36,39,855, while 349 new fatalities pushed the toll to 59,153, the state health department said

Cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses given in India crosses 117 mn

The total number of vaccinations across the country surpassed the 11.70 crore mark on Thursday, with more than 26.02 lakh vaccine doses being administered till 8 pm

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 61,695 new cases; 16,699 in Delhi

Coronavirus live updates: India recorded 200,739 fresh Covid cases and 1,037 deaths in the last 24 hrs. Delhi govt has imposed weekend lockdown until further orders. Stay tuned for corona-related news

DATA STORY: India adds more than 200,000 Covid cases in sharpest spike ever

India has so far vaccinated 114,493,238 people. That is 812.15 per cent of its total caseload, and 7.9953 per cent of its population

Govt okays ramping up production of remdesivir; firms commit to cut price

The current total installed capacity of the seven manufacturers of remdesivir is around four million vials per month

Second Covid-19 wave: Hospitals running out of beds, staff overstretched

A year later, non-Covid treatments fall off priority list again

Delhi reports record jump of 17,282 Covid-19 cases, over 100 deaths

On Tuesday, the positivity rate rose to 13.14 percent from 12.44 percent a day ago

Decoded: SIR Model to herd immunity, making sense of pandemic jargon

The new mutant variants of Covid-19 are said to be more infectious, with higher R0

Coronavirus Live: Delhi reports 17,282 cases, 104 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus live updates: India has recorded 184,372 fresh Covid cases and 1,025 deaths in the last 24 hrs. Janta curfew will be imposed in Maharashtra from today. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Remdesivir not a life-saving drug in Covid-19: Maharashtra task force

Expressing concern over the panic created by the shortage of Remdesivir, an anti-viral drug, Maharashtra's COVID-19 task force has said that it was not a life-saving medicine in coronavirus treatment, and strongly advised against its "rampant and irrational abuse". The task force also suggested that medical oxygen should be used judiciously during the coronavirus pandemic. The task force, headed by Dr Sanjay Oak, made these observations in the advisory it issued after its meeting held on Monday. Remdesivir is not a life-saving drug in coronavirus and it is helpful during the second to ninth day of illness and not thereafter, it said. "It only arrests the replication of the virus and therefore reduces the hospital stay and convalescence of the patient by one-two days. This leads to a reduction inthe hospital stay by two days at the most. It is possible to save patients even without Remedesivir," the task force said in the advisory. It added that though it would like t

Nagaland's coronavirus tally rises to 12,440 as 13 more test positive

Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 12,440 on Wednesday as 13 more people tested positive for the infection, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said. One hundred and two COVID-19 patients also recovered from the disease on Wednesday, he said. "13 +ve cases of COVID-19 reported today. Dimapur-11, Kohima- Phek- 1 each. And, 102 +ve patients have recovered. Kohima- 99, Dimapur- 3," the health minister said in a tweet. The state now has 83 active COVID-19 cases, while 12,097 people have recovered from the disease, a health department official said. The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 97.24, said State Nodal Officer for Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Dr Nyanthung Kikon in the daily COVID-19 bulletin. The coronavirus death toll rose to 94 as one more person succumbed to the disease, he said A total of 166 patients have migrated to other states, Kikon said. Nagaland has so far tested a total of 1,39,312 samples for COVID-19, including 76,002 on RT-PCR, 37

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Over 2.5 mn vaccine doses administered on day 3 of 'Tika Utsav': Govt

More than 25 lakh vaccine doses were administered on the third day of the 'Tika Utsav' on Tuesday, taking the cumulative number of vaccines given in the country so far to 11,10,33,925