Month: May 2021

On-site Registration/Facilitated Cohort Registration in addition to Online Appointment for 18-44 years age group now Enabled on CoWIN

Feature enabled only for Government COVID Vaccination Centers (CVCs), presently DELHI, MAY 24: The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level. A graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach […]

India crosses a major landmark with more than 1 Cr vaccine doses administered for 18-44 age group under Phase-3 of Vaccination Drive

Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for 11th consecutive days Daily New Cased less than 3 Lakh for 8th successive day Weekly Positivity Rate Declines to 12.66% DELHI, MAY 24: India has crossed a significant landmark in its fight against COVID19 pandemic today. The country has administered more […]

More than 21.80 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs

More than 1.80 crore doses still available with States/UTs to be administered DELHI, MAY 24: As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In addition, the Govt. of India has also […]

All missing on board barge P305, tugboat accounted for: Navy

Mumbai, May 24: All the 274 personnel who were on board barge P305 that sank and tugboat Varaprada that went adrift during Cyclone Tauktae fury have been accounted for with the recovery of 16 bodies along Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts, the Navy said on Monday. “A total of 274 […]

‘Yaas’ intensifies into cyclonic storm, likely to cross Odisha-Bengal coasts on May 26

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata, May 24: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Yaas’ and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts on May 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, the MeT Department said on Monday. ‘Yaas’ is likely to cross the […]

BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 23 MAY 2021, Delhi  With 21.23 Lakh Tests, India sets a New Record again with Highest ever Tests Conducted in the last 24 hoursDaily Positivity Rate Declines to 11.34%At 2.4 Lakh, Lowest Daily New Cases after 36 daysCumulative Vaccine Coverage exceeds 19.5CroreOxygen Expresses delivery crosses 15000 […]

The poor, the rich: In a sick India, all are on their own

NEW DELHI — For the family of the retired diplomat, the terror struck as they tried desperately to get him past the entrance doors of a private hospital. For the New Delhi family, it came when they had to create a hospital room in their ground-floor apartment. For […]

India battles fatal fungal threat as virus deaths near 300K

NEW DELHI — Doctors in India are fighting a fatal fungal infection affecting COVID-19 patients or those who have recovered from the disease amid a coronavirus surge that has driven the country’s fatalities to nearly 300,000. The life-threatening condition, known as mucormycosis, is relatively rare but doctors suspect […]

COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000

India’s COVID-19 outbreak has stabilised in parts of the country, a government official said, but deaths rose by 4,194 on Saturday and infections were spreading in rural areas where public health services are scarce and already overstretched. India reported more than 400,000 infections a day in early May […]

Indian villagers turn to unlicensed clinics as COVID spreads to the countryside

An Indian former hospital worker with no medical education is running a small unlicensed clinic, tending to patients with breathing difficulties and checking their oxygen levels as they lie on cots on the mud floor. India has been hard hit by a second wave of coronavirus infections which has overwhelmed […]

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