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About one-third of villages in Uttar Pradesh are in the grip of Covid-19, a survey conducted by the state government has revealed. Read more
A Congress MLA on Wednesday appealed to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and the National Health Mission to scientifically prove Bhopal BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur's claim about the 'gaumutra' (cow urine) protection against coronavirus.
The first indigenous DNA vaccine against Covid-19, ZyCoV-D being developed by Zydus Cadila with support from the Department of Biotechnology is undergoing the final phase of the clinical trial. In Phase Iand II of the trial, conducted on over 1,000 healthy adult volunteers, the vaccine was found to be safe and elicited a strong immunogenic response.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that new strains of the coronavirus were spotted in the state, three of which were spreading rapidly.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Centre to file affidavits explaining how celebrities and politicians were procuring anti-Covid-19 drugs, medical oxygen and other relief materials for coronavirus patients.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched the direct sale of anti-viral Remdesivir to private hospitals on Wednesday and 960 vials of the medicine was given to representatives of 25 health facilities.
The fifth oxygen Express carrying160 tonneof liquid medical oxygen is scheduled to arrive at Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Whitefield 3 pm on Thursday.
Total cases 23,06,655
Death toll 23,306
Total discharges 17,24,438
Active cases 5,58,890
About one-third of villages in Uttar Pradesh are in the grip of Covid-19, a survey conducted by the state government has revealed.
Clarifying his position on the Covid-19 vaccine issue, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said he is glad that the Modi government is making all efforts to ramp up its production.
Coronavirus may have claimed scores of lives in Bihar, but it has also helped a few Naxalites, owing allegiance to the banned outfit CPI (Maoist), give up arms.
An innovative Home Isolation Tracking (HIT) App developed by the Bihar government to keep an eye on the condition of Covid patients recuperating at their residence has drawn special praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi came to know about the HIT App while talking to Patna district magistrate Chandrasekhar Singh during an interaction with officials of several districts of nine states on Tuesday. - PTI
The KSRTC on Wednesday launched 'Sarige Suraksha ICU on Wheels' and added another 'Oxygen on Wheels' to the fleet of 12 such buses being operated by the four transport corporations to help Covid-19 patients in need.
More than 20 lakh Covid-19 tests were conducted across the country in a span of 24 hours, which is a global record and the highest ever done in a single day in India, while the daily positivity rate has declined to 13.31 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
If infected with Covid after 1st dose, 2nd dose to be deferred by 3 months after clinical recovery from Covid-19 illness.
Covid-19 vaccination recommended for all Lactating Women.
No Screening of vaccine recipients by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) prior to Covid-19 vaccination.
After desperately battling an acute shortage of oxygen, medicines and beds in hospitals till the first week of this month that resulted in hundreds of avoidable deaths of Covid-19 patients across the state, the Madhya Pradesh government is optimistically looking forward to easing some of the lockdown restrictions.
The Assam government on Wednesday decided to reduce home quarantine after "non-adherence" of protocol was found to be a major reason behind more deaths in the second wave of Covid-19 in the state.
Mucormycosis (black fungus), which is primarily affecting people recovering from Covid, has been declared an epidemic in Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday.
Senior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday defended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's comments about a "new" Covid-19strain in Singapore that is "very dangerous" for children and accused the BJP and its government of doing "cheap politics" over the issue.
More than 20 lakh Covid-19 tests were conducted across the country in a span of 24 hours, which is a global record and the highest ever done in a single day in India, while the daily positivity rate has declined to 13.31 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
India's Covid-19 daily recoveries exceeded the number of daily new cases for the sixth consecutive day.
Cumulative recoveries have surged to 2,19,86,363 with 3,89,851 patients recuperating in a day. The national recovery rate has grown further to touch 86.23 per cent.
"More than 20 lakh tests were conducted in the last 24 hours (the highest ever conducted in a single day in India), while the daily positivity rate has declined to 13.31 per cent," the ministry said. - PTI
For Parisian Elie Ayache, the world felt a little more normal on Wednesday after the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic: He was back at his favourite cafe, drinking his morning coffee and eating a croissant.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced Wednesday financial assistance worth Rs 1,250 crore for those affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Centre on Wednesday said it would provide 5.86 crore doses of vaccines to states till June 15 and asked them to prepare district-wise plans to administer the jab.
The decision to inform states in advance about vaccine supplies is based on the feedback received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his phone calls with chief ministers.
“According to the advance visibility provided by Government of India to States/UTs, a total of 5,86,29,000 doses will be provided free of cost by Government of India to States from 1st May 2021 to 15th June 2021,” a health ministry statement said here.
While expressing satisfaction at the improvement in the over all situation, LG stressed that the guard cannot be lowered and the measures and preparedness to deal with any eventuality should be fully undertaken. LG asked for ensuring that distributors and retailers of drugs and equipment related to COVID are made to mandatorily display their stocks and prices.
He also suggested that immediate steps be undertaken to ensure the availability of drugs related to black fungus and the newly launched D- 2G for people in genuine and medically prescribed need .
(ANI)
The Court while issuing the notice, refused an interim stay on the clinical trial.
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Amid a row between Singapore's government and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over Covid variants, India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar tweeted a sharp response to Kejriwal, calling his comments "irresponsible".
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India on Wednesday reported 2,67,334 new Covid-19 cases, 3,89,851 discharges and 4,529 deaths, the highest so far, in the last 24 hours, Union Health ministry data showed.
India's cumulative tally of coronavirus cases has risen to 2,54,96,330 while the active caseload is 32,26,719.
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A US Congressman on Tuesday praised the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and exuded confidence that Indians will overcome the challenge.
Reiterating that the United States and India share a special partnership, Congressman Joe Wilson also said he is grateful to support efforts in Congress to supply India with the necessary equipment to combat the pandemic.
"Our sympathy to the people of India as victims of the coronavirus pandemic. I appreciate the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during this heartbreaking crisis," Wilson said.
"As a member of the House Caucus on India and Indian-Americans and a friend of India, my thoughts and sympathies are with the great people of India during this time, and I am confident that they will overcome this challenge," he said.
Black and Hispanic people across the United States have received a disproportionately smaller share of vaccinations to date, according to a New York Times analysis of state-reported race and ethnicity information. And vaccine disparities have grown in some of the most socially vulnerable parts of the nation, leaving many low-income communities of color with vaccination rates well below the national average.
However, state and federal data reveal that the country has made some progress toward vaccine parity.
(NYT)
Japan's health ministry is looking into allowing pharmacists to administer novel coronavirus vaccines, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, at a time when voter polls have shown public dissatisfaction with progress in the inoculation campaign.
(Reuters)
The nine-day battle between Hamas militants and the Israeli military has damaged 17 hospitals and clinics in the Gaza Strip, wrecked its only coronavirus test laboratory, sent fetid wastewater into its streets and broken water pipes serving at least 800,000 people, setting off a humanitarian crisis that is touching nearly every civilian in the crowded enclave of about 2 million people.
(NYT)
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Eminent American civil rights leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is urging President Joe Biden to release 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to India, which is experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of thee pandemic in the world.
Rev. Jackson will be joined by a number of prominent Indian leaders in the national capital on Wednesday, to make a public appeal to Biden for more humanitarian aid, according to a community statement.
China will reduce its shipment of pharmaceutical ingredients for producing Covid-19 vaccines to Brazil's Butantan biomedical institute next week to 3,000 liters from 4,000, Butantan said on Tuesday.
This means the shipment scheduled for May 26 will now make 5 million doses of the Coronavac shot, Butantan said, instead of the 7 million Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria had tweeted on Monday.
A US Congressman on Tuesday praised the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and exuded confidence that Indians will overcome the challenge.
Reiterating that the United States and India share a special partnership, Congressman Joe Wilson also said he is grateful to support efforts in Congress to supply India with the necessary equipment to combat the pandemic.
"Our sympathy to the people of India as victims of the coronavirus pandemic. I appreciate the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during this heartbreaking crisis," Wilson said.
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