Coronavirus news highlights: Fire breaks out at a Covid hospital in Nagpur

Karnataka logged 7,955 new Covid-19 cases and 46 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 10.48 lakh and the toll to 12,813, the Health Department said on Friday.

. Twenty doctors and six medical students of the AIIMS here have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 10 days, including two who had taken both doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine, official sources said on Friday.

. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the stock of coronavirus vaccine in the state will finish in next two days and urged him to immediately provide at least 30 lakh doses.

. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said that a "complete lockdown" of two to three weeks is required in the state to improve the health infrastructure in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases, and added that such a step could be taken if the government is unable to cope with the situation.

. The WHO said Friday there was "no adequate data" on switching Covid-19 vaccines between doses, as France said under-55s who received an AstraZeneca first jab should get their second from a different vaccine.

. For those from Bihar who are returning to the State due to the current Covid-19 situation, arrangements are being made for them. Those coming by trains from Maharashtra will be tested for COVID19 at the railway stations: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. - ANI

. Due to rising Covid-19cases in Delhi, all government and private schoolsin the national capital will beclosed for all classes till further orders, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday.

. Nagpur District reported 6,489 new Covid-19 cases, 64 deaths and 2,175 recoveries in the last 24 hours, as per Civil Surgeon Nagpur.

Total cases: 2,66,224

Total recoveries: 2,11,236

Active cases: 49,347

Death toll: 5,641

. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he states, "The present stock of vaccine in Rajasthan will finish in the next 2 days, request at least another 30 lakh doses of vaccine be provided immediately". - ANI.

. Amid increasing coronavirus cases here, a night curfew would be enforced from April 10, said Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday. Announcing measures to check the contagion, she said mask-compliance would be strictly enforced any violation of which would attract a fine of Rs 100.

. Europe's drug regulator on Wednesday said it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in adults who received the shot. Britain recommended people under 30 get an alternative Covid-19 vaccine if possible.

. Ten states — Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in daily Covid-19 cases accounting for83.29 per centof the new infections, the Union Health Ministry said.

. Johnson & Johnson has told Indian regulators that it will soon begin clinical trials of its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in the country, The Indian Express reported on Friday.

. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah tested positive for coronavirus on Friday. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said that he was asymptomatic and under homeisolation.

. Uttar Pradesh has ordered a night curfew inMoradabad which will come into effect tonight and end on April 16.

. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a sharp swipe at the Prime Minister and questioning if the export of Covid-19 vaccines was right as the country faces shortage, putting the lives of Indians in danger.

. The Central Railway has stopped the sale of platform tickets at its six long-distance train stations, including Mumbai CSMT, from immediate effect to avoid unnecessary rush in view of Covid-19, an official said on Friday.

. Maharashtra has so far administered 93,38,581 doses pf the cornavirus vaccine, the of any state in India. With over 88 lakh, Rajasthan has administered the second most vaccine doses, while Gujarat, in third, has administered over 84 lakh doses.

. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan was addressing the 24th meeting of the High-level Group of Ministers (ANI)

. Growing worries that AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine causes rare blood clots could hinder immunization campaigns across the world, from London to Seoul.

Reviews by UK and European Union regulators finding potential links to the unusual side effects are another blow for the shot, a cheaper and easier-to-deploy product that many nations are counting on in a bid to end the pandemic.

. India registered a record single-day spike of 1,31,968 new Covid-19 cases, pushing its infection tally to 1,30,60,542, while the number of active cases inched towards ten-lakh mark again, Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday showed.

. Telangana on Thursday recorded 2,055 new cases of Covid-19 cases and 7 deaths. A total of 303 patients recovered from tghe deadly virus

. A UP-bound train was seen packed with migrant labourers at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai on Friday.

. With surging coronavirus cases in Bengaluru, the Karnataka government on Thursday decided to intensify testing in the city with a target of 1 lakh tests a day and conduct a door-to-door survey to identify positive cases.

. A panel of Indian experts is investigating if there are any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side effect of the two Covid-19 vaccines being administered in the country, financial daily Mint reported on Friday.

. Even as the number of Covid-19 cases is rising in the country, the availability of vaccines and the protocols and guidelines for vaccination have become matters of avoidable dispute.

Coronavirus news highlights: Fire breaks out at a Covid hospital in Nagpur

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