About 23.1% of adults in India, 43.3% of those aged above 45, and 46.8% of people aged above 60, have been administered at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, until 8 p.m. on Thursday.
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A COVID-19 infected person not following any social distancing measure can spread it to as many as 406 people in 30 days, said Health Ministry spokesperson Lav Agarwal on May 20, 2021
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A doctor assisting a coronavirus patient with Black Fungus, as he receives treatments at the NSCB hospital in Jabalpur, on May 20.
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A COVID-19 infected person not following any social distancing measure can spread it to as many as 406 people in 30 days, said Health Ministry spokesperson Lav Agarwal on May 20, 2021
A COVID-19 infected person not following any social distancing measure can spread it to as many as 406 people in 30 days, said Health Ministry spokesperson Lav Agarwal on Thursday. He was quoting a study conducted at a stem cell research laboratory in the United States’ University of California San Diego.
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India registered a 13% decrease in new COVID-19 cases in the past week, according to WHO
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Covid-19 vaccination for 18-44 age group underway at Jahangirpuri in New Delhi on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
India registered a 13% decrease in new COVID-19 cases in the past week, according to WHO
During his interaction over videoconferences was with 46 District Magistrates across eight States on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need to remove vaccine hesitancy and said that the Central government was making every effort that a fortnightly supply schedule for vaccines to various States be provided to streamline supply and prevent wastage.
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Many countries are sending emergency use equipment to India to fight COVID-19
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Healthcare workers checking temperature and oxygen level at a special fever camp being conducted by Chennai Corporation at Kodambakkam in Chennai on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
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Many countries are sending emergency use equipment to India to fight COVID-19
Around 15 countries including the US, Russia, France and the United Kingdom are rushing critical emergency use equipment to enable India counter the COVID-19’s deadly second wave. A compilation from the Ministry of External Affairs showed that countries are sending hundreds of oxygen concentrators, respirators and large quantities of liquid oxygen to help ease the difficult situation facing India.
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April 27, 2021 10:40 IST
India expects to receive supplies from about 15 countries including Australia, China, Germany, Russia, UAE, UK and the United States in the next few days, to help tide over the current crisis for oxygen at hospitals and pharmaceuticals needed to treat coronavirus cases.
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The ‘Oxygen Express’ train carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas reaches Delhi Cantt, early Tuesday, April 27, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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India expects to receive supplies from about 15 countries including Australia, China, Germany, Russia, UAE, UK and the United States in the next few days, to help tide over the current crisis for oxygen at hospitals and pharmaceuticals needed to treat coronavirus cases.
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April 27, 2021 13:50 IST
It will work with the Central and State governments to augment supply amid severe shortage of medical oxygen as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
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Oxygen tankers being escorted by Delhi Police as they move towards the hospitals from Delhi Cantt Railway Station amidst the oxygen crisis, in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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It will work with the Central and State governments to augment supply amid severe shortage of medical oxygen as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Tuesday said it had formed a task force on ‘oxygen supply chain’ to work with the Central and State governments to augment supply amid severe shortage of medical oxygen as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
May Lord Hanuman's blessings be always upon us, says PM Modi
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April 27, 2021 10:39 IST
The PM hopes it would help the country in the “continuing fight” against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The PM hopes it would help the country in the “continuing fight” against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invoked Lord Hanuman’s blessings, hoping it would help the country in the “continuing fight” against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greeting the people on Hanuman Jayanti, Modi tweeted: "The holy occasion of Hanuman jayanti is the day to recall the spirit of compassion and dedication of Lord Hanuman. I wish that his blessings are always upon us in the continuing fight against the COVID pandemic.” Hanuman is a central figure in the epic Ramayana.
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The move is “in order to reduce the number of imported virus cases”, says China’s state-run airliner
BeChina’s state-run Sichuan Airlines has suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days, causing major disruption to private traders' efforts to procure the much-needed oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies from China despite Beijing offering "support and assistance" to the country to deal with the latest surge of COVID-19 cases.
In a letter to the sales agents on Monday, the Sichuan Chuanhang Logistics Co. Ltd, the company which is part of the Sichuan Airlines said the airline has suspended its cargo flights on six routes, including Xian to Delhi, amid hectic efforts by private traders from both sides to procure oxygen concentrators from China.