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Updated: Home Secretary asks States not to restrict movement of medical oxygen Share Article AAA A paramedical staff checks the oxygen level of a person in New Delhi. Photo used for representation purpose only.   | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Home Secretary asks States not to restrict movement of medical oxygen Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has informed Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh that their demand for 10 litre and 45 litre jumbo oxygen cylinders and additional ventilators having ...

Home Secretary asks States not to restrict movement of medical oxygen

To work with State, district authorities to provide treatment. The Union Health Ministry has advised Central ministries and their PSUs to dedicate their hospital beds for COVID-19 management in States/ UTs and to ensure that details of such dedicated hospitals/blocks be provided to the public. In a release issued on Friday the Ministry said, “To substantially augment the hospital infrastructure for effective clinical management of severe COVID-19 patients across the country, the Health Minist...

Maharashtra leads with 63,729 infections, followed by U.P. and Delhi

Coronavirus | Former Union Law Minister writes to CJI on worsening pandemic Updated: Updated: April 16, 2021 21:49 IST Calling for curbs on ‘super spreader’ gatherings, Ashwani Kumar said, ‘The right to life stands at the pinnacle in the hierarchy of constitutional rights’ Share Article Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. File   | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Calling for curbs on ‘super spreader’ gatherings, Ashwani Kumar said, ‘The right to life stand...

Maharashtra leads with 63,729 infections, followed by U.P. and Delhi India registered 2,33,728 new COVID-19 cases as of 11.45 p.m. on April 16, the highest single-day spike so far. As many as 1,338 deaths were recorded on the day. Maharashtra reported 63,729 infections (accounting for 27% of the new cases) on April 16, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 27,426 new infections and Delhi with 19,486 new cases. Maharashtra also recorded the highest number of casualties (398) on April 16. Delhi followe...

RTPCR tests did not miss U.K., Brazil, South Africa and Double Mutant variants: Ministry

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File   | Photo Credit: PTI After imposing a ‘Tughlaqi lockdown,’ Centre is now banking on divine intervention to fight the virus, he says Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a tweet, on Friday slammed the Narendra Modi government’s strategy and claimed that after imposing a “Tughlaqi lockdown,” it is now banking on divine intervention to fight COVID-19. Mr. Gandhi, who was scheduled to address a press conference on the second wave, however, cancell...

Read more about Second Covid-19 wave poses threat to Indias economic recovery: Moodys on Business Standard. Given the focus on "micro-containment zones" to deal with the latest wave of infections, as opposed to a nationwide lockdown, the impact on economic activity will be less severe than that seen in 2020

Coronavirus | Curfew in Maharashtra for 15 days from April 14, says Uddhav Thackeray Updated: Updated: Uddhav Thackeray refrained from terming the new curbs as a lockdown. Share Article AAA Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addresses the people of the State on April 13, 2021 on coronavirus restrictions. Photo: Twitter/@CMOMaharashtra   Uddhav Thackeray refrained from terming the new curbs as a lockdown. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced a “mini-lockd...