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Haryana and Odisha today joined several other states that have been forced to reimpose lockdown or similar curbs in a desperate bid to check the COVID-19 surge.

Haryana Imposes Complete Lockdown For 7 Days From Tomorrow, Essential Services Exempted Earlier, the state government had imposed weekend lockdown in the nine most affected districts in the state. Representative Image Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-02T15:48:03+05:30 Haryana Imposes Complete Lockdown For 7 Days From Tomorrow, Essential Services Exempted outlookindia.com 2021-05-02T15:53:28+05:30 Also read Taking preventive measures against the prevailing coronavirus situati...

Shut down India temporarily to put end to cycle of COVID-19 transmission: Anthony Fauci On Saturday, India witnessed the highest spike of 4,01,999 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 3,523 fatalities. , File Photo Updated: May 1, 2021, 03:46 PM IST Amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, White Houses chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has suggested a complete lockdown for a few weeks to curb transmission of the deadly virus, the media reported. Acco...

Highlights Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement on Saturday. Currently, the national capital is under a COVID-19 lockdown till 5 am on Monday. New Delhi: The prevailing lockdown situation in Delhi has been extended for another week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday (May 1, 2021) made the announcement. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal wrote: "Lockdown in Delhi is being extended by one week." Lockdown in Delhi is being extended by one week Currently, the national capital is u...

Highlights Over 9,000 Australians are currently stuck in India New Delhi: Australian citizens who are stuck in India and wish to return back home are at risk of facing fines of up to 66,000 Australian dollars (approximately USD 50,964) as Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says a travel ban will be put in place starting Monday. "The risk assessment that informed the decision was based on the proportion of overseas travellers in quarantine in Australia who have acquired a COVID-19 infection in In...

The UP govt said it needs vaccines to vaccinate nearly 9 crore people Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to float a global tender for four crore vaccine doses. UP has a massive target of vaccinating about nine crore people in the 18-44 age group, according to initial assessments undertaken by the states health department. According to the government spokesman, "A decision in this regard has been taken by the state task force on Covid-19 vaccination programme i...

Ahead of the commencement of the Phase 3 mass vaccination drive from May 1, the Maharashtra government has said that it can’t carry out the vaccination for 18-44 group without 30 lakh COVID-19 vaccine vials.

Highlights The meeting of the Union Council of Ministers will be held via video conference. During the meeting, the PM is expected to take some tough decisions to contain the pandemic from spreading further. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a Union Cabinet meeting which has been called to review the existing COVID-19 situation in the country and to discuss what other measures can be taken to contain the chain of coronavirus infection. According to the sources, the meeting will...

Highlights NITI Aayog member VK Paul gave a presentation on COVID-19 management Union minister Piyush Goyal briefed on availability of oxygen and other medicines New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (April 30) chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Friday amid rising cases of coronavirus in the country. The meeting of the council of ministers, held on Friday afternoon, is the first in the aftermath of the second wave of coronavirus in the country. The Prime Minister...

AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal has demanded Presidents Rule in Delhi The Matia Mahal MLA said that he felt helpless in not being able to help people hit by COVID-19 New Delhi: AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Friday demanded imposition of Presidents rule in Delhi in view of the massive surge in COVID-19 cases. The Matia Mahal MLA, who left the Congress and contested the Delhi Assembly polls last year on an AAP ticket, said neither he nor the government is able to offer any help to the people affected by the seco...