Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
The 75-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief s samples were sent to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh, for testing on Saturday.
Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday (April 12), a year after she was released from jail temporarily amid the pandemic, according to media reports.
The 75-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief s samples were sent to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, for testing on Saturday, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper quoted Public Relations Officer, Health Ministry, Maidul Islam Prodhan as saying.
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BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Monday asked hospitals, both government and private, to avoid non-essential hospitalizations and defer elective surgeries in view of second wave of Covid infections.
A fresh set of guidelines issued by the state issued by the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) asked the hospitals to stop all elective surgeries while take up emergency surgeries with universal precaution.
Amid rising Covid infections, the government asked the hospitals to suspend central registration of patients, to avoid crowds in queue, for OPD care. Instead, it asked them to do manual registration by maintaining social distancing.
The government move came on a day the state witnessed 1,741 new infections and two deaths. The state has been reporting more than 1,000 new cases per day for past four days. The state now has 9,259 active cases.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government gave permission to organise a slew of festivals including Thrissur Pooram ahead of the assembly polls eyeing votes without taking note of the possible rise in Covid cases after the elections.
Interestingly, the decision has resulted in Sree Koodalmanikyam temple in Irinjalakuda organising last year’s cancelled 11-day festival and this year’s festival in less than a month.
With the pandemic situation changing and test positivity rate rising, health officials have warned that if these festivals are organised without adhering to the protocol, the state would witness a sharp surge in cases.
A senior officer at the Directorate of Health Services, on condition of anonymity, said, “The administrative permission for festivals like Thrissur Pooram was given without even asking the medical reports or assessing the ground realities. During the last week of March, the test positivity in Thrissur was a mere 1.81 per cent which
Tika Utsav : Goa vaccinates over 8,000 people above 45 years
The Tika Utsav drive was held across 16 panchayats. The Chief Minister has already announced to extend this drive till April 20 to ensure that everyone above the age of 45 years is vaccinated.
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PANAJI: Tika Utsav in Goa received an enthusiastic response on the first day on Sunday with 8,189 people above the age of 45 years getting the COVID-19 jabs, a state health official said. Glad to see the positive response for Tika Utsav. There has been tremendous participation for the COVID-19 vaccination in the State of Goa. Together, we will fight and defeat the virus, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant tweeted.