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NEET PG 2021 Postponed Due To COVID-19: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
NEET PG 2021 postponed: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday announced that NEET-PG 2021 has been postponed due to COVID-19. See details here.
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The NEET-PG 2021 has been postponed in the view of COVID-19 surge. The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday announced the decision to postpone the post-graduate medical entrance exam. NEET-PG 2021 was scheduled to be held on April 18, However, due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, the exam has to be postponed. In light of the surge in #COVID19 cases, Government of India has decided to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Postgraduate exam which was earlier scheduled to be held on April 18. Next date to be decided later, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tweeted.
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Daily Covid-19 cases in India crossed the two-lakh mark on Wednesday, with an official death toll of over 1,000. This was the highest-ever rise in the country’s caseload since January 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic began. India now has 1,40,74,564 Covid-19 cases and has seen 1,73,123 deaths, and is the second-worst affected country in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Despite a continuous surge in the number of cases, public gatherings like the Kumbh in Haridwar and election rallies in West Bengal have not been cancelled. Shortly after Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan blamed ordinary Indians for not following Covid-appropriate behaviour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi boasted of holding a “massive rally” in West Bengal as part of his election campaigning.
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