Dubai, Mar 16: United Arab Emirates had banned Taraweeh prayers - the special prayers offered during the holy month of Ramadan – last year due to covid-19 pandemic.
Maharashtra is in the beginning of second COVID-19 wave, a central team report has said, highlighting that there is very limited active effort to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts, and there is no adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour among people in rural and urban areas.
Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 19:59 IST
News headlines for March 16, 2021: On Tuesday, the Centre asked the Maharashtra government to focus on containment strategies to mitigate the spread of coronavirus in the state. Swab test for COVID-19 | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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New Delhi: With the Centre asking the Maharashtra government to
focus on containment strategies to wind down the spread of coronavirus, the Madhya Pradesh government announcing re-imposition of night curfew in Bhopal and Indore from March 17 amidst rising COVID-19 cases, and nominated Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta tendering his resignation from the upper house of Parliament, Tuesday was packed with groundbreaking news stories. Below are the day s biggest headlines.
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to Maharashtra Chief Secretary after the central team's visit last week and observed that the state is undergoing the second wave of COVID-19 while urging for focus on containment strategies.