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Punjab chief secretary holds meeting with experts to tackle second wave of COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Mar 08, 2021 18:14 IST
Chandigarh [India], March 8 (ANI) Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Sunday held a high-level meeting with experts to tackle the second COVID-19 wave.
Mahajan chaired a virtual meeting of the State Health Response and Procurement Committee of the Departments of Health, Medical Education, and School Education, reviewed and discussed with experts the possible steps to effectively tackle the spread during the second wave, according to a press release.
Central Government s Joint Secretary Dr Mandeep Bhandari, who had recently visited Punjab as head of the Central team along with Dr Lakshmi from PGIMER, shared their observations that the COVID spread in Punjab is not just specific to schools alone as other places are also affected and the primary reason for the surge in cases in the State is because people are not followin
The upsurge in daily coronavirus cases in Punjab is the result of people not following anti-Covid protocols, a visiting central team told the state government in a meeting on Sunday.
Tribune News ServiceChandigarh/New Delhi, March 6
With Punjab witnessing a steady rise in Covid cases over the past two weeks, a night curfew was imposed in four Doaba districts of Jalandhar, SBS Nag
Coronavirus updates | March 7, 2021
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A total of 18,711 new infections were registered in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,57,756 with 100 daily new fatalities.
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Paramedic staff seen arriving at the Vijayawada railway station as part of a COVID-19 safety exercise.
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A total of 18,711 new infections were registered in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,57,756 with 100 daily new fatalities.
New cases of coronavirus infection in India were recorded above 18,000 for the second consecutive day taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,12,10,799, the Union Health Ministry said. The active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day. The COVID-19 active caseload increased to 1,84,523 which now comprises 1.65% of the total infections.