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Read more about From exporter of vaccine to importer: Priyanka Gandhi taks dig at govt on Business Standard. Amid unprecedented surge in Covid cases, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked the government for exporting vaccine without having sufficient stock
Updated: April 16, 2021 21:53 IST The team reviewed published research and identified 10 lines of evidence to support the predominance of the airborne route. Share Article AAA A health worker talking to people about coronavirus RT-PCR testing in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The team reviewed published research and identified 10 lines of evidence to support the predominance of the airborne route. There is consistent, strong evidence to prove that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, behind the COVID-19 pandemic, is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new asse...
Facing a sudden surge in coronavirus infections, India is once again home to the world’s second-largest outbreak, overtaking Brazil after the latter moved ahead in March. But behind the bleak statistical jockeying is an epidemiological enigma over why the Latin American country has been far more devastated by the pathogen. When it comes to the scale of infections, the two nations are similarly matched, with cases hovering around 14 million and hospitals from Mumbai to Sao Paulo under increasing pressure as admissions continue to rise. But it’s the divergence in fatalities that has scien...
A COVID-19 isolation centre, in Surat on April 16, 2021. | Photo Credit: PTI Concealment will lead to panic among public, says division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav Karia. A day after raising doubts about the actual number of COVID-19 cases and the numbers given by the State government during its hearing on the suo motu petition initiated by it, the Gujarat High Court on Friday asked the State to publish actual data on RT-PCR tests and people found positive for COVID-19. In an order on Friday, the division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav K...
Coronavirus | PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical grade oxygen Updated: Updated: April 16, 2021 15:42 IST The PMO said that an overview of district-level situation in these States was presented to the Prime Minister. Share Article Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The PMO said that an overview of district-level situation in these States was presented to the Prime Minister. Amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday undertook a comprehensive review to ensure adequate medical grade oxygen supply in the country and calle...