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Delhi Police chief calls for strict action against hoarders of COVID-19 me
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases in the national capital continue to rise, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava on Saturday reviewed the action against hoarding/black marketing of medicines, injections, and oxygen cylinders and frauds taking place in name of covid help b
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Include medical store workers, pharma distributors as frontline workers: D
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Margao (Goa) [India], May 8 (ANI): Former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat on Saturday urged the state's Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to include medical store workers and pharma wholesale distributors as frontline workers.
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Oxygen Expresses transport 718 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on S
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Oxygen Expresses of the Indian Railways transported 718 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) on Saturday, which was the highest single-day load, at a time when several parts of the country grappled with oxygen shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kerala Police taking strict measures to enforce lockdown: CM Pinarayi Vija
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 8 (ANI): Strict measures are being taken by the Kerala Police to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown in Kerala, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday as the state started the nine-day lockdown.
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Telangana, Central govts should adopt 'Mumbai model' to curb COVID spread:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 8 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) national spokesperson Sravan Dasoju on Saturday appealed to the Telangana and Central governments to adopt the 'Mumbai Model' for COVID-19 management, by setting up task forces at the ward, Municipal Corporation
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Chowdhry writes to PM Modi, seeks support to tackle surge in COVID-19 case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic had caught West Bengal like many other states "in a devastating situation" and the state needs
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Western Command setting up 100-bed COVID hospitals in Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Lt Gen RP Singh, Army Commander Western Command has assured Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh of all possible assistance to help set up COVID facilities in the state.
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DRDO's anti-COVID 2-DG drug effective against different variants: DRDO sci
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)'s new anti-COVID drug, just approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is effective against different variants of the coronavirus and helps in bringing patients out of oxygen support, sa
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Delhi reports 17,364 new COVID-19 cases, over 300 deaths for 17th day
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Delhi recorded 17,364 new COVID-19 cases and 332 deaths in the last 24 hours.
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Pak imposes 10-day countrywide lockdown from May 8 to control COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): In order to curb the rising number of coronavirus infections, authorities in Pakistan are imposing complete countrywide lockdown from May 8 for the next 10 days, Gulf News reported.
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Amid Covid surge in rural areas, Haryana to convert Govt schools, AYUSH ce
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): Concerned over the rise in number of COVID-19 cases in Haryana's rural areas, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that government schools and AYUSH centres will be converted to isolation centres.
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Covid-19 virus is more aggressive, need to work together to fight it, says
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Work is being done on genome sequencing of coronavirus and mutations and the repercussions and this virus is more aggressive than others, German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner has said and noted that countries have to come together to fight the pandemic.
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