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Kerala Police taking strict measures to enforce lockdown: CM Pinarayi Vija
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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Thackeray seeks Centre's help for better implementation of COVID vaccinati
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday sought the help of the Central government for better implementation of the vaccination drive for people in the age group 18 to 44 years.
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COVID-19: Govt revises policy for admission of patients in hospitals, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [Indi], May 8 (ANI): Amid a record surge in coronavirus cases, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID patients to various categories of COVID facilities and clarified that requirement of a positive test for COVID-19 virus is not man
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Free helplines for COVID-induced anxiety, depression, burn out
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): As the country reels under the coronavirus pandemic for the second time, which has pushed the health care system on the verge of a collapse with shortage of hospital beds, medical oxygen, ventilators, and medicines, some government and private mental health
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