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Sachin Tendulkar urges COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday urged the citizens, who have recovered from COVID-19, to come forward and donate plasma in order to fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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'We must fight this global challenge together': Pak PM extends support to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed his solidarity with the people of India amid the "dangerous" second wave of COVID-19, adding that "we must fight this global challenge confronting humanity together".
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COVID-19: Five dead at Amritsar's Neelkanth Hospital due to oxygen shortag
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 24 (ANI): Neelkanth Hospital in Amritsar reported deaths of five patients on Friday night due to lack of oxygen.
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Customs to expedite clearances for import of necessary COVID-19 consignmen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): As India's healthcare infrastructure crumbles under the weight of the rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, the Customs Department is all set to expedite clearances for the import of consignments relating to the pandemic.
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Gurugram's Max hospital sends SOS to govt: 'Only 2 hours of oxygen left'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], April 24 (ANI): Max Hospital in Gurugram on Saturday sent out an SOS over oxygen shortage and appealed to both state and central governments for urgent help, stating it has less than two hours of oxygen supply left.
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India's COVID-19 case fatality rate slides to 1.14 per cent
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): The national COVID-19 mortality rate has dropped and currently stands at 1.14 per cent, the union health ministry informed on Saturday.
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Vehicular movement being checked in Kerala amid COVID-19 restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 24 (ANI): With restrictions similar to a lockdown in place in Kerala amid the rising COVID-19 cases, police personnel on Saturday checked vehicular movement to see if people were adhering to the norms.
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Telangana reports 7,432 new COVID-19 cases, 33 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 24 (ANI): A total of 7,432 new COVID-19 cases, 2,157 recoveries and 33 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours in Telangana.
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Spend on COVID-19 vaccines, oxygen and not on PR projects: Rahul Gandhi te
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Hitting out at the government's spending on "PR and unnecessary projects", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday appealed to the Centre to focus on COVID-19 vaccines, oxygen and other health services.
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Railways deploy 20 COVID-19 care coaches in Bhopal as infections surge
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): In wake of the scarcity of beds amid a spike in coronavirus cases, Indian Railways has converted 20 coaches into the COVID-19 care centre in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, which will have 320 beds, informed Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday.
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Sonu Sood urges people to stand united in fight against COVID
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Bollywood star and humanitarian Sonu Sood, who recently recovered from the novel coronavirus, on Saturday gave his fans a glimmer of hope in their fight against COVID and urged people to stand in unity with each other.
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ADB delivers strong results in responding to Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Apr 24 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) swiftly met its clients' coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic response needs in 2020 while remaining aligned with long-term strategic priorities, according to its latest Development Effectiveness Review (DER).
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