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Labs in Delhi halt services over delay in giving out test results amid COV
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): A rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and exceeding requests for either RT-PCR or antigen tests has abruptly forced a majority of private laboratories to stop collecting swab samples even from testing centres for at least two days.
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Uttarakhand reports 3012 new COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 21 (ANI): Uttarakhand on Tuesday reported 3,012 new COVID-19 cases and 27 related deaths.
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DRDO to set up COVID-19 hospitals in Lucknow, Varnasi and Ahmedabad
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Dr G Satheesh Reddy has informed that work is on to set up a 450-bed hospital in Lucknow, a 750-bed hospital in Varanasi and a 900-bed hospital in Ahmedabad amid the unprecedented surge in COVID-
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COVID-19: Night curfew in J-K's Reasi from 10 pm to 6 am
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 21 (ANI): Night curfew has been imposed in municipal limits of Reasi and Katra from 10 pm to 6 am amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the District Magistrate (DM) of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi has informed.
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Govt waives import duty on Remdesivir API, injections and specific inputs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The import of Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), injections and specific inputs have been made import duty free till October 31 amid the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Chariot procession honouring God of Rain begins in Nepal amid COVID-19 sur
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 21 (ANI): One of the biggest chariot festivals celebrated in Kathmandu valley, the three-day-long Seto Macchindranath Jatra started on Tuesday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Highest single-day spike of 28,395 new COVID-19 cases, 277 deaths in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Delhi registered the biggest spike of new 28,395 coronavirus cases and 277 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by the Delhi government's health department on Tuesday.
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Karnataka imposes night curfew from April 9 to May 4 to contain spread of
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 20 (ANI): As part of efforts to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government has imposed a night curfew from April 21 to May 4.
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PM Modi urges states to consider lockdowns as last option, focus on micro-
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the state governments to use lockdowns only as the last option and focus only on creating on micro-containment zones.
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Government acting with sensitivity, speed to meet increased demand for med
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Noting that the surge in COVID-19 cases has led to sharp increase in the demand for oxygen in different parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said work to increase oxygen production is taking place at several levels and steps have
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Iran reports 25,492 new COVID-19 cases, 2,286,927 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 25,492 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 2,286,927.
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COVID-19: Delhi HC directs Centre to check hoarding of essential, life-sav
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central government to check the hoarding of some essential and life-saving drugs amid a record spike in COVID-19 cases.
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