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COVID-19: Centre restricts use of liquid oxygen for only medical purposes
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the worsening situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government on Sunday restricted the use of liquid oxygen for non-medical purposes with immediate effect with the ministry of home affairs announcing that the use of liquid oxygen will be allo
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India can bring down positivity rate to less than 5 pc in next 3 weeks, sa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): India can bring down the positivity rate to less than five per cent in the next three weeks, head of the department of medicine at All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS), Dr Naveet Wig said on Sunday.
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Rishabh Pant urges people to follow Centre's guidelines on COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant on Sunday urged people to follow government advice and help everyone around as the country is battling with the second COVID-19 wave.
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Centre welcomes criticism but action necessary against tweets spreading mi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The government welcomes criticism and genuine requests for help amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is necessary to take action against users who misuse social media to spread panic and misinformation, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information
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PM Modi speaks to COVID-19 frontline warriors on 'Mann Ki Baat'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday spoke to healthcare workers at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and addressed several topics such as vaccine hesitancy and details about the ongoing deadly seco
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Telangana to move oxygen tankers via warplanes amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the medical oxygen crisis due to a massive surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Telangana government has decided to move oxygen tankers by warplanes.
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Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio jumps to over 10 per cent
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio jumped to over 10 per cent on Sunday, a day after the country reported the highest number of deaths due to the novel coronavirus.
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Delhi Police sets up digital data bank for plasma donors, seekers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the devastating second COVID-19 wave, the Delhi Police has set up a digital data bank of plasma donors to facilitate plasma therapy in an effort to connect donors and needy recipients, after due authentication.
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US working closely with India to rapidly deploy additional support amid CO
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday (local time) said that US is working closely with its partners in the Indian government to deploy more supplies and additional support amid the record upsurge in COVID-19 infections in the country.
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Pakistan's medical facilities crumbling under rising COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan's medical facilities are crumbling under the mounting pressure from the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation in the country.
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Amid COVID crisis, Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital receives 5 tons of oxygen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Bringing major relief amid the severe oxygen shortage crisis due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital received five tons of oxygen on Sunday morning.
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India becomes fastest country in world to administer 14 crore doses of COV
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): India has become the fastest country to administer 14 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in just 99 days, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
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