Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday highlighted the ongoing vaccination drive, launched by the Centre government, against Covid-19 amid the fear of a covid surge in the Country.
Amid the spurt in Covid cases of a new variant in China and other countries, Telangana Health Minister Harish Rao urged the State's people to not panic and be alert.
Amid a fresh global surge in Covid-19 cases, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) Hospital in Patna stated on Thursday that it was focusing on making special arrangements for combating the disease.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) raised concern over the surging Covid cases in China, the Taliban banning women from universities and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Hours after announcing the cancellation of its 'Jan Akrosh Yatra' in wake of the global Covid surge and detection of a new Omicron strain in the country, the BJP's Rajasthan unit on Thursday said the yatra will continue unless an advisory is issued by the Centre and the state.
Post the review meeting chaired by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, state Home Minister Tanaji Sawant on Thursday said that a total of 95 per cent of vaccination has been done in the state and so there is no need to worry about the Covid surge.
Amid the fresh global surge in COVID-19 cases, a senior consultant physician, on Thursday, cautioned the patients with comorbidity asking them to be careful in the coming days.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Arun Singh on Thursday said that the party has halted its 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' in Rajasthan in view of the COVID surge, and added that Rahul Gandhi should follow COVID guidelines or call off the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday took on the Centre for "conspiring" to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying the central government which did not pay heed to Rahul Gandhi's precious advice during 2019 of the pandemic is now indulging in making excuses of the surge in Omicron cases.
"Bharatiya Janata Party's Janakrosh Yatra against the misrule of Congress, Jungle Raj, and corruption in Rajasthan was getting immense public support, but keeping in view the general precautions and instructions of Covid, it has been postponed till the next time in the public interest," said