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Harsh Vardhan urges citizens to not skip second dose of COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Reiterating the importance of full protection through two Covid Vaccine doses, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday appealed to all citizens to get the second dose which boosts the immunity against Covid manifold, adding that 53,25,000 doses will
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Free helplines for COVID-induced anxiety, depression, burn out
Updated : 5 years 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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Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif stopped from flying abroad
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Hours after a Pakistan court granted conditional permission to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment, the Leader of Opposition was reportedly stopped from flying to the United Kingdom at Lahore airport on Saturday morning.
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12 oxygen cylinders meant for black marketing seized in Visakhapatnam
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Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): The police on Friday seized 12 oxygen cylinders from a person selling medical oxygen without any license in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
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COVID-19 crisis: Odisha escorts 421 tankers carrying 7722.756 MT medical o
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 8 (ANI): Amid a shortage of medical oxygen in several parts of the country due to the rising COVID-19 curve, a total of 421 containers carrying 7722.756 metric tonnes (MT) of medical oxygen have been escorted so far from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, and Angu
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Astonished to see 'extreme lethargy, inappropriate' actions from Union Hea
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New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the country saying that the medical body is astonished to see "extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions" from the Union Health Ministry
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Hyderabad-based startup aims to save lives with affordable, portable oxyge
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 8 (ANI): Amid the shortage of medical oxygen in several parts of the country due to the second wave of COVID outbreak, the Hyderabad-based startup 'The Phi Factory' is aiming to save lives through its innovative and affordable portable oxygenerator.
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Odisha govt directs officers to increase frequency of oxygen cylinders ref
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the Odisha Government on Friday asked the Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, CDM and PHOs and Principal of all medical colleges to increase the frequency of refilling oxygen cylinders.
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COVID-19: Odisha brings all doctors, medical students, paramedical staff
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Odisha Government on Friday announced that all doctors belonging to various cadres, dental surgeons, PG doctors, post PG doctors, interns and final year students will be temporarily brought under state pool for deployment in COVID care centres.
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Army's Western Command setting up 100-bed COVID hospital in Faridabad
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Faridabad (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Western Command of the Indian Army is setting up a 100-bed (oxygenated) COVID hospital at Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College here in Faridabad, said officials on Friday.
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India in process of securing commercial supplies of LMO from Gulf countrie
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New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he had close consultations during the last week with his counterparts from some Gulf countries on ways to increase import of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) into India and deeply appreciates t
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Why Covaxin being manufactured only at pvt institute? Madras HC asks Centr
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday questioned the Central government why Covaxin, the vaccine against COVID-19 which was developed with the assistance of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology
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