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Afghanistan sees sharp spike in Covid cases
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 28 (ANI): Airing concern over the sharp increase of patients infected by COVID-19, the doctors on Thursday said that the number of reported patients showing the symptoms of the new COVID-19 variant has risen by 70 per cent within the past week compared to the wee
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States, UTs should have buffer stock of medical oxygen sufficient for at l
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday wrote to chief secretaries of all States, Union Territories for taking immediate measures to ensure optimal availability of medical oxygen at health facilities, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic
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India likely to witness sharp spike in COVID cases in coming days; vaccina
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): With the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, India is likely to witness a sharp spike in the number of cases in the coming days, however, following COVID appropriate behaviour and vaccination could help contain the spread of the d
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Pregnant women, divyang employees of central govt exempted from attending
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that pregnant women and divyang (differently-abled) employees of the Central government have been exempted from attending office in the wake of a surge in COVID cases.
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Delhi: Cong demands all-party meet over spike in COVID cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Delhi Congress unit has called for an all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 situation prevailing in the national capital and slammed Arvind Kejriwal for not announcing a financial package for Delhiites rather engaged in addressing election meetings
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Delhi: Number of patients in Covid Centres on rise; 3,098 hospitalised, in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Amid the spike in COVID cases in the national capital, the number of hospitalisations is also on a rise. As of Friday, as many as 3,098 beds at different COVID facilities are occupied, of which, 90 patients are on ICU beds with ventilators, the data on
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Omicron scare: Maharashtra govt to issue guidelines for Christmas, New Yea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 24 (ANI): Maharashtra government to issue detailed guidelines on Friday to avoid crowd during Christmas and New Year celebrations as the State is once again reporting a steep hike in COVID-19 cases amid fresh concerns raised by the Omicron variant of
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Delhi schools prepare to re-open from tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): Delhi is preparing to re-open physical classes from Wednesday and schools here are gearing up to welcome students after nearly six months after educational intuitions were shut down due to a spike in COVID cases in the national capital.
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BJP's Jan Ashirvad yatras leading to spike COVID cases in Maharashtra, say
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday alleged that the BJP's Jan Ashirvad yatras is leading to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state and said that such events will 'obviously' lead to a further increase in the numbe
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Bangladesh extends closure of borders with India amid spike in COVID cases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh) June 29 (ANI): Amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in Bangladesh, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government has extended the closure of borders with India for the next 14 days.
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Himachal CM urges PM to double oxygen quota as state sees record daily ris
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): As Himachal Pradesh witnessed the highest single-day spike in COVID cases on Saturday, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the medical oxygen quota for the state.
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Spike in COVID cases in Delhi leads to zero availability of ICU beds in ho
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly in the national capital, availability of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds is declining, with major COVID hospitals showing "zero availability" of ICU beds both with and without ventilators, exposing the plight of the health in
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