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Maharashtra CM warns of lockdown if state sees rise in Covid infections
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday warned that a lockdown shall be imposed if the state witnesses a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases.
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BJP holds state-level health volunteers workshop in Telangana
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), August 8 (ANI): The Telangana BJP has conducted a health volunteers workshop as a precautionary measure against the third wave of COVID-19 in Hyderabad on Sunday.
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3.42 crore people vaccinated so far in Rajasthan,: Health Secretary Siddha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 7 (ANI): A total of 3.42 crore people have been vaccinated in Rajasthan so far, said the state Health Secretary Siddharth Mahajan on Saturday.
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Instead of COVID, economy, opposition raises issues of Pegasus without evi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 6 (ANI): Referring to the alleged Pegasus spyware controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that at a time when Parliament should discuss the COVID third wave, unemployment and the economy, the opposition is raising th
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WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan cautions against lowering guard aga
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 6, (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist, Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Friday cautioned people against lowering their guard against the coronavirus and urged them to strictly follow Covid-appropriate protocols for another six months.
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Delhi preparing for 3rd wave, to impose lockdown if COVID-19 positivity ra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday informed that Delhi will opt for a lockdown if the positivity rate in the city goes up to 5 per cent to combat the likely third wave of COVID-19. Keeping in view of the likely situation, Delhi is ramping u
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Number of cases in third COVID wave will depend on variants and strains: D
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): IIT Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad have predicted the third wave of COVID-19 in mid-August that will see a rise in cases in October, but top microbiologist and virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang said that this will depend on the type of variants, and added that if
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Odisha CM says govt will be forced to declare complete lockdown if COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 5 (ANI): Warning people of the state to not take the relaxation in Covid-19 lockdown for granted, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said the state government will be forced to declare complete lockdown if it feels that people aren't follow
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Jharkhand: 27-bed pediatric ICU, 24-bed HDU inaugurated at Sadar Hospital
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): Gearing up the health infrastructure amid reports of a possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta inaugurated a 27-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and a 24-bed high dependency unit (HDU) at Sadar Hos
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BJP government is not bothered about third wave of COVID-19, busy in its c
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karwar (Karnataka) [India], August 2 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah slammed the BJP government here on Monday stating that the BJP government is only busy in its cabinet formation and not bothered about the third wave of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 cases to surge in mid August: Experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): India may see another rise in COVID-19 cases in mid of August with the third wave peaking, with less than 1,00,000 in the best cases scenario and nearly 1,50,000 infections a day in the worst scenario.
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Delhi launches free bus service to boost vaccination drive
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI/Target Media): To head off the surge and get better prepared to tackle the third wave of Covid-19, the Delhi government has started a free pick up and drop off bus service leading to different schools turned into vaccination centres.
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