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Child rights panel seeks info from Centre, states on preparations to tackl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday urged the Union Health Ministry and states to take stock of the preparations to tackle the upcoming third wave of COVID-19, which experts say is likely to impact the younger population
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Ask retailers to display stock, rates of COVID medicines, LG tells Delhi g
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): With the national capital battling the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday instructed the Delhi government authorities to ensure that drugs related to COVID treatment are made available to people to check hoardi
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Andhra CM urges Covid hospitals to strive for self-sufficiency amid concer
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Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): Amid rising concerns for a predicted third wave of Covid-19 in India, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday urged Covid-dedicated hospitals with over 50 beds to ensure self-sufficiency in oxygen supply within the next f
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Uttarakhand ready to battle third Covid-19 wave, assures CM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 21 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday said that the state is ready to battle the third Covid-19 wave, if it comes.
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NCPCR writes to States, UTs over health facilities for children
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the health department of States and Union Territories (UTs) seeking details of Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs), Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and Special Newborn Care
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COVID crisis 'dynamic', changing strategies will prevent 3rd wave: AIIMS t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Chairperson of the COVID Task Force for AIIMS, Dr Naveet Wig on Thursday said that the COVID-19 crisis is "a dynamic situation" and to prevent a third wave of the pandemic, there is a need to keep changing strategies.
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Reducing testing rate could lead to COVID-19 third wave, says K'taka advis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): Karnataka Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) member on COVID-19 and the president of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association Dr HM Prasanna on Thursday said that the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state has come down in last thr
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Expedite COVID vaccination drive, says IMA president
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Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) President Dr JA Jayalal on Wednesday called for speeding up the COVID vaccination drive and warned about the threat of a third wave as the majority of the country's population is not vaccinated.
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Delhi CM to chair COVID-19 review meeting today
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New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Amid concerns of a third wave of COVID-19 in the country Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a high-level review meeting at 12 noon today.
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Kejriwal urges Centre to suspend air services with Singapore, priortise va
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Amid concerns of a third wave of COVID-19 in the country, which according to many heath experts is likely to target children, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said a new COVID variant detected in Singapore is said to be deadly for children a
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Experts warn of COVID-19 spike in Pak's Punjab after SOPs violations on Ei
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): As 134 Covid-19 deaths were reported during the three days of Eidul Fitr largely due to violation of norms by the people, health experts in Pakistan warned that the third wave of COVID may hit Punjab over the next two weeks.
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Odisha govt forms high-level advisory committee for COVID management
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Odisha government on Saturday constituted a high-level advisory committee led by K Srinath Reddy, president, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) to suggest measures to tackle the possible third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and to strategi
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