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  Haryana floats global tenders for one crore vaccine doses

  India | May 26, 2021 17:54 IST

  "Two global tenders for the supply of one crore doses of Covid vaccine and 15,000 vials of amphotericin floated by Haryana Medical Services Corpn Ltd," Vij said in a tweet.

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  Black fungus: 14 cases reported in Gurugram in last 24 hours

  India | May 26, 2021 17:26 IST

  These include patients living in outer districts and states apart from Gurugram. Those who are being treated in various hospitals of the district, according to the district health dept.

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  Common Services Centers, PayPal partner to fight against COVID in rural India

  Business | May 26, 2021 16:53 IST

  PayPal will support the CSC Academy, CSR wing of CSC, in setting up PSA oxygen plants in five hospitals in four states- one each in Bengaluru, Chennai and Jaunpur and two in Patna. 

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  Madhya Pradesh constitutes group of ministers to combat COVID

  India | May 26, 2021 15:55 IST

  This group will submit its recommendations to the state govt in consultation with the District Crisis Management Committee, Development Block Crisis Management Committee as well as Village and City Crisis Management Committees as and when required.

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  Don't take high dosage of steroids at home, visit hospital for better care: Dr. Randeep Guleria

  India | May 23, 2021 23:59 IST

  Director of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday said that the medical treatment for Black Fungus (Mucormycosis) is more prolonged as compared to COVID-19 pandemic. Guleria was speaking at India TV's #JeetegaIndiaHaaregaCorona conclave.   

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  UP: Reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID, villagers jump into Saryu river

  India | May 23, 2021 22:06 IST

  Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Ramnagar tehsil Rajiv Kumar Shukla said the incident took place on Saturday.

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  COVID: Team of engineers in Madhya Pradesh provides free technical service related to ventilators

  India | May 23, 2021 19:12 IST

  The team, popularly known as 'Ventilator Express' on social media, not only installs new ventilators sent under the Central government's PM Cares Fund, but also repairs old ones and makes them operational once again.

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  COVID: Haryana government extends lockdown till May 31

  India | May 23, 2021 18:32 IST

  State Chief Secy Vijai Vardhan in the order said the lockdown, which was earlier imposed till May 24, has been extended by a week till 5:00 am on May 31.

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  COVID positivity rate comes down to 12.13% in Gurugram

  India | May 23, 2021 17:23 IST

  According to health officials, now the number of daily reported patients in Gurugram district has come down significantly. Only 516 Covid cases were reported in Gurugram on Saturday.

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  Samudra Setu II: Indian Navy warship reaches Mumbai with 40 MT liquid medical oxygen, cylinders

  India | May 23, 2021 16:08 IST

  INS Trikand is among the nine ships deployed for COVID relief Operation ‘Samudra Setu II’ for bringing LMO.

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  West Bengal reports first 'black fungus' death

  India | May 22, 2021 20:08 IST

  Shampa Chakraborty, a resident of the southern part of the city's Haridevpur area, was admitted to the Sambhunath Pandit Hospital with COVID. She was later diagnosed with mucormycosis, he said.

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  Madhya Pradesh's first white fungus case reported in Jabalpur

  India | May 22, 2021 18:12 IST

  The man was operated on May 17 after his headache and eye pain did not subside, and a test on Friday detected the white fungus infection in his nose, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College's ENT Department head Dr Kavita Sachdeva told PTI over phone.

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  Black fungus of intestine: Novel complication diagnosed in COVID patients in Delhi

  India | May 22, 2021 16:57 IST

  Both the patients, including one aged 68 years, are being treated at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for more than a week. "It is observed for the first time that the black fungus infected the lower intestine and even made a hole in it," said Ganga Ram Hospital authorities, news agency ANI reported.

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  Women crew piloted Oxygen Express train reaches Bengaluru from Jharkhand

  Good News | May 22, 2021 16:36 IST

  The train was piloted by an 'All Female Crew' from Jolarpettai in neighbouring Tamil Nadu to Bengaluru on Friday.

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  India reports 8,848 mucormycosis cases, 23K more Amphotericin vials allocated

  India | May 22, 2021 15:34 IST

  Taking note of the increasing numbers, the Central govt has emphasised upon expediting the allocation of vials of Amphotericin-B, a key drug to treat raging mucormycosis.

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  UP: 17-year-old dies after 'police thrashing for violating corona curfew'; constable suspended

  India | May 22, 2021 8:45 IST

  The police said in a statement that an FIR will be registered against the policemen involved and the entire matter probed.

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  India will be in a position to vaccinate its adult population by end of 2021: Harsh Vardhan

  India | May 21, 2021 23:05 IST

  At a meeting to review the pandemic situation in nine states and union territories, the minister said, "Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured."

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  Ensure robust prevention, control practices to contain black fungus infection: Centre to states

  India | May 21, 2021 22:13 IST

  In recent days, some states and UTs have reported an increasing number of patients suffering from mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus.

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  Government to import 3,63,000 vials of Black Fungus medicine Amphotericin-B

  India | May 21, 2021 16:23 IST

  Several states and UTs have reported an increasing number of patients suffering from Covid complications in the form of Mucormycosis.

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  COVID: Over 1 lakh people vaccinated in Maharashtra in a day

  India | May 20, 2021 23:17 IST

  A total of 1,01,098 people were inoculated on Wednesday, it said in a statement.