On Sunday, the state govt had announced that starting May 1, it would provide free of cost COVID-19 vaccines to those between 18 and 45 years of age.
General MM Naravane apprised PM Modi that Army is opening up its hospitals for civilans wherever possible. He also added that citizens can approach their nearest army hospitals.
India touched another grim milestone as the overall deaths in the pandemic crossed the 2-lakh mark. Over 3.6 lakh new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in yet another single-day record.
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported as many as 985 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the biggest single-day spike in fatalities. The state, one of the worst hit by theCOVID-19 pandemic, logged 63,309 fresh cases, taking the tally of infections to 44,73,394.
The decision was taken by Chandigarh Administrator VP Singh Badnore during a COVID review meeting with officials.
"This govt does not have any right to stay in power. Forget about providing the basic needs to the people, they have even failed to give them emergency services," Chautala told on Tuesday.
Covid-19 vaccination drive for those above 18 will not begin from May 1 in Maharashtra. The government, however, said that it will provide vaccine free of cost to all
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
Goa Lockdown News: Goa government has announced a complete lockdown in the state from Thursday evening.
Amazon has tied up with Medtronic, an American-Irish medical device company, to deliver ICU units to India in next two weeks.
Delhi recorded as many as 24,149 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 10.72 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 17,862.
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported as many as 895 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the biggest single-day spike in fatalities. The state, one of the worst hit by theCOVID-19 pandemic, logged 66,358 fresh cases, taking the tally of infections to 44,10,085.
Former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee's niece and and Congress leader, Karuna Shukla, died of COVID-19 in Raipur on Tuesday.
April so far is the deadliest month since the beginning of the pandemic and the last seven days accounted for half of the deaths reported in the month
On Sunday, Mumbai recorded 5,542 new Covid-19 cases, its lowest single-day rise in infections so far in April, pushing the overall tally to 6,27,651.
India's health infrastructure has been buckling under pressure with an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases in the last two weeks. The country's coronavirus cases hit a new record on Monday with 3,52,991 new cases, along with 2,812 deaths.
COVID-19: A new isolation facility has been set up Indian Army in Bhopal to address bed crunch in hospitals.
India's health infrastructure has been buckling under pressure with an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases. The country's coronavirus cases hit a new record on Monday with 3,52,991 new cases, along with 2,812 deaths.
India has been reporting high number of Covid-19 cases and deaths while several reports of shortage of oxygen are also coming.
The accused, identified as Manish Vinodrao Joshi (33) and Gopal Gyaniprasad Sharma (34), were arrested on Friday, he said.
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