COVID-19 BF.7 variant LIVE UPDATES: The latest variant devastated several countries including our neighbor China which posed a great threat to India as well.
Covid preparedness: It seems that authorities learnt a lesson from the Oxygen crisis that took place during the second wave which claimed hundreds of lives due to mismanagement of the Oxygen supply and lack of ventilators.
The announcement Friday from the United Nations health agency marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a COVID-19 variant as such.
Chief Medical Officer M S Faujdar said mock drills were held in five government hospitals and doctors and other staff where involved in the high-paced exercise.
PM was briefed about the concentration of cases in a few geographies, districts with high test positivity as well as the week-on-week test positivity rate in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Chief Ministers of the North-eastern states to focus on micro containment zones to tide over Covid-19 crisis. The northeastern states have witnessed a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, despite a decrease in the number of cases across India. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that around 80% of the Covid-19 cases in India at the moment are being witnessed from 90 districts. As many as 14 of them are from the northeast.
3 million doses the country expected to receive by April won't be delivered until August, WHO told Afghanistan.
The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, has now become the dominant VOC in the UK.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to visit Azamgarh and Varanasi he will take stock of Covid-19 situation
Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash visited villages and reviewed Covid situation. The DM interacted with natives and asked them whether they have been vaccinated or tested for coronavirus.
While talking to INDIA TV Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said we are making team to handle COVID situation in villages.
India is currently dealing with a devastating second COVID-19 wave that has swept through the nation, crushing the country's health infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical workers.
Modi has been interacting with various chief ministers over telephone for the last couple of days to take stock of the pandemic situation in their states.
The Facebook users who tried to view the hashtag saw a message saying that Facebook was temporarily hiding the posts in order to keep the community safe.
The Supreme Court is hearing a case concerning the COVID-19 situation in the country. Yesterday CJI SA Bobde had sought a response on why the top Court should not deal with the matter uniformly, in the wake of several High Courts taking up COVID-19 related issues suo motu in their respective States.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that he had a conversation with US President Joe Biden on the Covid-19 situation.
Vaccination for those above 18 years of age will begin from May 1.
With the country witnessing a worrying surge in Covid-19 cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday directed the states and Union Territories to cope with the crisis by ensuring containment, surveillance and treatment of the coronavirus positive cases.
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