Amid increased demand of oxygen due to rising COVID cases, 2011 batch IAS officer turned actor Abhishek Singh launched oxygen taxi for refilling the empty oxygen cylinders for people in distress.
According to information, the police station Beta 2 of Greater Noida and the Crime Branch team jointly launched an operation and arrested two accused from Greater Noida's Alpha Commercial.
Delhi Police have arrested a fraudster named Sunny for cheating people on the pretext of providing them plasma.
Named 'Jeevan Rakshak', an online Google form has been devised for the purpose. The persons in need of plasma will register their requests for requisition, for which the link is available on the Delhi Police's official website.
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his 48th birthday today and wishes have been pouring in for the Master Blaster. Tendulkar gave his gratitude to the medical staff, who took care of him when contracted the virus.
From sharing names of the people who gave oxygen cylinders to ways of donating plasma, Bhumi Pednekar is putting out all the necessary details to help her fans and followers.
Gautam Buddh Nagar adjoining Delhi is among the worst-hit districts of Uttar Pradesh with over 3,300 active cases of COVID-19 and 103 deaths due to the pandemic so far, according to official figures updated till Sunday.
US President Donald Trump on August 23 announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients.
22 Police officials, who have recovered from the novel coronavirus came forward to donate plasma in Surat.
Kunal Ganna, a 21-year-old city-based businessman who recovered from coronavirus has emerged as a saviour, with his three plasma donations saving the lives of six infected patients, an official said on Sunday.
For those patients who successfully overcome the virus, social media is inundated with requests that they donate their plasma for Convalescent Plasma Therapy - a treatment considered to be beneficial to patients who have tested positive.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the government is providing plasma for free and people do not need to buy or sell it. Kejriwal inspected a redevelopment project at Chandni Chowk on Thursday.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan inspected plasma therapy arrangement at ESIC Medical College in Hyderabad.
In a fateful incident, three members of a family carrying blood plasma for a newborn baby were injured after the car they were traveling in was hit by a speeding car on Saturday.
Ride-hailing platform Uber on Wednesday said it is offering free rides to donors in the city, travelling to the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) that houses the country's first plasma bank.
Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel who have recovered from coronavirus, donated plasma for treatment of COVID-19 positive patients.
Someone weighing less than 50 kg, women who have a history of pregnancy, cancer survivors, and those with kidney, heart, lung or liver diseases are not eligible to donate plasma.
The Delhi Plasma Bank clarified on Thursday that it does not charge any amount for providing plasma to the patients, after a document started doing the rounds on social media where it was mentioned that the bank would charge Rs 25,000 from private and corporate hospitals against the plasma provided to them.
Convalescent plasma therapy uses plasma which is a blood component, it has the virus-fighting antibodies, since it has been taken from a person who was infected but now recovered. When administered to a Covid-19 patient, it generates enough antibodies to kill the virus.
In a series of Instagram posts, Nafisa Ali explained the process of donating plasma to treat people diagnosed with COVID-19 and also added that she is very proud of her niece Diya. The veteran actress, who is a cancer survivor herslef, called her a COVID-19 hero.
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