NEW CORONA SOP PERMITS RELAXATION FOR MOVIE HALLS, SWIMMING POOLS

28 Jan 2021

Cinema halls and theatres will be allowed to operate with higher occupancy, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced in its revised Covid-19 guidelines. The updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) also allow the reopening of swimming pools for all. The fresh guidelines are effective from 1 February. “Cinema halls...

PM Modi’s formula for winning the Covid war

21 Jan 2021

The Modi government has decided to export Covid vaccines free of cost to its neighbours as a ‘goodwill gesture’. Covaxin will be sent to seven countries, including Mongolia, Oman, Myanmar, the Philippines, Bahrain, Maldives and Mauritius, while Covishield is being sent to Bhutan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Seychelles. The government...

DOCTORS SHARE COVID-19 VACCINE EXPERIENCE

19 Jan 2021

The pan-India massive vaccination drive against Covid-19 began from January 16. Hospitals had prepared for it beforehand, they followed guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health for the vaccination process, trained the team and did dry runs, some hospitals formed Adverse Effects committee, set up Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI)...

NEW COVID CASES BELOW 20K FOR 4 DAYS IN A ROW

06 Jan 2021

With 16,375 new Covid-19 cases and 201 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 1,03,56,845 on Tuesday, while the toll touched 1,49,850. The country continued its streak of low daily new cases as the fresh infection numbers remained below 20,000 for the fourth consecutive day. Till now,...

INDIA IS ALL SET TO ROLL OUT COVID VACCINE BY 13 JANUARY

06 Jan 2021

Days after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave approval to two Covid-19 vaccines, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that it is prepared to roll out the coronavirus vaccine by 13 January, paving way for mass vaccination drive in the country. “We are prepared to roll out...

India’s daily count in 16k bracket; recovery rate improves to 96.19%

05 Jan 2021

India’s recovery rate continued to rise, standing at 96.19 percent on Monday. A total of 99,46,867 patients have recovered or been discharged in the country so far. In the past 24 hours, India added 16,504 cases to its Covid-19 tally, placing its overall number at 1.03 crore cases. This is the...

PM Modi’s Covid-19 decisions make him most popular leader

05 Jan 2021

US-based political rating firm Morning Consult rated Prime Minister Narendra Modi the most popular world leader last week for his efficient handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. While this should be a moment of pride for all of us, we need to refresh our memory about what he has done to...

9 MORE DETECTED WITH UK COVID STRAIN, TOTAL CASES IN INDIA RISE TO 38

05 Jan 2021

Nine more Covid patients have been detected with the UK Covid strain, taking the total number of such cases to 38 in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. All the nine latest additions have been reported from a single laboratory in the national capital, which accounts for...

Centre must provide free Covid vaccine to all without discrimination: Balbir Sidhu

04 Jan 2021

Health and family welfare minister of Punjab, Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday said that Central Government should provide free of cost Corona vaccine to the state in a stipulated time. Talking to media persons he said that stringent measures were taken from time to time with view to control the...

INDIA RECORDS 18K CASES, DELHI’S DAILY COVID TALLY FALLS BELOW 500 FOR FIRST TIME IN MONTHS

04 Jan 2021

NEW DELHI: With only 424 fresh infections reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours, for the first time in the last seven and a half months, the number of Covid-19 cases has gone below 500 in the national capital. As per the latest health bulletin, there were 424 positive...