Covid19

31 Dec

Covishield Covid vaccine has been applied for complete approval by Serum Institute of India

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According to the company's chief executive, Serum Institute Of India has applied to the country's drug regulator and the health ministry for full approval of its Covid-19 vaccine Covishield. More than 1.25 billion doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, branded as Covishield, have been given in India by Serum Institute. According to Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla, the Indian government now has enough data to consider a full approval. At the start of the year, Serum Institute, the biggest vaccine maker, received approval for the emergency use of Covishield in India. Covishield and Bharat Biotech's inactivated vaccine Covaxin has dominated the…

31 Dec

First Omicron death reported in India

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On Thursday Maharashtra confirmed that a 52-year-old omicron patient died of heart attack at Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital in Pimpri Chinchwad, but stopped short of calling him the first casualty of the variant and attributed the death to his health conditions. This highly infectious variant spread in two more states Punjab and Bihar and recorded highest single-day infections for the second consecutive day. The state health authorities refrained from labelling it as the first Omicron death despite the man having a travel history to Nigeria and a Covid positive diagnosis. They said the patient had diabetes for the past 13 years.…

30 Dec

Rajiv Chowk Station will be Closed on New Year Eve

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Long queues were seen outside various Delhi Metro stations for the second consecutive day after imposition of fresh curbs by authorities to check the spread of COVID-19 in the city. Meanwhile, Delhi Metro authorities have decided that exit from the Rajiv Chowk metro station will not be allowed after 9 PM on that day. With new Covid restrictions and night curfew in place from 11 PM onwards in Delhi amid a scare of Omicron variant of the corona virus, the crowd is likely to be small. ‘Yellow alert’ category graded action was put in place by authorities on Tuesday…

30 Dec

In 24 Hours, over 4,300 Covid Violation Cases Grows In Delhi

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Data for December 28 shared by the Delhi government showed 4,392 violations were recorded. North Delhi reported the maximum number of such violations (700), followed by the east (635) and the southwest (502). On the same day 69 FIRs registered for violation of Covid rules, but no arrests were made. Delhi is on 'yellow alert' over the rise in Covid cases; with data suggesting the spike in is almost 21 per cent faster than the second wave in March-April. This means restrictions like night curfew, closure of cinema halls, educational institutions and gyms, as well as 50% seating capacity in…

29 Dec

Due to increase of Covid-19 cases, UAE tightens entry requirements

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Due to major spike in cases of Covid-19 in the United Arab Emirates, the emergency, crisis and disasters committee of Abu Dhabi has tightened entry requirements. The committee said that from December 30, vaccinated individuals will need a green status on the Alhosn App on their phones, while the unvaccinated will need a negative RT-PCR test result received within 96 hours to enter Abu Dhabi. Till now, the UAE has reported nearly 755,000 cases, 2,160 fatalities and 742,565 recoveries due to Covid-19. The active cases stand at 10,186. On Tuesday, 1,846 more people were detected as Covid-19 positive while one…

29 Dec

I-League has suspended for two weeks

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After covid-19 cases were reported inside the bio-secure bubble in Kolkata the Hero I-League has suspended for two weeks. According to report,at least 15 players have tested positive for the virus. In addition to that eight more players from seven other teams who have been putting up in the Kolkata hotel have tested positive for the virus. The I-League committee is all set to meet in the afternoon and will announce the final decision. A total of 13 teams are playing this season’s I-League which started only three days back.

28 Dec

New omicron cases in India

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India has witnessed another fresh Omicron cases on Tuesday. The health ministry’s official tally says that there are 653 confirmed cases of Omicron variant across India. The official data says that 6,358 new cases of Covid-19 were detected across India in the span of last 24 hours. While several states have imposed night curfews in wake of the Omicron surge, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s has taken the call on the Graded Response Action Plan or GRAP which comes into affect immediately. Schools, malls, gyms have been closed and markets will now work on odd-even basis. The Delhi metro will run on…

21 Dec

31 out of 54 Omicron patients discharged in Maharashtra

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31 patients out of 54 who were infected with the new coronavirus variant Omicron in Maharashtra till now have been discharged from hospitals on Monday. No new cases of Omicron by the WHO, was reported in the state on Monday, keeping the newly discovered strain's tally constant at 54, he said. Of these, the highest 22 cases were from Mumbai. According to the health department, 31 of the 54 patients infected with Omicron so far have been discharged from hospitals after they returned negative RT-PCR test reports. Since 1st December, as many as 1,36,400 travellers have arrived from overseas, including…

16 Dec

Omicron threat: Sec 144 imposed in Mumbai for 14 days

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With over two dozen cases of new highly-infectious Covid-19 variant Omicron, the Maharashtra government has decided to curb huge gatherings and launch crackdown against violators. The total Omicron cases now have shot up to 32 with four new cases being reported - two from Osmanabad and one each from Mumbai and Buldhana. The Mumbai Police has extended the 144 CrPC by another fortnight. “Section 144 will be imposed from 0001 hrs of 16 December and will be in force till 2400 hrs of 31 December,” states the order signed by deputy commissioner of police (operations) Chaitanya S. The BrihanMumbai Municipal…

13 Dec

3 more people from London test positive for Covid in Bengaluru

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Three persons, who arrived from London to the KempeGowda International Airport (in Bengaluru, tested positive for Covid-19 in RT-PCR tests. As per the protocol 30-year-old woman and 6-year-old two boys have been taken to hospital and kept under isolation. Since they have arrived from a high risk zone, the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. So far, three patients have tested positive for Omicron variant in the state. Two have travel history and one did not have any travel history. The health department initiated a series of measures to contain the infection from the new variant. However, the state…