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An Inmate Of The Central Jail In Uttar Pradesh’s Agra Has Tested Positive For Coronavirus.
07 May

An Inmate Of The Central Jail In Uttar Pradesh’s Agra Has Tested Positive For Coronavirus.

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An inmate of the Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Agra has tested positive for coronavirus. This is possibly the first case of a convict being infected with the deadly virus in the state. 14 inmates who were in close contact with the convict have been quarantined after he tested positive.Prison guards and other jail staff who came in contact with the prisoner are being identified and isolated.The inmate was taken to the hospital on Sunday with high blood pressure and symptoms of brain stroke. He was admitted to the SN Medical College where after an initial test he tested negative…
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Priority Of The Armed Forces Is Always To Neutralise Terrorist Leadership, Says CDS Bipin Rawat.
07 May

Priority Of The Armed Forces Is Always To Neutralise Terrorist Leadership, Says CDS Bipin Rawat.

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Asserting that the first priority of security forces lie in eliminating terrorist leaders like Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said such operations will bring down recruitments for terror groups in the Kashmir valley.Riyaz Naikoo was eliminated by security forces in Kashmir's Beighpora area of Awantipora on Wednesday. Commenting upon efforts to humanise Riyaz Naikoo and other terrorists by describing them as Mathematics teacher and son of a tailor are somehow propagating them into developing a Rambo kind of image, "Creating more than a life-size image of a terrorist is somehow…
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A Specialised Chemical Called PTBC Will Be Sent To Visakhapatnam From Gujarat As Neutraliser.
07 May

A Specialised Chemical Called PTBC Will Be Sent To Visakhapatnam From Gujarat As Neutraliser.

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A specialised chemical called PTBC, made only in Vapi town of Gujarat, will be sent to Visakhapatnam on an urgent basis to help in neutralising the effects of gas leak at a polymer plant, a Gujarat government official said on Thursday.A major leak from a chemical plant of LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Thursday impacted villages within a five-km radius, leaving eight people dead and scores of citizens complaining of breathlessness, nausea and other problems.
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At Least 11 People Have Been Killed And Over 200 Others Hospitalised Due To A Gas Leak In Vizag.
07 May

At Least 11 People Have Been Killed And Over 200 Others Hospitalised Due To A Gas Leak In Vizag.

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A chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam will face a government probe over possible safety violations leading to the leak of styrene gas late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, resulting in 11 people being killed and over 200 others being admitted to hospital.A high-level panel of Special Chief Secretary (Environment), Industries Secretary, the District Collector and the Vishakhapatnam Police Commissioner has been tasked with investigating the incident.
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4,000 Tablighi Jamaat Members Gets Released After Quarantine In Delhi.
06 May

4,000 Tablighi Jamaat Members Gets Released After Quarantine In Delhi.

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Over 4,000 Tablighi Jamaat members who have completed mandatory quarantine and show no coronavirus symptoms can go home, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said today.However, the minister also said Jamaat members named in Delhi Police's ongoing investigation into the "Markaz" Nizamuddin incident in March will not be released and instead be sent to police custody.Around 900 of those being released from quarantine are residents of Delhi. A majority of the others hail from Tamil Nadu and Telangana - two of the states worst-hit by the spread of COVID-19 cases linked to the Jamaat event.
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Coronavirus Has Infected Around 548 Doctors, Nurses And Paramedics Across The Country So Far.
06 May

Coronavirus Has Infected Around 548 Doctors, Nurses And Paramedics Across The Country So Far.

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Coronavirus has infected around 548 doctors, nurses and paramedics across the country so far, according to data maintained by the Centre, official sources said on Wednesday.The figure does not include field workers, ward boys, sanitation workers, security guards, lab attendants, peons, laundry and kitchen staff among others.According to an official source, it has not been ascertained from where these doctors, nurses and paramedic staff have acquired the infection.
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A Petition In Delhi High Court Claims AIIMS Pharmace Is Not Giving Medicines To Non-Coronavirus Patients.
06 May

A Petition In Delhi High Court Claims AIIMS Pharmace Is Not Giving Medicines To Non-Coronavirus Patients.

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The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre's response on a plea claiming that outstation non-coronavirus patients who had come for treatment at AIIMS are not being provided medication from the hospital''s pharmacy anymore due to the lockdown.A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice to the Centre and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) seeking their stand on the petition which wants medications for these patients till the time the lockdown continues.The plea said the patients had come to Delhi for treatment at AIIMS and were presently living in night shelters in the national capital.
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Congress Acusses “Namaste Trump” Event For The Spread Of Coronavirus In Gujarat.
06 May

Congress Acusses “Namaste Trump” Event For The Spread Of Coronavirus In Gujarat.

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The Gujarat Congress on Wednesday alleged that the "Namaste Trump" event, organised by the state BJP government in Gujarat, on February 24 was responsible for the spread of coronavirus in the state.State Congress President Amit Chavda said his party wants an independent probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into this, and that they will approach the Gujarat High Court soon against government's "criminal negligence".However, the state BJP unit dismissed the allegation as baseless, saying the event was organised well before the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the first coronavirus case in the state was…
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Israel Claims To Have Developed Antibodies Against Coronavirus.
05 May

Israel Claims To Have Developed Antibodies Against Coronavirus.

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Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett has said that scientists at the country's main biological research institute have made a "significant breakthrough" in developing an antibody to the novel coronavirus, as the researchers wrapped up the development phase and moved to patent and mass produce the potential treatment.Bennett visited the labs of the Israel's Institute for Biological Research, supervised by the Prime Minister's Office and mandated to develop a vaccine for coronavirus, in Ness Ziona on Monday and was shown the "antibody that attacks the virus in a monoclonal way and can neutralize it within the bodies of those ill", a…
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COVID-19: Abbott receives CE Mark
05 May

COVID-19: Abbott receives CE Mark

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Abbott announced today it received CE Mark to the IVD Directive (98/79/EC) for its laboratory-based serology blood test for the detection of the antibody, IgG that identifies if a person has had the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Antibody testing is an important next step to tell if someone has been previously infected. It will provide more understanding of the virus including how long antibodies stay in the body and if they provide immunity. This type of knowledge could help support the development of treatments and vaccines. Narendra Varde, General Manager and Country Head at Abbott’s diagnostics business in India said, “Abbott…
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