-TheWire.in Last week, the Uttarakhand high court had observed that the pilgrimage cannot be allowed to turn into another Kumbh Mela. New Delhi: Despite the 1800% INCrease in Uttarkhand’s active COVID-19 cases in the period coINCiding with the Kumbh Mela, the state government has given its green signal to hold the annual Char Dham yatra from May 14. The state government has agreed to allow the pilgrimage to four shrines – Yamunotri, Gangotri,...
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No vaccine for 18 to 44 in Arunachal -Tongam Rina
-ArunachalTimes.in ITANAGAR, 28 Apr: Arunachal Pradesh will not vaccinate those between the ages of 18 to 44 for now, as the state is yet to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the manufacturer. The health department is yet to hear from the vaccine manufacturer, which means all adults below the age of 45 will not be vaccinated for now, though the priority group that INCludes health care and frontline workers and above 45 will...
More »Aid pours in from the world to counter India's COVID-19 second wave -Kallol Bhattacherjee
-The Hindu Many countries are sending emergency use equipment to India to fight COVID-19 Around 15 countries INCluding the US, Russia, France and the United Kingdom are rushing critical emergency use equipment to enable India counter the COVID-19’s deadly second wave. A compilation from the Ministry of External Affairs showed that countries are sending hundreds of oxygen concentrators, respirators and large quantities of liquid oxygen to help ease the difficult situation facing...
More »Covid: Yogi orders crack down on hospitals flagging oxygen shortage -Piyush Srivastava
-The Telegraph Many hospitals in Lucknow and other parts of the state had put up notices declaring an oxygen shortage and advising families to shift patients elsewhere Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sent out a clear message to the state’s hospitals: keep your mouth shut about any oxygen crisis or face action. At an online meeting on Sunday evening, Adityanath asked senior administrative and police officers, INCluding divisional commissioners and inspectors-general, to crack...
More »India records over 3.5 lakh new cases and 2,809 deaths on April 25, 2021
-The Hindu Maharashtra accounts for 20% followed by U.P., Karnataka India’s daily COVID-19 tally crossed the 3.5-lakh mark on April 25, with 3,54,880 new cases and a whopping 2,809 deaths recorded till 11 p.m. IST on Sunday. The country has so far reported a total of 1,73,06,647 cases and 1,95,119 deaths. Maharashtra reported 66,191 infections, accounting for 20% of the new cases, followed by Uttar Pradesh (35,614) and Karnataka (34,804). Maharashtra also recorded...
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