Coronavirus India News Live Updates: India saw a record 4,205 COVID-19 fatalities in a day taking the death toll to 2,54,197, while 3,48,421 new coronavirus infections were reported, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The total tally of COVID-19 cases in country now stands at 2,33,40,938. The active cases have reduced to 37,04,099 comprising 15.87 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.04 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,93,82,642 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent, the data stated.
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CG Teeka web portal is for systematic vaccination of people in 18-44 age group. People with no cellphone/internet facility can also get their registration for COVID vaccination done via help desks established at panchayats, urban bodies, municipal corporations & other places, says Chief Minister Office (CMO)
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Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the CG Teeka web portal today via video conferencing. This web portal developed would make the entire process of registration for COVID vaccination quick & convenient, the Chief Minister Office. (ANI)
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Banning remdesivir export half-baked exercise if manufacturers aren't allowed to sell it in the domestic market: Delhi HC tells Centre. (PTI)
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Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has decided to consider crematorium employees as corona warriors & give them all the benefits with effect from April 1, 2020. The government will also provide assistance of Rs 25 lakhs to their families in case of death of any such employee on duty as per Rupani's office.
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Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has issued a global bid today to acquire 1 crore COVID-19 vaccines to vaccinate citizens in Mumbai at the earliest on a massive scale in its decisive fight against COVID virus: Municipal Commissioner IS Chahal (ANI)
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Our teams putting their shoulders on the wheel to support national effort. #COVID19 is spreading in rural areas, our naval units should adopt village(s) & render assistance like INS Chilka: Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh in his message to navy personnel & ex-servicemen.We've marked 111 ICU beds for civil use. 450 bedded addl capacities have been created. Over 200 personnel are deployed in COVID hospitals. Around 200 battlefield nursing assistants being deployed. Per week we’re training 75 nursing assistants to join in this effort, he said.
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At a high-level meeting, Jharkhand Govt decided to extend 'Suraksha Saptah' by two weeks till 6 am on May 27. People coming to the state will have to undergo 7-day mandatory isolation. However, it will not apply to persons who would leave the state within 72 hours: CMO.
Interstate and intra-state bus services will remain completely suspended during the 'Suraksha Saptah'. The movement of private vehicles will be permitted on possession of e-pass. Only 11 people will be allowed to attend weddings.
(ANI)
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PM Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the availability & supply of oxygen & medicines today. PM was briefed that Govt is actively monitoring the supply of drugs being used in the management of Covid as well Mucormycosis: PMO
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There is a provision of life sentence for selling fake drugs. I appeal to the public to cooperate so that black marketing can be stopped: Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Omprakash (ANI)
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It is being seen that many people are not returning oxygen cylinders after use, which is causing inconvenience to others. If any such person is found with cylinders unnecessarily, action will be taken against them: Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar
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Lockdown in Maharashtra extended until May 31 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
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8,970 new cases, 84 deaths and 10,324 recoveries reported in Madhya Pradesh today
Case tally: 7,00,202
Death toll: 6,679
Total recovered cases: 5,83,595
Active cases: 1,09,928
as per state records.
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Have told the Health Ministers of the states that the production of vaccine in the country is expected to be around 8 crores in the month of May and in June it will be around 9 crores. To give more momentum to its production, the Central Government is extending all possible support to the companies, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
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Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin orders industries, medical departments to immediately set up more units to produce oxygen (PTI)
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West Bengal records 20,377 new COVID-19 cases, 135 fatalities and 19,231 discharges in the last 24 hours
Case tally: 10,53,117
Active cases: 1,28,684
as per state government records.
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Rajasthan registers 16,384 new COVID-19 cases, 164 deaths and 12,840 recoveries in the last 24 hours
Total cases: 8,05,658
Death toll: 6,158
Total recoveries: 5,90,390
Active cases: 2,09,110
as per state government data.
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Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has promised the chief minister to deliver 1.5 crore doses of Covishield to Maharashtra after May 20. We will start the vaccination for 18-44 age group after we receive the vaccine says Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope. (ANI)
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Vaccination for 18-44 age group has been suspended for the time being due to shortage of vaccines. All the doses purchased by the state government for the age group will now be diverted for the 45+ category says Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope after state Cabinet meeting. (ANI)
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At the Cabinet meeting, the health department & ministers proposed to extend the lockdown for 15 days. The chief minister will take a final decision on this matter says Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope. (ANI)
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Manipur reports 666 new COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths and 358 recoveries today; Active cases at 5,272 as per state government data.
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Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud tests positive for COVID-19
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Goa reports 2865 new COVID-19 cases, 70 deaths and 2840 recoveries in the last 24 hours
Total cases: 1,27,639
Active cases: 32,791
as per state government data.
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21,452 new COVID-19 cases, 89 deaths and 19,095 recoveries reported in Andhra Pradesh today.
Total cases: 13,44,386
Active cases: 1,97,370
as per state government data.
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Uttarakhand Chief Secretary writes to all district magistrates to distribute ivermectin tablets to each family as a chemoprophylaxis.
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43,529 new COVID-19 cases, 95 deaths and 34,600 recoveries reported in Kerala today. With this, death toll has reached 6,053 and the total recovered cases are 15,71,738. As many as 1,46,320 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Amid rising COVID cases and postponement of the 2nd PUC annual examinations, Common Entrance Test (CET) 2021 scheduled for July 7 and 8, has been postponed to August 28 and 29: Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, and Minister of Higher Education.
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All of our actions must give priority to the vulnerable as they deserve. And also, we come out of this crisis & we need to restructure our society & economy as such that our country does not have this kind of inequity and injustice, says Azim Premji.
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We must act with greatest of speed on all fronts & these actions must be based on good science. We must confront this crisis, its scale & spread truthfully. Science&truth are foundation on which we can tackle this crisis&ensure it's not repeated, says Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji. (ANI)
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Why not start door-to-door vaccination proactively when the lives of senior citizens are concerned? Bombay HC asks Centre (PTI)
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I feel that lockdown should be extended so that we work on the infrastructure for the third wave, otherwise we know what is happening with those who did not follow (COVID protocols): Aslam Shaikh, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister. (ANI)
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"Centre will have to come forward to help us," says Aslam Shaikh, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister on vaccine protocols. If it easesits import laws a bit, we will be able to vaccinate the people in 3-4 months, he says.
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The Tamil Nadu government will float a global tender for procuring COVID-19 vaccines, says Chief Minister MK Stalin (News18 Tamil Nadu)
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Governmentemployees who have a recognised degree in medicine are allowed to assist/treat covid patients on charity basis. No seperate permission needed, says the government of India as per an office memo.
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VACCINATION GUIDELINES IN MUMBAI FOR NEXT WEEK (MAY 17-23)
Walk-in At Government/BMC Centre On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday for the following groups:
1)60 Years+
2)People For 2nd Dose (Covaxin)
3)Differently Abled
For those registered on COWIN, vaccines will be administered on Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
No Vaccination On Sunday
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Delhi Court says it will pronounce order on anticipatory bail plea of Navneet Kalra tomorrow, in connection with a case relating to the hoarding of oxygen concentrators in a restaurant in South Delhi.
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So far, nearly 6,260 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen delivered to various states across the country: Ministry of Railways
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Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today held a meeting via video conferencing with health ministers of Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, J&K and Telangana, to review the progress of the COVID19 vaccination drive & steps to accelerate it
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Vaccination for 18-44 age group shall be started soon in Himachal Pradesh a government spokesperson has said. The state is to receive1,07,620 doses for this drive. Once the districts receive the jabs, the session will be reflected on COWIN, the spokesperson said. (With ANI inputs)
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Himachal Pradesh has allowed private hospitals/ labs to conduct RT-PCR tests at Rs 500 for samples collected at these hospitals and their designated collection centres. As for those conducting home visits, the price has been capped at Rs 750, as per ANI reports.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Proactive steps taken to ensure 24x7 power supply to oxygen plants: Govt
The power ministry on Wednesday said it has taken proactive measures to ensure 24X7 power supply to oxygen plants in the country amid the deadly second wave of the pandemic. The ministry is monitoring the power supply to 73 major identified oxygen plants across the country out of which 13 plants supply oxygen to NCR, it said in a statement.
In view of the manifold rise in oxygen demand for both medical facilities and for home treatment of patients, the ministry has undertaken a number of proactive preventive and remedial measures to ensure uninterrupted power supply to oxygen plants by the state utilities, it said. The position of power supplies to all such plants is reviewed every day at the level of Power Secretary along with the Energy Secretaries of states concerned; CMD, POSOCO on a case by case basis.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Maruti Suzuki extends free service, warranty period amid COVID-19 second wave
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it has extended free service and warranty period up to June 30, 2021, in the wake of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The extension would be applicable to the free service and warranty period expiring between March 15, 2021, to May 31, 2021, the company said in a statement.
Commenting on the step, Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Director (Service) Partho Banerjee said, "Since customers in several states are facing restricted movement, this extension will give them relief. They can avail these services at their convenience, as lockdown eases." On Tuesday, Tata Motors had also announced an extended warranty and free service period till June 30, for those passenger vehicle customers whose tenures are due on April 1 and May 31, in view of the ongoing restrictions across the country due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The company had said the COVID-19 upsurge has led to restrictions on movements and customers across the country are unable to bring or send their vehicles to authorised service centers for scheduled maintenance or repairs.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | YES Bank enables reward points redemption to refill oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients
In a bid to extend help in fighting the shortage of oxygen, YES Bank has enabled its customers to use their banking and credit card reward points to contribute towards medical oxygen for COVID-19 patients, in partnership with GiveIndia. "Customers can now redeem their existing reward points to refill oxygen cylinders of 1,500 litres and 6,000 litres, respectively through https://www.yesrewardz.com/ and https://credit.yesrewardz.com/ (for Credit card customers)," it said in a statement.
"The reward points redeemed towards oxygen refill will be channelled through GiveIndia and used to replenish medical oxygen at charitable hospitals in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi." All the donations, either through reward points or using a debit or credit card, will be eligible for a 50 percent tax exemption under 80G.
In 2020, the bank had committed Rs 10 crore to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) to help combat COVID-19 and support relief efforts. "The Bank acknowledges and salutes the spirit of our fellow citizens and communities, in coming together to combat the COVID-19 situation," the statement added.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | No 'Indian variant': WHO frowns on national nomenclature for COVID-19 types
The World Health Organization (WHO) clarified on May 12 that it does not identify viruses or its variants with the names of countries they are first reported from. The virus strains are referred to by the organisation by their scientific names, WHO said. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also issued a statement on May 12 saying: “Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as an ‘Indian Variant’.
The Health Ministry added: “These media reports are without any basis, and unfounded…. The WHO has not associated the term ‘Indian Variant’ with the B.1.617 variant of the novel coronavirus in its 32-page document. In fact, the word ‘Indian’ has not been used in its report on the matter. According to the World Health Organization, the B.1.617 variant of coronavirus, first detected in India in October 2020, has been found in sequences uploaded from 44 countries in all six WHO regions.
WHO said in its weekly update on the coronavirus pandemic: "As of May 11, over 4,500 sequences have been uploaded to GISAID (platform of data sharing mechanism for influenza) and assigned to B.1.617 from 44 countries in all six WHO regions, and WHO has received reports of detections from five additional countries."
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates | BJP lawmaker hits out at Goa health minister over COVID mismanagement
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Atanasio Babush Monserrate has hit out at Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane for failing to put in place adequate facilities in anticipation of the second Covid-19 wave and said he would demand a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the affairs of his department.
“People are dying... and these people [Rane] have no remorse whatsoever. Did one statement come from the health minister that ‘I am sorry for the deaths’...” Monserrate asked chief minister Pramod Sawant to take charge of the health ministry. “I am upset because our people are dying. And we cannot do anything.”
Monserrate said many BJP lawmakers share his views but were afraid to speak out because of Rane’s “vindictive nature”. He added he has written to Sawant and asked him to call a meeting of lawmakers to take Rane to task there. “..I also want to know the views of all the other MLAs [members of legislative assembly]. This fellow [Rane] has...a vindictive attitude.”
