Covid-19 - The Purbottar

12 Jul

India reports over 37K new Covid cases, recoveries cross 3 crore-mark

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India recorded 37,154 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 724 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday, adding that the total recovery from the virus also crossed the three crore-mark. This is the 34th consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases. The active cases have now come down below 5 lakh. The country has 4,50,899 active cases presently and has witnessed a total of 4,08,764 deaths so far. According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 39,649 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking…

10 Jul

Centre caps 20% of Covaxin supply for first dose beneficiaries, via CoWIN

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Easing the restriction over immunisation by Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, the central government has now allowed the vaccination centres to administer the vaccine’s first dose to all the age group although with a cap of 20 per cent. As per the officials, the capping of 20 per cent is in place considering the limited supply of Covaxin. “The government vaccination centres may restart administration of the first dose of Covaxin. However, considering the limited vaccine supply, to begin with, the first dose slots may be limited to up to 20% of the total session capacity,” the order read. The…

10 Jul

Tamil Nadu lockdown extended with relaxing few restrictions

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Today coronavirus lockdown extended in the state of Tamil Nadu by the government till July 19, although there will be relaxation to a few restrictions, Schools, colleges, theatres, swimming pools, bars and zoos are ordered to remain shut and Political events and Cultural events with huge public participation too cannot be held. Shops can remain open for an hour longer and need to shut only by 9 pm. With 50 percent customers allowed Restaurants, tea shops, bakeries, roadside eateries, etc can also stay open till 9 pm with following all the Covid protocols such as having hand sanitizers in the…

10 Jul

ICMR notified Corona Virus will stay forever

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The Corona virus will not get easily,after a while, just like influenza, and vulnerable populations may have to take the vaccine shot annually. On friday , Head, Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, ICMR, Covid-19, is expected to gradually become an endemic. According to Head Division of Epidemiology Centre Samiran Panda said 100 years ago the influenza changed as pandemic. There should minor changes in the vaccine formulations simultaneously. Experiments at the ICMR have proved that the vaccines presently available in India are effective against the new Covid variants as well. However, the efficacy may differ for different strains.

09 Jul

India logs 43,393 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate at 97.19%.

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India has recorded 43,393 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. India’s active caseload stands at 4,58,727. The active cases constitute 1.49% of total cases. The recovery rate has risen to 97.19%. 2,98,88,284 people have recovered across the country so far. 36.89 crore vaccine doses were administered so far under a nationwide vaccination drive. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.36%. The daily positivity rate is at 2.42%, less than 3% for 18 consecutive days. The testing capacity has been substantially ramped up –42.70 crore total tests have been conducted.

09 Jul

Yogi Adityanath expected to return to power in UP despite Covid failures

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There is good news for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as majority feels he will win the upcoming state assembly elections in 2022. As per the IANS-CVoter Snap Poll, 52 per cent say Adityanath will win the UP elections despite his failure to handle the Covid pandemic in the state, while 37 per cent said Adityanath will not be able to win the elections. The BJP has recently registered a big victory in the Zila Parishad elections in Uttar Pradesh. It has has won 65 out of 75 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Zila panchayat polls. BJP’s thumping victory…

08 Jul

Integration of CoWin on Vi App

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During the present situation, getting vaccinated is the most important thing one can do to protect themselves, their families and society from the spread of Covid 19. To simplify the process of scheduling their vaccination appointment, Vi has integrated the CoWin App’s slot finder on the Vi App for its customers. Vi users can search for available vaccine slots and set notification alerts on the Vi App itself. Vi customers will now not need to look beyond their phone to schedule a Covid-19 vaccination appointment. This service is available to Vi prepaid and post-paid customers. Vi customers can filter their…

06 Jul

Assam govt orders total lockdown in 7 districts

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The government of Assam has declared total lockdown in seven districts of the state, in the wake of coronavirus cases. According to the details, total lockdown has been declared in Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Morigaon. The lockdown restrictions in the said districts will come into effect from July 7 and will remain enforced till further orders. Here's a complete list of what will be allowed/restricted Assam's COVID-19 tally rose to 5,19,834 on Monday as 2,640 more people tested positive for the infection, while 31 fresh fatalities pushed the states coronavirus death toll to 4,683, a health bulletin…

05 Jul

Mega vaccination camp in siliguri helps over 600 people to get their jab

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Over 600 people were vaccinated at the Mega vaccination camp, organised by the Rotary Club of Siliguri. The camp was inaugurated by RK Jain and Dr. Rajeev Trehan. They said to the media that more and more people should get vaccinated very soon at this difficult hour. Subhomoy Mitra from Neotia Getwel said they are glad to give vaccination to the common people at places that are near their homes. Rotary Club members Rakesh Garg, Sanjay Sharma, Rajesh Agarwal along with other members were present to make the camp a successful one. After the disastrous effect of covid-19, we had…

03 Jul

Covishield Shot Should Be Accepted In Travel Schemes: UK’s Boris Johnson

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday (July 2) said he saw no reason why people who received Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines should be left out of vaccine passport schemes after the European Union did not initially recognise it. About 5 million people in Britain are thought to have had the vaccine made by Serum Institute in India, known as Covishield. "I see no reason at all why the MHRA-approved vaccines should not be recognised as part of the vaccine passports and Im very confident that that will not prove to be a problem," Johnson said at a joint news…