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Tourists arrested for entering Uttarakhand with fake reports of Covid 19
15 Jul

Tourists arrested for entering Uttarakhand with fake reports of Covid 19

editor0 CommentsCovid-19
Tourists coming to Uttarakhand are required to bring negative report of Covid 19 with them. Tourists cannot roam without a negative report. The police have arrested 13 such tourists, who were entering Uttarakhand by making a fake report of Covid 19. The police have registered a case against them under the Epidemic Act.  In view of the danger of increasing corona infection, the government has made negative corona report mandatory for tourists visiting here. In view of this, the SOG team was strictly checking near the RTO barrier located at Asharodi check post. During this, two vehicles were stopped on…
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India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant tests positive for COVID-19
15 Jul

India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant tests positive for COVID-19

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, India, Sports,
India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not travel with the Test squad to Durham, where Team India will reassemble to begin preparations for the England series. A BCCI source confirmed that it was Pant who tested positive and was in isolation for the past eight days. He is, according to the source, asymptomatic at this point. "He is in quarantine at an acquaintance's place and won't be travelling with the team to Durham on Thursday," he said without divulging when the 23-year-old will join the squad. A few weeks earlier the player was spotted with…
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Vaccination leads to reduced ICU stay, treatment cost
14 Jul

Vaccination leads to reduced ICU stay, treatment cost

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
A cohort study on the impact of vaccination among Covid-19 patients by Star Health and Allied Insurance has unveiled the significant impacts of vaccination among individuals 45 years and above, IndiaMedToday reported. The study concluded that there was a marked reduction in the total hospitalisation expenses by approximately 24 per cent, the average length of stay (ALOS) by a mean of 2.1 days, ICU requirement by 66 per cent and a reduction of approximately 81 per cent in mortality among patients who had completed two doses of vaccination. The report said the study was conducted during the second wave (March…
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Rajasthan reports 11 cases of Kappa variant of Covid-19
14 Jul

Rajasthan reports 11 cases of Kappa variant of Covid-19

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. Of these, four cases each are from Alwar and Jaipur, two from Barmer and one is from Bhilwara, he said. The minister said reports of nine samples have been received from Delhi and two from the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital. The Kappa variant is a moderate form of the coronavirus as compared to its delta variant, Sharma said. On Monday, Rajasthan reported 33 new Covid-19 cases which pushed the state's infection tally to 9,53,159.The death toll from the pandemic…
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Third Covid wave hits world, join hands to avoid it in India: V K Paul
13 Jul

Third Covid wave hits world, join hands to avoid it in India: V K Paul

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, ,
The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, NITI Aayog member V.K. Paul on Tuesday appealed to Indians to join hands to avoid its spread in India, warning that a “majority of cases will be reported if the next wave comes”. “The world is witnessing a third wave (of Covid-19). We have to join hands to ensure that the third wave doesn’t hit India. The Prime Minister today clearly said that we should focus on keeping the third wave at bay, instead of discussing when it would come in India,” Paul said. Citing data that mentions 3,90,000 Covid cases in the…
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1st COVID-19 Patient of India Tests Positive again for the Coronavirus
13 Jul

1st COVID-19 Patient of India Tests Positive again for the Coronavirus

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
Today in Kerala's Thrissur health authorities said that the woman who was tested positive for corona virus has tested positive again. she told to the press she tested for corona virus as she was prepared to go to New Delhi for study purposes. Then the test came out as positive. The woman is currently at home and she is good. It was on January 30, 2020 the third year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for COVID-19, becoming India's first COVID-19 patient, and after that she had returned home following semester holidays. After nearly three weeks of treatment at…
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KFC India pledges Covid-relief and support
13 Jul

KFC India pledges Covid-relief and support

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Covid-19,
KFC India strengthens its efforts to provide support to team members and communities in need through the ongoing Covid wave. As part of its ‘KFC Care’ campaign, the brand has undertaken various relief initiatives. Supported by the Yum! Foundation, KFC Care pledges to provide medical supplies & essentials to hospitals, food relief kits and home care Covid kits to underprivileged families. To safeguard the safety and well-being of its team members, the brand has extended a Vaccination Drive for its team members across 480+ KFC restaurants in the country. In association with partners as ResponseNet and Smile Foundation, KFC Care…
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Hip & Knee replacement surgeon Dr. Nishikant
12 Jul

Hip & Knee replacement surgeon Dr. Nishikant

editor0 CommentsHealth
The patients of Cooch Behar will get benefit from the expertise and experience of Dr. Nishikant, a renowned Hip and Knee Replacement Surgeon, one of the 50 stalwarts of the country by performing nearly 10,000 successful knee and hip surgeries in the last decade. Patients will get Dr. Nishikant's service at Care Pharma in Cooch Behar on July 15 & 16. At present Dr. Nishikant is the Director of Orthopedics and Joint Replacement at Mediversal Multi Super Specialty Hospital, Patna. Dr. Nishikant Kumar, a gold medalist in MBBS and MS (Ortho) both, has got world-class recognition and obtained several major…
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India reports over 37K new Covid cases, recoveries cross 3 crore-mark
12 Jul

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

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
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…
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Centre caps 20% of Covaxin supply for first dose beneficiaries, via CoWIN
10 Jul

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

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, ,
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…
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