Covid-19 - The Purbottar

05 Apr

Famous Actress Bhumi Pednekar Tested Covid-19 Positive

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Actress Bhumi Pednekar on Monday Seth she tested covid-19 positive in Instagram post she is is currently under eye solution and the necessary protocols listen by the doctors. The 'Dum Laga ke haishaa' actress ask 10 who came in contact with her to also get tested for the covid-19 virus."I have tested positive for covid-19 as of today but I am feeling ok I am also following the protocol given by my doctor and health professionals if you have been in my contact or meet up with me request you to please get tested immediately", she wrote. Pednekar argued her…

02 Apr

OYO will covervaccination costs of employees

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OYO Hotels & Homeswill cover vaccination costs for its all employees in India and their families. They will benefit from this as they can choose to get the vaccination done at any centre convenient to them and the costs would be reimbursed in full by OYO. Additionally, the company has also enhanced the insurance benefit of employees to include a COVID-19 home care cover. Aiming to build a healthierand productive workforce, OYO has been revising and adding new employees’ policies year-on-year. The company was one of the first Indian start-ups to announce a 5-day work week. It is now offering…

02 Apr

Down with covid, Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised

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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, Friday said that he has been hospitalised under medical advice and also wished all Indians and his teammates on the 10th anniversary of the 2011 World Cup win. Tendulkar took to Twitter to say, “Thank you for your wishes and prayers. As a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice, I have been hospitalised. I hope to be back home in a few days. Take care and stay safe everyone. Wishing all Indians & my teammates the 10th anniversary of our World Cup win.” The 47-year-old Master Blaster tested positive for Covid-19 along…

31 Mar

Smile Train strengthens support

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Health care systems in different stages of the Covid-19 pandemic are addressing the backlog of surgical procedures that were postponed during the initial wave of the pandemic. Smile Train partner hospitals in West Bengal have resumed providing free cleft surgeries to patients born with cleft lip and palate with enhanced COVID-19 safety protocols.Cleft lip and palate, a facial birth anomaly, can be completely cured but it is important that children get treatment at the right age to live a healthy and productive life. This involves surgery and other related ancillary care. Delayed treatment can lead to speech and hearing problems,…

31 Mar

India records 53,480 new COVID – 19 cases, 354 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases over 5.52 lakh

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India's coronavirus tally jumped to 1,21,49,335 with 53,480 new cases reported in 24 hours, while 354 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,62,468, the Union Health Ministry said Wednesday morning. Out of 354 fatalities, 140 were reported from Maharashtra. The country had recorded 355 deaths on December 17. The active cases have risen to 5,52,566 comprising 4.55 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 94.11 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,14,34,301, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, it stated. India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh…

26 Mar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had announced that India will gift 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses for UN peacekeepers.

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The 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, announced as a gift by India, will be sent to the UN peacekeepers on March 27 and then will be distributed to the peacekeeping missions. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had announced in February that India will gift 200,000 COVID-19 doses for UN peacekeepers. “Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them,” Jaishankar said had said while addressing the UN Security Council open debate on the implementation of resolution 2532 (2020) on the cessation of hostilities in the context…

25 Mar

Daily Covid tally past 50k again, highest in over 5 months

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NEW DELHI: India recorded its highest single-day Covid count in over five months on Wednesday with 53,364 people testing positive for the virus. The last time the country had surpassed this tally was on October 23 when 54,350 cases were recorded.However, unlike in the second half of October, when the first wave was receding after having peaked on September 17, this time around the pandemic is surging rapidly. On September 17, the peak of the first wave in India, the daily count was just around 2,000 cases short of the one-lakh mark.

24 Mar

A new double mutant variant of Covid have been found in India : says the ministry.

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A new “double mutant variant” of the corona-virus has been detected in 18 states in the country in addition to many other strains or variants of concern (VOCs) which have also found abroad, the Health Ministry said today. “Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establish or direct relationship or explain the rapid increase in cases in some states. Genomic sequencing and epidemiological studies are continuing to further analyse the situation,” the ministry said in its press release today. “Since INSACOG initiated its work,…

14 Sep

The real super woman of Siliguri

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At that time when ambulance drivers refusing to carry Covid-19 patients and charging exorbitant rates from families are common, a 48-year-old woman who is an e-rickshaw driver in north Bengal has been braving all odds and ferrying such patients to hospitals for no-cost . Munmun Sarkar, the first woman e-rickshaw driver of Siliguri in Darjeeling district, who is now head of the association of women e-rickshaw drivers in the town. She is lovingly called ‘Muniya Didi’ by all.She said ,Initially when she started ferrying Covid-19 patients, even the local councillor asked her to stop while neighbours tried to ostracize her…

12 Sep

OVER 70 BSF PERSONNEL DONATED PLASMA AFTER BEATING COVID-19.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a well defined global health crisis of this era and it is the greatest challenge we are facing today. BSF too is not left untouched by the its ambit but despite it BSF has come forward with the spirit of serving the Nation and humanity, BSF has undertaken a drive to motivate its personnel recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma showing that they are real ‘first line of defence’ in every sense. Giving practical shape to the campaign, a Plasma Donation Camp is organized on 11 September by the BSF Meghalaya Frontier in collaboration with…