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01 May

Residents Of Goa, who are currently Stranded In Different Parts Of The Country, Will Be Quarantined For Free By The Government Once They Return To The State.

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Residents of Goa, who are currently stranded in different parts of the country due to the lockdown, will be quarantined for free by the government once they return to the state, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced.He made the announcement through a tweet posted on Thursday."I wish to inform that all Goans who are currently stranded in various parts of the country would be quarantined at Govt facility without any fees/charges upon their arrival in Goa. Further, they would be shifted to home quarantine as soon as their #COVID19 test proves negative (sic)," Mr Sawant said on the micro-blogging site.

01 May

India On Friday Registered It’s Highest Single-Day Spike In The Number Of Coronavirus Deaths.

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India on Friday registered its highest single-day spike in the number of coronavirus deaths. With 77 deaths in the last 24 hours, health ministry data said, the total reached 1,152.The number of coronavirus cases in the country today breached the 35,000-mark. The total now stands at 35,365. The centre's data said 9,065 people have been cured of the virus so far, which is 25.37 per cent of the total cases.The centre on Thursday said the doubling rate of the coronavirus cases improved to 11 days.

28 Apr

“No Concrete Evidence To Support Plasma Therapy As Coronavirus Treatment,” Says Senior Health Ministry Official Lav Agarwal.

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There is "no concrete evidence to support plasma therapy as coronavirus treatment," senior health ministry official Lav Agarwal said today during the ministry's daily briefing. Plasma therapy for coronavirus is still in an experimental stage and can even prove "life threatening" for a patient, the government said today amid a surge of hope brought in by the first successful test in Delhi."The therapy is still in an experimental stage and the Indian Council of Medical Research is conducting a national study on it. It can even be life threatening," he added.

28 Apr

India Will Be Able To Produce Indigenous Coronavirus-Testing Kits By May Says Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.

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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that the country will be able to produce indigenous coronavirus-testing kits by May."We will be able to produce RT-PCR and antibody test kits in India by May. All processes are in advanced stage and production will start after getting approval from ICMR. It will help us in meeting our target of one lakh tests per day by May 31," the Union Health Minister said.Earlier, Dr Harsh Vardhan held a review meeting via video conference with the Delhi LG, Delhi Health Minister, MCD Commissioners, DMs and DCPs of all districts of Delhi…

28 Apr

NITI Aayog Has Identified 15 Places In India As “High Case Load”

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15 places including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad has been identified as "high case load" by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.India's success in battling COVID-19 is dependent on them.Out of these 15, seven districts show particularly high case volumes, like Hyderabad (Telangana), Pune (Maharashtra), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Delhi.Other high case load places that are "critical" in the battle against COVID-19 include -- Vadodara (Gujarat), Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Thane (Maharashtra), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Surat (Gujarat).

28 Apr

ICMR Asked States And Union Territories To Stop Using Test Kits From Two Chinese Firms.

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The Indian Government said on Monday that it shall not let a single rupee be lost to Chinese firms who provided faulty COVID-19 test kits to India as the orders have been cancelled and the payments not made."We are deeply concerned with the evaluation results and the decision made by the Indian Council of Medical Research. China attaches great importance to the quality of exported medical products," Chinese embassy spokeperson Ji Rong said.China is "deeply concerned" over India's decision to stop using the COVID-19 rapid antibody test kits made by two Chinese companies, the country said today, adding that it…

27 Apr

Rahul Gandhi Raising Concerns Over Highly Priced Covid-19 Test Kits.

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Rahul Gandhi has been stressing repeatedly on increased testing in the fight against coronavirus, today attacked those trying to earn huge profits from the sale of rapid testing kits and tweeted an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act against them.The 49-year-old Congress MP was reacting to reports about India paying double for Chinese Rapid Antibody Tests that have been put on hold in many states because of faulty results. "When the entire country is fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, some people are still trying to earn profits using unscrupulous ways. Such a corrupt mindset makes me cringe. The…

27 Apr

Bill Gates Says That Vaccine Production For Covid-19 Will Probably Not Start In September.

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"If everything went perfectly, we'd be in scale manufacturing within a year, It could be as long as two years." Says Bill Gates on Covid-19 Vaccine. The Billionaire Man is funding production of the seven most promising ideas for a vaccine as he refocuses his philanthropic work on the deadly coronavirus. The world's second-richest man said vaccine production will probably not start in September, as some have said.

27 Apr

Garbage Found Lying Around Inside A Covid-19 Hospital In UP.

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A patient admitted at the state-run Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences in Etawah's Saifai village on Saturday shot a 2 minutes video where he shows garbage piled up in the hospital corridor and washrooms. The hospital is in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district. A man is heard asking in the clip as he records the video."Coronavirus patients should be kept separately, however, these norms (for social distancing) are not being followed here. How will the patients recover?" The hospital was inspected by a senior government official on Sunday after the video was widely shared on social media sparking criticism about…

27 Apr

Court Case Reveals That India Had Overpaid For Covid-19 Test Kits To China.

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On April 16, the Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri, tweeted that 650,000 kits, including Rapid Antibody Tests and RNA Extraction Kits had been despatched to India as The Government of India through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had ordered five lakh rapid antibody test kits from Chinese firm Wondfo on March 27. The COVID-19 test kits were sold to the Indian Government at an inflated price by an Indian distributor named Real Metabolics, it has emerged from a legal dispute between the distributor and the importer that went to the Delhi High Court.