Covid LIVE: India third nation after US, Brazil to record 300,000 deaths

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India has set a record of conducting the highest Covid-19 testing in a single day with more than 2.12 mn fresh tests. Stay tuned for corona-related news

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Southern Railways delivers over 1,000 MT of Oxygen to Kerala, Tamil Nadu

The Southern Railway has delivered over 1,000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen to Kerala & Tamil Nadu through 16 Oxygen Express trains since the second wave commenced in the country, according to a statement.

 

The railways has delivered a total of 246.56 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Kerala so far and received its first loaded oxygen express carrying 6 Oxygen containers (117.9 MT) dispatched from Tata Steel Siding in Kalinganagar, Odisha on May 16 at Vallarpadam Container Terminal, Kochi. READ MORE...

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Before third Covid-19 wave, UP to vaccinate parents of children below 10 years

Before a possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic preparations are underway to vaccinate parents of all children below 10 years of age against the coronavirus disease. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday informed that the State aims to protect children aged below 10 years by getting their parents/kin vaccinated on priority.

 

"Before the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic arrives, we will make arrangements to provide protection to parents or kins of those children aged under 10 years by getting them vaccinated on priority," Adityanath said while addressing a press conference on yesterday.

 

The Centre has begun its countrywide Covid innoculation drive for people aged between 18-44 years on May 1.

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1,600 new Covid cases reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

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If Covid cases continue to dip, will begin to unlock Delhi in a phased manner from May 31: Delhi CM Kejriwal

If coronavirus cases continue to decrease, we will begin to unlock Delhi in a phased manner from May 31: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

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Covid positivity rate has come to 2.5% in Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal

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Delhi extends lockdown for another week till May 31, priority to vaccinate population to prevent 3rd wave: CM

Delhi is extending lockdown for another week till May 31, priority is to vaccinate population to prevent third wave of Covid-19: Arvind Kejriwal

 

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LIVE: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressing press conference on Covid-19

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PM reviews eastern India's preparedness for cyclone Yaas barreling down to coast as country fights second wave

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Recent surges of Covid-19 left people gasping for breath: UN chief

Recent surges of COVID-19 in India, South America and other regions have left people literally gasping for breath before our eyes, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said, warning that the pandemic is still very much with us, thriving and mutating".

 

"From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I warned that no one is safe until everyone is safe.Grossly unequal access to vaccines, tests, medicines and supplies, including oxygen, have left poorer countries at the mercy of the virus, Guterres said in his statement to the Global Health Summit on Friday. READ ON...

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Dr Reddy's developing new treatment options for Covid-19, says MD

Drug major Dr Reddy's Laboratories is working on the development of new treatment options for COVID-19 patients which it aims to launch over the next few months while ensuring uninterrupted supplies of its existing range of products for the infectious disease in the market, according to a top company official.

 

The Hyderabad-based drug major has already launched Sputnik V vaccine while partnering various organisations, including the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

 

"We are motivated to serve patients in every possible way and with utmost urgency. This is reflected in the multiple collaborations we have entered to develop and commercialise a wide range of preventive and curative options for COVID treatment, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Co-Chairman & Managing Director G V Prasad said in an analyst call.

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4,800 new coronavirus positive cases recorded in Uttar Pradesh today

4,800 new coronavirus positive cases recorded in Uttar Pradesh today. Active cases at 84,800 down by almost 2,26,000 from the peak in last 20 days: ACS-Information, Navneet Sehgal

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An engineering student along with her father developed a robot to help doctors in Patna

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US says it's ramping up research on Covid variant first found in India

Federal Health officials are ramping up their surveillance of the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India as experts warn that under-vaccinated areas in the U.S. could become hot spots for the mutation.

 

While U.S. cases attributed to the B.1.617 variant currently sit below 1%, the growth rate remains unclear due to the small sample size. Meanwhile, one science group said the strain could be as much as 50% more transmissible than B.1.1.7, the variant that emerged from the U.K. That mutation was first seen in the U.S. in late December, and is now dominant nationally. READ ON...

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Over 100 Covid-19 cases on Everest despite Nepal denials: Guide

A coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, an expert mountaineering guide said, giving the first comprehensive estimate amid official Nepalese denials that the disease has spread to the world's highest peak.

 

Lukas Furtenbach of Austria, who last week became the only prominent outfitter to halt his Everest expedition due to virus fears, said Saturday one of his foreign guides and six Nepali Sherpa guides have tested positive. READ ON...

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Daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remains below 3 lakh-mark for 7th consecutive day

The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below the 3 lakh-mark for the seventh consecutive day, with 2.4 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. With the fresh cases, India's tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,65,30,132.

 

The death toll due to the disease rose to 2,99,266 with 3,741 fresh fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.

 

The active cases further reduced to 28,05,399 comprising 10.57 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 88.30 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country surged to 2,34,25,467 while the case fatality rate stood at 1.13 per cent, the data stated.