Coronavirus LIVE: UK to add India to travel red-list, says health minister

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 273,810 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases today. Delhi govt has imposed a week-long lockdown. Stay tuned for corona-related news

4:34 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Testing prices reduced in Punjab

Rates for RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) by private labs have been reduced to Rs 450 and Rs 300 respectively in Punjab: Chief Minister's Office

4:19 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Airborne transmission is more prevalent than surface transmission, says NITI's V K Paul

Coronavirus LIVE: Airborne transmission is more prevalent than surface transmission, says NITI Aayog's V K Paul

3:59 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Studies show plasma therapy has limited role and isn't of much use, says Guleria

3:51 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Remdesivir won't decrease mortality, says AIIMS chief

Coronavirus LIVE: Remdesivir won't decrease mortality, says AIIMS chief

3:48 PM

Remdesivir should only be given to patients who are hospitalised, says AIIMS chief

Remdesivir should only be given to patients who are hospitalised, had fall in oxygen saturation and have infiltrates on the chest X-ray or CT-scan, says AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria

3:37 PM

Bengal govt has formed task force to tackle Covid-19 surge: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged people not to panic over the worsening Covid-19 situation as the state government is taking "every possible measure" to check the spread of the disease.

 

Banerjee, while addressing a press meet here, stressed that night curfew may not be a solution in Bengal, where "political pollution" needs to be checked first.

 

The CM, however, did not explain what exactly she was referring to as "political pollution". (PTI)

3:18 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Timing of drugs important in treating patients, says AIIMS chief

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Coronavirus LIVE: No excess rate of young people testing positive, says NITI Aayog's V K Paul

Coronavirus LIVE: No excess rate of young people testing positive during the current wave, says NITI Aayog's V K Paul

2:49 PM

EU to purchase 100 million more vaccine doses

Pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer say they will provide 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the European Union this year.

 

The two companies said Monday that the 27-nation group's executive Commission exercised an option to purchase the additional doses, bringing the total number of shots to be delivered to the EU in 2021 to 600 million.

 

The announcement offers a much-needed boost to the EU's sluggish and much-criticised vaccine rollout. (AP)

2:45 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: PM Modi to interact with top doctors at 4:30 pm today and top pharma companies at 6 pm

2:41 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: India, UK mutually decide to postpone Johnson's Delhi visit, says MEA

Coronavirus LIVE: India, UK mutually decide to postpone Boris Johnson's Delhi visit, says MEA

2:16 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Night curfew in Manipur from 7 pm to 5 am

The Manipur government has decided to impose night curfew in the state from 7 pm to 5 am in view of the rise of Covid-19 cases, an official said.

 

The order issued by chief secretary Rajesh Kumar said the consultative committee of Covid-19 chaired by Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday decided that night curfew will be imposed in the state from 7 pm to 5 am in view of the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in the country.

 

The order did not specify for how many days the night curfew will be in force. (PTI)

2:15 PM

Covid-19: Modi assures MP of oxygen, Remdesivir supply

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured full support of the Centre to the Madhya Pradesh government in meeting the requirements ofoxygen, Remdesivir and other resources to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chief Minister's Office said.

 

MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had a telephonic conversation with Modi in the morning in connection with measures to check the spread of the viral infection, an official in the CMO said.

 

The prime minister assured Chouhan of all help regarding oxygen and Remdesivir supply and other health services to tackle the surge in Covid-19 cases, he said. (PTI)

2:11 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: More cases of breathlessness in this wave, says ICMR chief

If you see the symptoms, severity is very less this time. In this wave, we have witnessed more cases of breathlessness while in the last wave, symptoms like dry cough, joint pain, headaches were more, says ICMR chief Balram Bhargava

1:58 PM

Cabinet secy calls meet with 11 states to discuss issue of medical oxygen

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has convened a meeting of chief secretaries and senior officials of 10 states and Delhi on Monday to discuss the issue of medical oxygen, officials said.

 

There have been reports of shortage of the medical oxygen for Covid-19 patients in different parts of the country in the last few days due to a surge in cases.

 

The meeting is scheduled at 3 pm and it will be held virtually. (PTI)