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Covid LIVE: Partial curfew extended in UP; record deaths in Maharashtra

Coronavirus live updates: India recorded 326,123 fresh Covid-19 infections today, taking the caseload tally to 24,372,243. Stay tuned for corona-related news

BS Web Team New Delhi

The national mortality rate, according to health ministry data, stands at 1.09 per cent

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Coronavirus LIVE: Ahead of lockdown, people throng liquor shops in West Bengal

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No denial of Covid-related services if person does not have Aadhaar: UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the agency that administers Aadhaar, said in a statement Saturday that no one during the Covid-19 pandemic should be denied vaccines, medicines, hospitalization or treatment for want of Aadhaar.

The statement came in response to news reports that said vaccination and a few other essential services like hospitalization and so on related to the Covid-19 pandemic were being denied to the residents if they did not have an Aadhaar number.

“If one does not have Aadhaar or if Aadhaar online verification is not successful due to some reason, the concerned agency or department has to provide the service as per Section 7 of Aadhaar Act, 2016 and the Cabinet Secretariat OM dated 19th Dec 2017,” the UIDAI said in its statement.

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Go for another test if symptoms persist after RT-PCR negative report: AIIMS

If the RT-PCR test comes out negative, but symptoms are present, it is recommended to go for another test, suggested All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday.

The Central government institute also suggested to "immediately isolate yourself from others" if fever, dry cough, tiredness and loss of taste or smell, irritation in throat, headache, body ache, diarrhoea, rash on skin and redness is observed, clarifying that these are commonly observed symptoms among Covid-19 patients.

"80 per cent of infected patients experience very mild symptoms," said the AIIMS. (IANS)

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Coronavirus LIVE: Disastrous vaccine strategy will ensure third wave, says Rahul Gandhi

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Coronavirus LIVE: Himachal govt extends 'Corona Curfew' till May 26

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Coronavirus LIVE: Odisha govt forms high-level committee to tackle third wave

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Coronavirus LIVE: Success and failure are not final; courage to continue is what matters, says RSS chief

Success and failure are not final; courage to continue is what matters, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Covid situation

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Coronavirus LIVE: We have to stay positive, says RSS chief

We have to stay positive and take precautions to keep ourselves Covid negative in current situation, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

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Coronavirus LIVE: Puducherry reports 1,598 new cases

Puducherry reports 1,598 new coronavirus cases, 1,774 discharges and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department

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Coronavirus LIVE: Revised Covishield dosage based on science, says V K Paul

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Vaccines less effective against variant first found in India: UK expert

The vaccines being administered to protect against Covid-19 are almost certainly less effective against preventing the transmission of the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, a leading UK scientist who advises the country's vaccination programme said on Saturday.

Professor Anthony Harnden, from the University of Oxford who is the deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said it was important to approach the easing of lockdown in England with utmost caution as it remains unclear exactly how much more transmissible the variant detected in India is.

But he reiterated that there is no evidence so far of increased severity of illness or that the particular mutation of the coronavirus evades the vaccine. Read here

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Coronavirus LIVE: NTPC augments Covid care facilities across the country

NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy company, under Ministry of Power has added more than 500 beds with oxygen support and more than 1100 isolation beds across plants in various states to provide support to the critical Covid care.

In NCR region, the company has set up Covid care centres with facility of 200 oxygen supported beds and 140 isolation beds in Badarpur, Noida & Dadri. Further, the company has set up a 500-bed covid health centre at Sundargarh in Odisha where 20 ventilators have been provided.

Going further, the company has already placed orders for 11 oxygen generation plants in NCR. Besides, 02 large oxygen generation plants having bottling facility are being set up. Further, the company is also setting up Oxygen generation plants at 8 different locations in other states. In addition, the company has extended support for installation of oxygen generation plants at different Government hospitals in other states. Read full govt release here

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