INDIA
2,73,810 new Covid cases push India tally to over 1.5 Cr cases
This is the fifth consecutive day that the country has registered over two lakh Covid cases taking the total tally to 1,50,61,919 cases. India on Sunday recorded 2,61,500 new cases, 2,34,692 cases on Saturday, 2,00,739 and 2,17,353 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively.
Remdesivir production adequate, export banned precautionary: Shah
Shah said on Sunday, "The production of Remdisivir is adequate. We have banned export as precautionary but in panic people are buying in bulk which is leading to a shortage." "I appeal to the people to buy it when only the doctor prescribes," he added.
Rajasthan imposes strict 15-day lockdown from today
The home department, late on Sunday night, issued new guidelines, and the lockdown period has been named as 'Public Discipline Fortnight'. All offices except those connected with essential services shall remain closed.
Covid deaths in Gujarat under-reported: Chidambaram
Citing media reports, Chidambaram said 'Covid-caused deaths are being mis-reported as caused by cardiac arrest, chronic diabetes'. He said while Gujarat officially reported 78 Covid-caused deaths on Friday (April 17), the media reported that 689 bodies were cremated in seven cities alone following the Covid protocol.
Stop oxygen supply for industrial use, Home Secy tells states
"This is keeping in view the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in various parts of the country and the resultant rapid demand for medical oxygen, particularly in high-burden states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, etc," he said.
Nadda asks party workers to start 'Apna Booth Corona Mukt' campaign
Nadda on Sunday held a virtual meeting of the national office bearers of the party and state presidents to discuss the surge of Covid cases in the country. He asked all the office bearers and party workers to fulfill their commitment of 'Sewa Se Sangathan'.
Delhi orders case against four airlines for carrying passengers without tests
"The Delhi government has directed the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) police station to lodge FIRs against IndiGo, Spicejet, Vistara and AirAsia," the Delhi Chief Minister's Office said. The action would be taken under the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) norms to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
'Delhi Corona App' updated to serve in current crisis
Developed by the state Information Technology Department and IIT-Delhi to contain a self-assessment tool, guidelines and all important helplines to ensure right information to people during the pandemic last year, it had served the purpose of accessing lockdown services like ration, e-pass and hunger relief/shelter centres.
Covid surge: Delhi HC to hear only urgent matters from Monday
The order issued by Registrar General said, "In continuation of this Court's Office Order No. 223/RG/DHC/2021 dated 8.4.2021, keeping in view the alarming rise in the Covid-19 cases in the NCT of Delhi, it has been ordered that all the Hon'ble Benches of this Court shall, with effect from 19.04.2021, take up extremely urgent matters filed in the year 2021 only."
American export controls risk Indian vaccine production
A report in The Economist said last week, the billionth dose of Covid-19 vaccine was produced.It is a sign of how greatly manufacturing capacity has expanded over the past six months that the next billion doses could be produced by May 27th, according to Airfinity, an analytics firm.
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