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A 150-bed Covid care centre with oxygen supply was opened at the Bengaluru airport on the city's northern outskirts to treat asymptomatic patients with mild hypoxia, said the operator on Wednesday."Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa…

Covid-19 vaccination programmes across Africa and much of the developing world will suffer big delays after India, the worlds biggest vaccine producer, said that it would not be exporting the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine until the end of the…

In order to tackle the COVID crisis by way of providing timely treatment and further ramping up the bed capacity in the state, the government of Punjab through the Department of Health has initiated the process of granting approval for…

Chandigarh Advisor Manoj Parida on Wednesday inaugurated the Project Q Mini Covid Centre, set up by the Rotary Satellite Club of the Union Territory in association with the local administration. Parida expressed his gratitude to Rotarians…

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday decided to extend the lockdown in the state up to May 30.He took the decision after speaking to ministers over the phone and eliciting their opinion, according to a statement from…

Maharashtra's Covid-19 new infections remained below the 30,000 level and in Mumbai, fell below in the 1,000 mark, but fatalities increased taking the state death toll across the 83,000 mark, health officials said on Tuesday.Compared with…

An Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Science and Technology has developed a new RT-PCR kit with novel gene which targets facilitating detection of Covid-19 across various mutant strains.In a statement, the Ministry of…

To incentivise villages to give up vaccine hesitancy, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced a special development grant of Rs.10 lakh to every village that achieves 100% vaccination target under the state…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conference interacted with field officials from States and Districts regarding their experience in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today dispatched separate consignments of COVID related…