Kazakhstan has sent a consignment via aircraft having 105 ventilators, 7,50,000 masks or respirators and other equipment for medical assistance which reached New Delhi on Saturday morning, as a measure taken by Kazakhstan to provide support to the country amid the worsening situation of the ongoing second wave of Covid-19. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)…
The state government has deployed Harsha P S, Commissioner of Information and Public Relations , as the nodal officer will be establishing 500 ICU beds for treatment of Covid-19 patients in each BBMP zone. Harsha revealed to DH that the team will be leveraging the funds obtained from Corporate Social Responsibility for increasing the bed…
Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwathnarayan revealed that the Covid-19 vaccination drive will be shifted from hospitals and primary health care centres in Karnataka and the vaccination will be conducted in schools and colleges throughout the state. Ashwathnarayan said, “All activities pertaining to vaccination in hospitals and primary health centres will be halted. The government has…
Aadhar card is not compulsory for any Covid-related service, confirmed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday with misleading reports that are claiming that Aadhar Card is compulsory for vaccines and hospitalization. The UIDAI revealed in a statement, “If one does not have Aadhaar or if Aadhaar online verification is not successful due…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conducted a direct transfer of nearly Rs 19,000 crore to the bank accounts of around 10 crore farmers of the country who are the rightful beneficiaries following the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN). While addressing the occasion of transferring the eight installment under PM-KISAN, PM Modi stated that…
The imported doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V will be available for inoculation at the cost of ₹995.40 per dose in India while the price for the Sputnik V vaccine doses manufactured in India will be available at a lower and economical rate, as per the press release issued by pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s…
Thousands of Covid-19 affected patients face severe damage as they have symptoms of the deadly virus but are testing Covid-19 negative for the RT-PCR tests conducted but have subsequently shown Covid-19 lung manifestations when subjected to CT-scans. Dr C N Manjunath, a committee member from Covid task Force stated that improperly collected swabs, premature testing,…
With the developed allies in West Asia and South-East Asia, the Indian Navy is anticipated to collect nearly 600 Metric tonnes (MT) of liquid medical oxygen from Qatar, 400 MTs from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 1000 MTs from Kuwait in the upcoming 30 days. From May 12, landing ship tank (LST) INS Shardul…
A plea has been lodged in the Supreme Court which wants to urge the Centre to Union Government, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) along with the Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) to take the call of cancelling the CBSE and ICSE examinations for class XII. With a letter issued on April 14,…
Karnataka government will conduct random scheduled reality checks at the hospitals based in Bengaluru to review the admission of the affected and discharge of the recovered Covid-19 patients, as per the statement by Forest Minister Arvind Limbavali, who has also taken charge as the nodal minister for Covid War Rooms and Helplines. The minister said…
