With the spread of Covid-19 infections slowing down, India on Sunday recorded less than 70,000 cases and below 900 fatalities for the first time in the last six days as active cases continued to slide for the tenth consecutive day.
The West Bengal government in their report has made an assumption that the number of COVID cases may increase after Durga Puja. Therefore, District Magistrate of Purulia has found out all the places where public gatherings are most frequent. COVID tests were done at those places. However, the reports came mostly negative.
Plasma therapy has been started for veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee who is currently in intensive care from complications due to Covid-19. Top government doctors were deputed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the plasma therapy procedure for Soumitra Chatterjee.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is one of the leading candidates in the race to be the first to get regulatory approval in the United States and Europe.
Amid tight security, Hathras victim's family has left for Lucknow for court hearing on Monday (October 12)
Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan called for extra vigil and said that no religion or God lays down that religious events must be celebrated in an ostentatious manner.
Presently COVID-19 vaccines are in various stages of phases 1, 2 and 3, the results of which are awaited, Vardhan said during an interaction with his social media followers on “Sunday Samvad” platform.
Universities and schools across the country were ordered shut on March 16 to arrest the spread of the novel coronavirus.
In a letter written to the state government ten Karnataka MLAs who have recovered from Covid-19 have sought reimbursement for their Covid-19 medical expenses.
West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, led a protest rally in Kolkata on October 10 against price rise, the poor state of health infrastructure in Bengal, and the Trinamool Congress government’s policies.
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