The IPL organising committee and the Board of Control for Cricket in India have confirmed that two players from Kolkata Knight Riders have tested positive for COVID-19.
"India still has inadequate healthcare spending, and the focus is to build new establishments rather than fixing old issues to rehaul the existing healthcare infrastructure," says Public Health Communications and Policy Expert Dr Rajiv Chhibber.
Due to the lack of oxygen and ventilator support, three COVID-19 patients died in Karnataka.
In a joint statement, the 13 political leaders called upon the Centre to utilise the budgetary allocation of Rs 35,000 crore for the vaccination programme.
Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China posted two photos on Weibo, which showed a rocket and mass cremation of bodies in India with the caption -- "Lighting a Fire in China Vs Lighting a Fire in India".
The state reported 13,588 fresh infections yesterday, along with 125 deaths. This took the state's overall caseload to 5,01,566 and 4,341 fatalities.
The Election Commission had banned victory roadshows and vehicle rallies in view of the steep surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.
A Bhopal auto driver has converted his three-wheeler into an ambulance with sanitisers, an oxygen cylinder, a PPE kit and some medicines.
India reported its highest single-day Covid death toll on Saturday, with more than 3,700 people succumbing to the virus.
Non-Israelis, however, will be able to travel to these countries, provided they plan to reside there permanently, the press release said.
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