Coronavirus News

In a unique initiative, Manipal Hospitals has joined hands with Resident Welfare Associations in the city to set up emergency medical rooms in apartment complexes. The first such centre became operational in the Ranka Heights apartment in Domlur in Bengaluru.

 Passenger travel from India to Bangladesh via land will remain closed from Monday for 14 days, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters.  

 Home and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Health and Family Welfare Minister K Sudhakar said the Cabinet meeting on Monday would take a call on this.

The Indian Premier League 2021 is the 14th edition of the fruitful Twenty20 tournament. The tournament is currently being held in India amidst the ongoing second COVID wave in the country. However, it is all being done behind closed doors and strict bio-bubble measures.

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The United States will also immediately supply therapeutics, rapid diagnostic test kits, ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment. It will also pursue options to provide oxygen generation and related supplies on an urgent basis.

The decision is aimed at further strengthening the public health system. This would also ensure that each of these hospitals has a captive oxygen generation facility.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that lockdown will now remain effective till 5 am on May 3. Kejriwal said that the next course of action will be decided in the coming days depending on how the pandemic situation unfolds in Delhi-NCR. 

On a day India reported nearly 3.5 lakh new cases and 2,767 deaths in 24 hours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to people to avoid misinformation surrounding Covid-19 at a time when "the 'toofan' (storm) has shaken the country".

Besides masks, gloves and sanitisers, blood oxygen monitors or oximeters have become a common household requirement today. Here's a guide on how to use a pulse oximeter.