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  COVID BF.7 variant: Mock drills across India conducted to check preparations amid surge in cases

  India | December 27, 2022 23:55 IST

  COVID-19 BF.7 variant LIVE UPDATES: The latest variant devastated several countries including our neighbor China which posed a great threat to India as well.

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  Covid preparedness: States to undertake mock drill; specific focus on oxygen plants, ventilators

  India | December 23, 2022 12:47 IST

  Covid preparedness: It seems that authorities learnt a lesson from the Oxygen crisis that took place during the second wave which claimed hundreds of lives due to mismanagement of the Oxygen supply and lack of ventilators.

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  WHO names new variant 'Omicron', classifies it as 'highly transmissible'

  World | November 27, 2021 7:23 IST

  The announcement Friday from the United Nations health agency marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a COVID-19 variant as such.

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  Drill in 5 Muzaffarnagar hospitals to test emergency response to Covid rush

  India | September 25, 2021 12:50 IST

  Chief Medical Officer M S Faujdar said mock drills were held in five government hospitals and doctors and other staff where involved in the high-paced exercise.

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  PM Modi reviews Covid situation, asks states to maintain medicines stock in every district

  India | September 10, 2021 21:26 IST

  PM was briefed about the concentration of cases in a few geographies, districts with high test positivity as well as the week-on-week test positivity rate in the country.

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  PM Modi interacts with CMs of the North-East states on COVID-19 situation

  News | July 13, 2021 13:40 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Chief Ministers of the North-eastern states to focus on micro containment zones to tide over Covid-19 crisis. The northeastern states have witnessed a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, despite a decrease in the number of cases across India. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that around 80% of the Covid-19 cases in India at the moment are being witnessed from 90 districts. As many as 14 of them are from the northeast.

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  Amid brutal case surge, Afghanistan hit by a vaccine delay

  World | June 05, 2021 12:20 IST

  3 million doses the country expected to receive by April won't be delivered until August, WHO told Afghanistan.

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  Delta variant of COVID-19 now dominant in UK, may have higher hospitalisation risk

  World | June 04, 2021 13:51 IST

  The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, has now become the dominant VOC in the UK.

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  UP CM Yogi Adityanath to visit Azamgarh today at 1 PM

  News | May 24, 2021 7:22 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to visit Azamgarh and Varanasi he will take stock of Covid-19 situation

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  Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash inspects villages to review Covid situation

  News | May 19, 2021 22:49 IST

  Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash visited villages and reviewed Covid situation. The DM interacted with natives and asked them whether they have been vaccinated or tested for coronavirus.

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  We are making teams to handle COVID situation in villages: Haryana Health Minister

  News | May 12, 2021 12:12 IST

  While talking to INDIA TV Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said we are making team to handle COVID situation in villages.

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  'Perform yagna, COVID third wave won't touch India': MP Minister Usha Thakur

  India | May 12, 2021 9:35 IST

  India is currently dealing with a devastating second COVID-19 wave that has swept through the nation, crushing the country's health infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical workers.

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  PM Modi speaks to Maharashtra, MP, Himachal, Tamil Nadu CMs on COVID-19 situation in these states

  India | May 08, 2021 15:01 IST

  Modi has been interacting with various chief ministers over telephone for the last couple of days to take stock of the pandemic situation in their states.

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  Facebook 'mistakenly' blocked posts calling for Modi to resign

  World | April 29, 2021 12:38 IST

  The Facebook users who tried to view the hashtag saw a message saying that Facebook was temporarily hiding the posts in order to keep the community safe.

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  Super 100: Hearing in Supreme Court over coronavirus situation in the country

  News | April 27, 2021 9:20 IST

  The Supreme Court is hearing a case concerning the COVID-19 situation in the country. Yesterday CJI SA Bobde had sought a response on why the top Court should not deal with the matter uniformly, in the wake of several High Courts taking up COVID-19 related issues suo motu in their respective States.

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  PM Modi discusses Covid situation with US President Joe Biden

  News | April 26, 2021 23:20 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that he had a conversation with US President Joe Biden on the Covid-19 situation.

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  CoWin Portal: Those above 18 can register for Covid vaccine from April 28. How to book appointment

  India | April 26, 2021 16:58 IST

  Vaccination for those above 18 years of age will begin from May 1.

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  Top 9 News: Dr. Harsh Vardhan holds high level meeting with ministers amid surge of Covid cases

  News | April 18, 2021 10:59 IST

  With the country witnessing a worrying surge in Covid-19 cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday directed the states and Union Territories to cope with the crisis by ensuring containment, surveillance and treatment of the coronavirus positive cases.