Veteran Bollywood and Bhojpuri actress Sripradha passed away on Wednesday (May 5) due to Covid19 complications. She had worked with many big names from the Hindi and Bhojpuri industry including Govinda, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Gulshan Grover, Ravi Kishan and others.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far stands at 16,24,30,828, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Arshi Khan has tested negative for Covid-19. The actress took to her Instagram stories to inform her fans about the same and asked them not to get much scared.
Three people were arrested in Ghaziabad on Wednesday for allegedly supplying used surgical gloves in the market to make some quick money amid a high demand for such protective medical equipment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, police said.
The government on Wednesday said that coronavirus spreads only through human to human transmission and not from animals.
The crisis of hospital facilities in Lucknow will ease to an extent on Wednesday when the 500-bed makeshift Covid hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Awadh Shilpgram on Shaheed Path becomes operational. The hospital will start functioning almost a fortnight after DRDO stepped in to set up the facility at the instance of Lucknow MP and defence minister Rajnath Singh. With the addition of 500 beds, the city will now have 7,000 beds for Covid patients, though most of them are occupied.
India on Wednesday recorded 3,82,315 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,780 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 3,38,439 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery toll to 1,69,51,731.
Even as the second wave has caused havoc in the country, the government on May 05 said the third wave is inevitable, while also calling for advance preparations for future spikes in the pandemic. "A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur.
India recorded 3,82,315 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,780 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 3,38,439 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery toll to 1,69,51,731.
DRDO director Narendra Kumar Arya said, "The makeshift hospital at Awadh Shilpgram in Lucknow will be operational from Wednesday noon. The hospital has the capacity of 500 beds, including 150 ICU and 350 general beds which are also equipped with oxygen."
Bolo Indya on Wednesday said it has joined hands with MyGov India to launch a mass awareness drive regarding COVID-19 vaccination, precautionary measures and health issues.
Veteran singer Sonu Nigam donated blood and urged his fans to do the same amid the second wave of COVID-19.
Drinking too much alcohol can weaken people's immunity and increase their chances of getting infected.
About 40 per cent of the circulating antibodies target the stalk of the spike protein, called the S2 subunit, which is also a part that the virus does not seem able to change easily, the researchers explained in the paper published in the journal Science.
Delhi recorded as many as 20,960 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 12.53 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 18,063.
It is true that the nationwide vaccination drive is now going at a very slow price due to depleting stocks. But make no mistake: Covid vaccination of people on a massive scale will be the only protection from, if God forbid, a deadly third wave of the pandemic.
Urgent investigations into the source of the infection and contact tracing are underway, said the state health department.
Uttar Pradesh Tuesday breached the 350-mark for daily Covid-19 deaths as 352 patients succumbed to the viral disease, but one-day recoveries outstripped new cases by over 12,500, according to official figures. The state reported 25,858 new cases and 38,683 recoveries, the data showed.
On Tuesday, Gujarat reported 13,050 new COVID-19 cases, including 4,693 from Ahmedabad city, as per official data.
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