Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh town on Tuesday halted the vaccination drive for the 18-44 group citing shortage of adequate vaccines.
People going to the high Himalayan valleys of Darma, Vyas and Chaudas in Dharchula sub division will now have to produce a negative RT-PCR report not older than a week, officials said on Monday.
Lockdown will be imposed in Uttarakhand from May 11 to 18 to tide over Covid-19 crisis.
At least five patients have died at a Covid-19 treatment facility in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district due to disruption in the supply of medical oxygen.
The one coming up at IDPL will be run by AIIMS and will have 400 oxygen-supported beds and 100 ICU beds, he said.
According to Mukesh Repaswal, Additional Deputy Commissioner, the situation following the cloud burst in the district is under control now. He said three DTRs and three water supply schemes have been affected and a report of damages to agriculture and horticulture is being complied.
The hospital also has 10 emergency beds and four ventilators, and it will be run jointly by the Patanjali Yogpeeth and the state government.
Patanjali along with Uttarakhand goverment inaugurated a Covid hospital in Haridwar.
A cloudburst was reported in Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag disricts of Uttarakhand on Monday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Saturday further lowered the cap on the number of people attending a marriage ceremony in the state from 100 to 25 in the wake of the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a gang that used to manufacture and sell fake Remedisvir injections in Uttarakhand. Delhi Police's Additional Police Commissioner (crime) Shibesh Singh informed that 7 people have been arrested after police busted the interstate gang. "Delhi Police Crime Branch busted an interstate gang that produced fake Remdesivir and arrested 7 people. We also busted their manufacturing unit in Uttarakhand.
The Delhi Police on Thursday busted a pharmaceutical unit and arrested five people from Uttarakhand's Kotdwar area for allegedly manufacturing large quantities of fake Remdevisir injections
Police said they have seized 196 fake Remdesivir injections. The accused have already sold 2,000 fake Remdesivir injections.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to suspend the Char Dham Yatra this year in view of worsening Covid-19 situation.
Central government had announced vaccination drive, starting from May 01, for people falling in the 18-44 years age bracket.
According to the state health bulletin, Uttarakhand reported 5,058 new corona cases in the last 24 hours. A total of 67 people scummed to the disease in the said period and the total case tally has reached 1,56,859. The total death toll due to coronavirus reached 2,213 in the state.
Dehradun district administration has imposed a week-long curfew in several areas
Coronavirus cases have gone up sharply in Uttarakhand over the past few days with Dehradun accounting for the maximum number of infections. With 1,670 cases, Dehradun led the COVID tally in the state on Sunday too.
The mobile number has been issued amid rising cases of coronavirus for effectively stopping black marketing of drugs used in the treatment of COVID-19 and oxygen cylinders, Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said.
The death toll in an avalanche near the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district rose to 11 on Sunday, officials said.
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