7 Air India passengers tested positive for Covid in New Zealand 3 days after arrival from Delhi

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At a daily press briefing at Auckland on Friday, New Zealand’s Director of Public Health Caroline McElnay said, “There are five new confirmed community cases of COVID-19 to report and seven imported cases giving us a total of 12 new cases.” Seven passengers who travelled from Delhi to Auckland in New Zealand on Sunday on … Read more

Parliamentary panel on home affairs meets for record 5 hours on Covid management

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The officials said this was the third meeting of the committee during this intersession period of Parliament and it has so far spent 12 hours and 11 minutes discussing the pandemic with various stakeholders. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs set a record on Thursday by discussing various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and … Read more

Covid-19: Maharashtra adds 11,015 new cases; recoveries top 5 lakh 

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The state also reported 212 fresh deaths, taking the toll to 22,465 Maharashtra on Monday reported 11,015 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking its tally to 6,93,398, said a state health department official. Maharashtra on August 17 had crossed the mark of six lakh COVID-19 cases and is expected to touch the grim milestone of seven … Read more