Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

Rajnath Singh tests positive for Covid-19 | file photo | Photo Credit: ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday. The Minister is currently under home quarantine with mild symptoms, they said. A team of doctors examined him and advised him rest, the Defence Ministry said. He was scheduled … Read more

Active Covid caseload crosses 8-lakh mark

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A week ago, the active caseload was 2.14 lakh. The country reported 1,68,063 new cases on Tuesday to take the total cases to 8,21,446. India’s active caseload of Covid-19 cases crossed the eight lakh mark on Tuesday. A week ago, the active caseload was 2.14 lakh. The country reported 1,68,063 new cases on Tuesday to … Read more

Expert take: Dr Gagandeep Kang on booster shot, children’s vaccine & the state of the pandemic

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“For me the stage that we are in now, we really need data that is broken down” and much of it is now readily available and even if has been collected is apparently not being shared, says Dr Kang. India recorded 25,072 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours ending August 23rd morning. It is … Read more

Coronavirus: How is Kerala defying declining Covid-19 national tally

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In January this year as well, the state was contributing as many as 60 percent of Covid cases to the national tally on some days. (Credit: PTI) Even as the spectre of the second ruthless wave of Coronavirus is behind us in most parts of the country, the state of Kerala has been continuing to … Read more

Flouting social distancing norms and crowding to nullify gains against Covid: Health Ministry

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These districts are in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Puducherry and West Bengal. The health ministry has warned that all the gains made in the fight against the second wave of the pandemic in the country would be nullified if revenge travel to hill stations and … Read more