Dr. M Srinivas Rao, Telangana Health Director, stated today that a night curfew is not required to fight corona cases. He told reporters that, while corona cases are under control. Because the positive rate is just 3.6 percent, there is no need for a curfew, which is required if the percentage reaches 10%. We are able to provide medical kits to 1.78 lakh persons with some
The death toll climbed to 4,56,386 with 733 fresh fatalities including 622 from Kerala, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
Apart from upscaling testing and surveillance, the state health department has also increased vaccination centres and has ramped up vaccination in the recent days.
HYDERABAD: The middle and upper middle-class category of residents are more prone to contracting the virus during the ongoing second wave. Currently, around 5,000 patients are admitted at various private and corporate hospitals in the state, especially in and around the city, pushing bed availability to the brink.
“During the first wave, majority of the lower-class population already got affected. In the current wave, we are seeing more of middle-class and above getting affected. This is the reason we are seeing a large number of admissions in the private hospitals. Currently around 2,000 patients are admitted in government hospitals in the state while nearly 5,000 patients are in private hospitals,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director of public health, Telangana.
Telangana village wedding turns Covid super-spreader as 87 guests test positive
Telangana village wedding turns Covid super-spreader as 87 guests test positive
87 people have tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a wedding in a village in Telangana. All of them have been asked to stay in home isolation.
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UPDATED: April 5, 2021 11:25 IST
87 people have tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a wedding in a village in Telangana. (Photo: PTI file) (Representative Image)
A marriage ceremony in Hanmajipet village of Nizamabad district in Telangana became a Covid-19 super-spreader after 87 guests tested positive on Monday.
There were a total of 370 people at the wedding, all of whom have undergone a Covid test. All those who tested positive have been put in home isolation. An isolation centre has also been set up in the village. Health officials are in the process of testing and contact tracing.
Updated Dec 27, 2020 | 08:25 IST
With this, the total number of UK returnees who have tested positive for the disease in Telangana has increased to 18. Two more UK returnees test COVID-19 positive in Telangana. | Photo Credit: AP
Two more persons who returned to Telangana from the United Kingdom tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to check whether it is a new strain detected in the UK, a health official said.
With this, the total number of UK returnees who have tested positive for the disease in the state has risen to 18, he said.