One of the states to be worst hit by COVID-19, the Maharashtra Government on Friday (November 26, 2021) announced the ex-gratia payment for immediate relatives of people who lost their lives in the pandemic.
समाजसेवी अन्ना हजारे (Anna Hazare) ने कोरोना महामारी (Corona Pandemic) के चलते बंद मंदिरों (Temples) को खोलने की अपील की है. उन्होंने महाराष्ट्र सरकार (Maharashtra Governmenet) से सवाल पूछा है कि अगर राज्य में बार (Bar) खुल सकते हैं, तो मंदिर क्यों नहीं.
Five people, including one from Mumbai, have died and as many as 66 people have been found infected with the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra so far. Some of them are fully vaccinated, the state health department said on Friday.
The incident took place on Sunday when the bodies, kept in the mortuary of the Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government Medical College at Ambajogai in Beed, were being transported for the last rites.
Updated Apr 12, 2021 | 22:13 IST
As patients complained of lack of availability of the anti-virus drug, Pune district received 6000 injections of Remdesivir on Monday. Remdisivir shortage in Maharashtra | Photo Credit: Times Now
Mumbai: As many cities in Maharashtra continued to struggle with the shortage of Remdesivir, the state government asked companies to ramp up the production of the anti-viral drug. The government has also asked the companies to reduce the MRPs of the drug to Rs 1200-1300. Companies manufacturing anti-viral drug Remdesivir should double the production and decrease its MRPs to Rs 1200- Rs1300, Rajesh Tope, Maharashtra Minister was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.