District court magistrate dies of COVID; judge hearing Delhi riots cases in ICU
On April 20, 47-year-old Saket court judge Kovai Venugopal died due to COVID-19 at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.
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NEW DELHI: A Delhi district court judge Kamran Khan succumbed to coronavirus late Monday night after being on the ventilator support for a week.
In his late 20s, Khan was posted as a Metropolitan Magistrate in Dwarka District Courts complex.
According to Advocate Y P Singh, President of Dwarka Court Bar Association, the judge was admitted to Venkateshwar Hospital over ten days ago and was put on ventilator when his health deteriorated a few days later.
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Amid a virulent second wave of COVID-19 infections, the government has allowed vaccination of all persons above the age of 18 from May 1.
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Disaster Response Force personnel of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation spraying disinfectant along a busy Hyderabad road on Monday.
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Amid a virulent second wave of COVID-19 infections, the government has allowed vaccination of all persons above the age of 18 from May 1.
As of Monday, India has administered 12.4 crore doses of vaccine since January 16. When it opened up vaccines for those above 45 on April 1, there was an initial surge in the number of vaccinations every day touching 4.5 lakh on April 5. However, numbers declined steadily thereafter. On Monday, about 2.8 million doses were administered.
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