The Haryana government has placed the state under a week-long lockdown starting tomorrow to curb the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the country. The announcement came from the state Home and Health Minister, Anil Vij.
Haryana govt demands 20,000 Remdesivir injections from Centre ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 22:24 IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 26 (ANI): In view of a surge in COVID-19 cases across Haryana, the state government on Monday demanded 20,000 Remdesivir injections from the Central government and 40 metric tonnes (MT) of oxygen per day from the Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand.
As per a release by the state government, Haryana government has a shortage of 20,000 Remdesivir injections and has requested the Central government in this regard. Out of these, 1000 vaccines were delivered today while 3,000 vaccines will be available tomorrow. Out of 20,000 injections, 10,000 will be for private hospitals and 10,000 for government hospitals.
A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a man in Amritsar. (Pic: AFP)
CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: The northern states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh reported 12,922 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday along with 107 deaths.
With 4,957 more people infected, Punjab on Sunday recorded its highest single-day spike of the pandemic, counting even the last year. The state also recorded 68 deaths. The state’s 3,477 cases on April 12 had climbed to 4,333 by April 15 and 4,498 by April 17. The death toll has reached 7,902 and cases count 3,00,038. On Sunday, 3,141 patients were discharged and 46,695 swab samples were collected for testing.
Mohali district had the highest number of cases at 880, followed by Amritsar (742), Ludhiana (686), Jalandhar (445), and Patiala (379). The state had 34,190 active cases. It vaccinated 69,733 people on Sunday, taking its number of the inoculated to 24,19,076. Also, 7,018 healthcare and frontline workers, besides 56,101 people above 45, got thei
Former Haryana CM BS Hooda, wife test positive for COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Apr 18, 2021 21:02 IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 18 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his wife Asha Hooda has tested positive for COVID-19.
Hooda himself confirmed the news on Twitter and requested the people who came in his contact to get themselves tested. I and my wife got ourselves tested because we had mild symptoms. The RT-PCR report is positive, the senior Congress leader tweeted. We are admitted in Medanta Hospital and our parameters are normal now. All those who have come in contact with me in the last few days may please get themselves tested, he added.