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Maharashtra at beginning of second Covid-19 wave , warns central team as India cases cross 20,000 for sixth day
India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union Health ministry said.
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The total cases rose to 1,14,09,831, while the death toll increased to 1,58,856, with 131 fresh fatalities in India. (File Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: A central team has warned that Maharashtra is at the beginning of a second COVID-19 wave prompting the Union government to tell the worst hit state on Tuesday to focus on strict containment strategies even as India recorded over 20,000 coronavirus cases for the sixth consecutive day.
Centre says there s no conclusive data to establish direct correlation of death, disease due to air pollution
In a written reply, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said air pollution is one of the many factors affecting respiratory ailments and associated diseases.
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NEW DELHI: There is no conclusive data available to establish a direct correlation of death and disease exclusively due to air pollution, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
He was responding to a question on whether the government has undertaken any study about the ill effects caused by pollution on asthma patients, lungs of children and pregnant women in the country during the last three months of year 2019.
Coronavirus: First patient with South Africa variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Delhi
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Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 23:58 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 16: A 33-year-old man, currently admitted at LNJP Hospital here, has become the first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday.
He was brought to the hospital about a week ago, and has been kept isolated in a separate unit, a source said. The LNJP Hospital had earlier also admitted people who had been found positive for UK strain of COVID-19, and after their treatment about two such patients had remained till February end, a senior doctor had earlier said.
A 33-year-old man, currently admitted at LNJP Hospital here, has become the first confirmed case of Covid-19 caused by the South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday.