Eleven people, including the driver, died when their tempo-traveller collided with a truck near Karnataka's Dhardwad city, some 430 km north-west of its capital Bengaluru.
At least 11 people were killed and six injured when a minibus collided with a truck near Itigatti village here in Karnataka on Friday morning.The minibus was carrying 17 passengers, mostly women, from Davangere to Goa for a family function when .
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The second dose will be administered to frontline workers 28 days after the first one
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Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Health Minister K. Sudhakar at the video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The second dose will be administered to frontline workers 28 days after the first one
With the State expecting the arrival of COVID-19 vaccine consignments ‘anytime soon’, Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar said the vaccination - that will begin from January 16 - will be given in two doses.
“The second dose will be administered to frontline workers 28 days after the first one. Around 45 days later, immunogenicity in our bodies will be developed. And, until then people who get vaccinated should be careful,” said the Minister, who accompanied Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in the Prime Minister’s videoconference meeting with CMs of all States on Monday.
UK strain: Demand for upgraded labs surge in Karnataka
UK strain: Demand for upgraded labs surge in Karnataka
ByJ Abbas MullaJ Abbas Mulla / Updated: Jan 8, 2021, 07:41 IST
(This story was first published in The Times of India on Jan 07, 2021)
HUBBALLI: With cases of a mutant strain of coronavirus from the United Kingdom being recorded across the state, the demand for upgraded laboratories is surging.
During the initial days when Covid-19 cases were reported, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) struggled to treat Covid positive patients due to the delay in getting test reports from Shimoga, Bengaluru and Pune.
KIMS was eventually equipped with latest machines to test the swab samples. Subsequently, thousands of samples were tested and Covid patients received timely treatment. Now, when suddenly the new UK variant of Covid is in the news, health professionals and the public are demanding for an upgraded Viral Research Diagnostic Lab (VRDL) lab at KIMS to conduct test
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HUBBALLI: With cases of a mutant strain of coronavirus from the United Kingdom being recorded across the state, the demand for upgraded laboratories is surging.
During the initial days when Covid-19 cases were reported, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) struggled to treat Covid positive patients due to the delay in getting test reports from Shimoga, Bengaluru and Pune.
KIMS was eventually equipped with latest machines to test the swab samples. Subsequently, thousands of samples were tested and Covid patients received timely treatment. Now, when suddenly the new UK variant of Covid is in the news, health professionals and the public are demanding for an upgraded Viral Research Diagnostic Lab (VRDL) lab at KIMS to conduct test for the new variant before the situation turns worse.