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May 08, 2021 22:11 IST
Only about 22.97 lakh daily vaccine doses were administered in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. on Saturday
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Only about 22.97 lakh daily vaccine doses were administered in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. on Saturday
India recorded 3,76,039 new COVID-19 cases until 9.50 p.m. on Saturday. As many as 3,661 new deaths were also registered. The country has so far reported a total of 2,22,68,324 cases and 2,41,968 deaths.
Maharashtra reported 53,605 infections, followed by Karnataka (47,563) and Kerala (41,971). Maharashtra also recorded 864 casualties, followed by Karnataka (482) and Delhi (332).
The figures do not include cases and deaths from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Ladakh. The data are sourced from the respective States’ health bulletins.
FCRA rules hit overseas COVID aid to hospitals, NGOs
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May 08, 2021 22:39 IST
FCRA approvals take a lot of time, the government needs to urgently grant an exemption for all such donations, tax and legal experts said.
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FCRA approvals take a lot of time, the government needs to urgently grant an exemption for all such donations, tax and legal experts said.
Indian entities, including hospitals and charitable trusts, hoping to receive COVID-19 relief material from overseas individual donors or donor agencies, could be in trouble, unless they are registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) with a stated objective involving provision of medical care.
More than 89 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the States and UTs and over 28 lakh vaccine doses will be received by them within the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said
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May 05, 2021 15:19 IST
This is the first time that a local body in Kerala is putting up such a system to provide doorstep medical service
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People wait for COVID-19 antigen tests, amid the ongoing second wave of coronovirus pandemic, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on May 4, 2021.
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This is the first time that a local body in Kerala is putting up such a system to provide doorstep medical service
With many COVID-19 asymptomatic patients now in home quarantine than in hospitals or first line treatment centres, the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is set to deploy medical teams to check on them at their homes and also make available telemedicine facilities.
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May 05, 2021 18:09 IST
Uttar Pradesh government said it noticed a trend where the number of people getting discharged was less than the daily positive cases
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People over 18 year of age wait in a queue for a shot of first dose of vaccine against COVID-19, outside Moti Lal Nehru Medical College in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on May 05, 2021.
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Uttar Pradesh government said it noticed a trend where the number of people getting discharged was less than the daily positive cases Over 51,000 persons in the age group of 18-44 have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Uttar Pradesh since the drive started on May 1, the State government said on Wednesday. The exact official figure stood at 51,284.