Nehru Stadium is Remdesivir sales point
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Court says it is a war-like situation in which treatment has to be afforded to all in need of it
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Court says it is a war-like situation in which treatment has to be afforded to all in need of it
The State government on Thursday informed the Madras High Court of its decision to shift the Remdesivir sales counters from the Kilpauk Medical College to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Periamet to manage the crowd better. The court was also told that more counters would be opened at the stadium so that the attenders of patients at private hospitals need not wait in queues for long.
Ensure effective usage of oxygen, Stalin tells authorities
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May 09, 2021 15:15 IST
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin also advised the authorities to increase awareness of the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination and take steps to fully utilise the vaccines available across the State
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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin also advised the authorities to increase awareness of the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination and take steps to fully utilise the vaccines available across the State
The Tamil Nadu Cabinet led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin advised authorities to ensure that medical oxygen supplied to government and private hospitals is being utilised properly and to make sure that it is not wasted as the State is supplying it amidst several constraints.
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May 09, 2021 14:34 IST
“The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%,” the Health Ministry said
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People with empty oxygen cylinders wait outside Dwarka sector 2, DTC depot to refill them, in New Delhi on May 9, 2021.
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“The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%,” the Health Ministry said Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi are among 10 States that account for 71.75% of the 4,03,738 new COVID-19 cases registered in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on May 9.
The other States in the list of 10 are Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Haryana.
PM Modi speaks to CMs of four States on COVID situation
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May 09, 2021 13:43 IST
PM Modi has been speaking to State Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories to asses the pandemic situation there and offer suggestions
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PM Modi has been speaking to State Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories to asses the pandemic situation there and offer suggestions Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9 spoke to the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Karnataka, Bihar and Uttarakhand on the COVID-19 situation in their States, official sources said.
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Suffering, trauma that the disease brings can severely affect patients and family members, he says
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Kerala Fire and Rescue Services and Civil Defence workers provide food to people during the lockdown to contain coronavirus pandemic, in Kochi on May 9, 2021. Photo used for representation purpose only.
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Suffering, trauma that the disease brings can severely affect patients and family members, he says
Last year, during the COVID-19 outbreak in Kerala, 83-year-old PO Shamsudeen, resident of Pattayam panchayat, was quickly moved to the hospital after he turned positive for the virus.
The octogenarian contracted the virus from his grandchildren who returned from Dubai. Besides his age, what bothered the family and the hospital authorities was that he had already undergone two open-heart surgeries and had been operated upon for prostate. There was total panic in the family, as not just him, but 10 others in the family were also aff