Indian strain of COVID spread to 44 countries already: WHO
The most challenging thing about containing the spread of coronavirus is not just the fact that it spreads and infects in multiples of hundreds, but the fact that it spreads exponentially and the true numbers will never be known. A 67-year-old woman returning from Kumbh Mela and testing positive is the worst possible confirmation of community transmission.
The woman, who had tested positive in April, has eventually ended up infecting 33 people which also includes 13 psychiatric patients at Spandana Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre, near Nandini Layout, in west Bangalore.
Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men raise their arms while shouting religious hymns on the banks of the river Ganges after taking the holy dip during the third Shahi Snan (grand bath) at the ongoing Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 15, 2013.Reuters
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May 02, 2021 01:35 IST
Only 19,602 doses administered across all age groups in govt. hospitals and PHCs on Saturday in view of vaccine shortage
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Wait continues: A notice being pasted at a public health centre in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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Only 19,602 doses administered across all age groups in govt. hospitals and PHCs on Saturday in view of vaccine shortage
With mixed messages on vaccine availability from the State government, 40-year-old Raju S. was not sure if he would actually get his first shot when he decided to visit a vaccination camp organised by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) at Medahalli Government School, near K.R. Puram, on Saturday. But when he arrived, he found only around 10 people waiting in line to get their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. With no one in the above 45 years category, the staff at the camp decided to vaccinate him and others who fell in the 18 to 44 years category
Man falls to death from service lift at his workplace
Man falls to death from service lift at his workplace
ByBellie ThomasBellie Thomas / Updated: Feb 21, 2021, 06:38 IST
Factory says worker’s death was his own fault as service life is not meant for employees
AA 50-year-old man was killed after he fell off from a service lift from the first floor at a metal coating and cleaning company in
Nandini Layout on Thursday.
Nandini Layout for the past 10 years as a helper. Shivakumar’s
son Pradeep, a private bank employee, in his complaint to the police stated that his father on Thursday had gone to work around 8 am. He worked for a factory which was into metal coating and cleaning process for the past 10 years.
Teen loses hand due to electrical injuries
Teen loses hand due to electrical injuries
ByBellie ThomasBellie Thomas / Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
A 12-year-old boy is battling for his life at the Victoria Hospital’s
Burns Ward after he sustained electrical shock injuries from a newly installed transformer. On 25 January, the victim was playing outside his house in Lakshmidevinagar in
Nandini Layout, when he used the newly-erected
transformer for support and was electrocuted. As treatment. the doctors had to amputate one of his hand, and are now considering amputating the other, to save his life.
The incident took place on 25 January at around 3.20 pm, when Avez Khan was playing behind a mosque in KSCB quarters. Just a week prior to the incident, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (
Water supply to be affected in Bengaluru on February 5. Here s a full list of areas
BWSSB had already announced a scheduled water shutdown on Saturday (Feb 6) in many parts of the City.
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BENGALURU: Water supply in several parts of North and West Bengaluru will be severely disrupted on Friday (February 5).
This is due to an emergency stoppage of pumping of water on Thursday from 9 am to 8 pm to set right a major leakage that occurred in the main transmission line at T.K Halli, from where water is pumped to Bengaluru.