The package will focus on strengthening healthcare infrastructure including augmenting dedicated treatment facilities, ramping up hospital beds, bolstering procurement of essential medical equipment and drugs
B.1.617.2 becoming dominant COVID-19 variant in India
As of May 7, India sequenced 1,124 samples of this variant with a cumulative prevalence of 15 per cent. As of May 16, the UK showed the highest sequences detected at 4,314 cases but the cumulative prevalence rate was lesser than in India, at 6 per cent
BusinessToday.In | May 24, 2021 | Updated 12:27 IST
COVID-19 crisis: B.1.617.2 variant has been found in 48 countries
As cases spread in India, the sub-lineage of B.1.617, B.1.617.2, is beginning to eclipse other variants including the Kent variant, B.1.1.7 that originated in the UK. Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka has seen cases of B.1.617.2 spread wide. Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Puducherry and Bihar have also shown more cases of the new sub-lineage, B.1.617.2.
India Inc to the rescue! How Tata, RIL, Adani & others are helping fight Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic: From supplying oxygen to arranging for hospital beds, India Inc has stepped up to help the country in the hour of need
Anwesha Madhukalya | May 19, 2021 | Updated 19:47 IST
How India Inc is helping amid the COVID-19 pandemic
India s corporate class is supplying oxygen, arranging for hospital beds, donating funds and vaccinating their employees under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives amid the second wave of coronavirus. Reliance Industries, Adani Group, Tata Sons, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, and Hyundai India have also donated funds as well as arranged for supplies of COVID-19 amenities.
Tamil Nadu clarifies list of essential industries allowed to operate amid COVID-19 lockdown
Food related, food processing industries including food and poultry, pets and animal husbandry, all export units, units which have export commitments or export orders and their vendor units providing inputs to such industries are allowed to operate
Joe C Mathew | May 13, 2021 | Updated 17:25 IST
Essential industries allowed to function in Tamil Nadu amid lockdown
Guidance, the industrial guidance and export promotion agency of Tamil Nadu state government, has prepared clear set of charts for easy understanding of the industries that can continue to function during the statewide lockdown that is in force now. Confusion over the industries that are permitted or not permitted to function has been one of the major irritants for businesses in most states that have gone into COVID-19 related lockdown in the country.
Around 99,00 vials (200 mg) of Tocilizumab were allocated to states and UTs on April 30; 50,024 vials, received through donations, were allotted to states and UTs on Monday