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Current lockdown rules were set to run through Sunday. Germany is extending its coronavirus shutdown by three weeks until March 28, but easing some restrictions to allow non-essential stores and other businesses to reopen in areas with relatively low infection rates. After about nine hours of talks, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of the […]
The Ministry of Health directed the states that all private hospitals are not empanelled under central government schemes are now permitted to operate as vaccination sites. In a push to further increase the vaccination coverage among the general population, the Centre has directed the states to utilise 100 per cent capacity of private hospitals functioning […]
Unlike the big ones, micro units — which make up more than 40 per cent of the industrial landscape in Pune — have failed to see any significant recovery so far due to lack of ready credit and trained manpower. Several industry surveys might have reported that more than 50 per cent of Pune’s industrial […]
Promote students without exams, teachers’ body urges govt. Leaders of the Municipal Teachers Federation (MTF) have appealed to the government to administer COVID-19 vaccine to teachers and students on a priority basis. The federation’s State president S. Ramakrishna pointed to the increase in the number of cases in the State, especially in Chittoor district. He […]
The death toll mounted to 1,57,051 with 113 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed. India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 1,10,96,731 on February 28 with 16,752 new infections, the highest in the last 30 days, according to Union Health Ministry data. Coronavirus updates — February 28, 2021 The country had recorded 18,855 new […]
Enforce pandemic-appropriate behaviour and deal firmly with violations, States told Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Saturday held a meeting with Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bengal, Telangana and Jammu & Kashmir which have been reporting a high active COVID-19 caseload or an increasing trend in new cases in the last week. […]
The vaccine had a 72% overall efficacy rate in the United States and 64% in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant emerged in the fall and is now driving most cases. Written by Carl Zimmer, Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere The one-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson provides strong protection against severe […]
Those coming from Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab will have to show a negative RT-PCR test report from Saturday to March 15. People travelling to Delhi from five States — Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab — will have to show a negative RT-PCR test report for COVID-19 from Saturday to March […]
Strict action on those who violate norms Remarking that Maharashtra’s sudden and steep surge in Covid-19 cases was worrisome indeed, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the government would come to know within the next fifteen days whether or not the State was facing a ‘second wave’ of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Thackeray further […]
More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an AFP count based on official sources Saturday. In total 20,10,42,149 vaccine doses had been given worldwide by 3.30 p.m. on Saturday — a figure that does not include the latest data from China and Russia, […]