Insurance scheme for frontline health workers extended for 6 months
New Delhi: Insurance scheme for frontline health workers has been extended for another six months, the government said on Friday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting to review the functioning of different empowered groups through video conference. A statement said Modi has also asked officials to explore how volunteers from civil society can […]
Import of oxygen concentrators via post, courier permitted
Equipment can be sought for personal use under gifts category
New Delhi: The government on Friday permitted import of oxygen concentrators for personal use, through post, courier or e-commerce portals under gift category, amid surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. The exemption for oxygen concentrators is allowed only for a period till July 31, 2021, for personal use, according to a notification of the […]
India will need 5 lakh ICU beds in coming weeks, says leading Doctor
Pune: Forecasting that the COVID-19 pandemic is only going to get worse, noted surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty has said India will need an extra 5 lakh ICU beds, 2 lakh nurses and 1.5 lakh doctors in the next few weeks, and also suggested radical solutions to meet the mountainous challenge. At present, India has […]
Covid-19: US advises its citizens in India to leave
Washington: The US has advised its citizens not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so and authorised the voluntary departure of family members of its employees in the Indian missions, saying the access to all types of medical care is becoming severely limited in the country […]
Vaccine registration: CoWIN fails to cater to huge rush
New Delhi: As the registration of all citizens above 18 years of age for vaccination against COVID-19 started on the CoWIN portal at 4 pm on Wednesday, many people took to social media to complain about the technical problems they faced trying to register themselves for the third phase of the inoculation drive that is […]
EC sets guidelines for counting centres, poll agents
Says negative Covid-19 report or full vaccination must for entering counting halls
New Delhi: Candidates or their agents will not be allowed inside counting halls without a negative coronavirus report or without having both Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Election Commission said Wednesday in its latest guidelines for counting of votes on May 2. Issued amid spiralling coronavirus cases, the guidelines bar public gatherings outside venues during the […]
India says no to UN assistance from ‘integrated supply chain’
Says it has 'robust system' in place
United Nations: India has declined assistance offered by the United Nations of its integrated supply chain for COVID19-related material, saying the country has a “robust system” to deal with the required logistics, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. “One of the things we did is we offered the assistance of our integrated […]
China to hold south Asian FMs meet on COVID-19
India, Maldives and Bhutan not invited
Beijing: China, which is hosting a meeting of Foreign Ministers of some South Asian countries to deal with the COVID-19 situation, said on Tuesday that the virtual conference is open to all countries in the region, including India. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are invited to the virtual Foreign Ministerial level meeting being […]
China offers 1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan has received another batch of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China to help it stem the spread of COVID-19 that has infected over 800,000 people and claimed more than 17,100 lives in the country. Three planes of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) airlifted from China the consignment of one million Chinese-developed […]
Haj Houses to be utilised as COVID-19 care centres: Naqvi
New Delhi: The Minority Affairs Ministry has decided to give Haj Houses to the respective state government for utilisation as temporary care centres for COVID-19 patients. “It has been decided to give Haj Houses in different states of the country to the state governments to utilise them as temporary Corona Care Centre ,” Minority Affairs […]