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Centre in SC rules out door-to-door vaccination, favours registered centres

The Centre has ruled out in the Supreme Court door-to-door vaccination of people and said the inoculation will be done at identified COVID Vaccination Centres (CVC)

Delhi to shut Covaxin jab centres for 18-plus if stocks not refilled: AAP

AAP leader Atishi said the Delhi government will have to close vaccination centres where Covaxin is being administered to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group after Tuesday evening

Covid-19: Lockdown-like curbs in Nashik district from May 12 to 23

Strict lockdown-like restrictions will be clamped in Nashik district of Maharashtra for 12 days beginning May 12 given the surge in Covid-19 cases

Mumbai seeks to import millions of vaccines to avert next Covid wave

Mumbai is open to any approved vaccine -- be it Russia's Sputnik, ones from Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, or the formula from Pfizer

AAP govt ordered 13.4 mn vaccine doses, but Centre cleared 350,000: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed the BJP government at the Centre has allowed only 3.5 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine for the national capital in May

Deadly fungal infection found among Covid-19 patients in Hyderabad

Doctors at a leading healthcare facility in Hyderabad have come across Covid-19 positive patients who are suffering from mucormycosis, a deadly fungal infection, and a silent killer

Relief shipments, new beds and infection data: Covid updates in pictures

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and UP are among top 10 states, accounting for 73.91 per cent new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Gujarat: Congress seeks Rs 4 lakh compensation for kin of Covid-19 deceased

Congress in Gujarat demanded a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the kin of over 8,000 people who have died of Covid-19 in the last 13 months under provisions of the Disaster Management Act

Amid spike in demand, won't be able to send oxygen to other states: Kerala

In a letter to Modi, CM Vijayan said the state produces 219 metric tonnes of oxygen and given its huge daily requirement, it is in no position to give this outside the state any more

Covid-19: Over 12,000 new cases in Delhi; positivity rate dips below 20%

Delhi reported 319 more COVID-19 fatalities and 12,651 new infections, the lowest in four weeks, on Monday, with a positivity rate of 19.10 per cent

Covid-19: Himachal Pradesh records 34 more deaths, toll crosses 1900-mark

The Covid-19 death toll in Himachal Pradesh rose to 1,906 on Monday with 34 fresh fatalities, while 1,340 new cases pushed the infection tally to 1,32,763

Congress postpones party president election till Covid situation improves

Top Congress leaders were of the view that holding the election right now would not be proper as the coronavirus situation in the country was very grim

Mobility company Ola to provide free oxygen concentrators on its app

Ola Foundation and GiveIndia will scale it up across the country with up to 10,000 concentrators in the coming weeks.

Jharkhand reports 97 new coronavirus deaths, 4,169 fresh cases on May 10

Jharkhand's COVID-19 death toll rose to 3,853 as the state reported 97 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, while 4,169 new cases pushed the tally to 2,86,343

Covid-19 vaccination: Germany allows J&J, AstraZeneca jabs for all adults

Germany is making the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine available to all adults as it did with the AstraZeneca vaccine, though the bulk of the expected deliveries is still some way off.

Covid-19: Train services suspended till May 16 in Kashmir Valley

Train operations in Kashmir were suspended on Monday till May 16 in view of the alarming rise in Covid infections in Jammu and Kashmir.

China to draw 'separation line' on peak of Mount Everest to curb Covid-19

China will draw a separation line atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday.

Covid-19: Delhi has only one day's Covaxin stock left, says Satyendar Jain

Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said Delhi has only one day's Covaxin stock left and its Covishield doses will last for just three to four days

NCP calls for 'one nation, one policy' to tackle Covid-19 pandemic

The ruling NCP and Congress in Maharashtra on Monday hit out at the Centre over its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the country and called for 'one nation, one policy' to fight the pandemic

Incorrect to say no provision made for vaccination expenditure: FinMin

'Amount of Rs 35,000 crore shown under Demand for Grants No. 40, titled 'Transfers to States' ; use of this Demand for Grants has several administrative advantages,' says Ministry of Finance