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Arunachal Cabinet decides to provide free Covid shots to people above 18

The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet on Friday approved procurement of 400,000 Covishield vaccines

Modi for utilising industry's full potential to meet oxygen demand

PM said there is a need to increase the availability of oxygen cylinders as well as to upgrade the logistical facilities for its transportation.

No response from Centre to demand for uniform vaccine rate: Tope

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday that there has been no firm response from the Centre to the demand for uniform pricing

Coronavirus: Andhra Pradesh crosses one million infections mark

A record 11,766 cases were added in a day

Why India's for-profit healthcare market can't defeat the Covid pandemic

The country ranks 179th out 189 when it comes to prioritization of healthcare in the government budget.

Asymptomatic Covid patients should avoid rushing to big hospitals: Official

Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner, G Prakash appealed to the public

Delhi hospitals still face oxygen shortage even after emergency supply

Some hospitals in the national capital continued to grapple with severe shortage of medical oxygen on Friday

Would have taken part in Covid meeting with PM had I been invited: Mamata

PM Modi held a meeting with CMs of states with the biggest Covid caseloads

Top court adjourns Covid-19 national emergency plan case to Tuesday

The adjournment came after amicus curiae and senior advocate Harish Salve decided to step down following criticism over his appointment

Airlift oxygen, give shots, allow Remdesivir imports: Thackeray tells PM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday demanded additional medial oxygen for the state

Shree Cement's oxygen plants running to full capacity amid Covid crisis

City-based Shree Cement on Friday said that its oxygen plants are operating at 100 per cent capacity

Virar fire tragedy no national news, says Tope; later clarifies

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said the fire incident at a private hospital in Virar, which killed 13 COVID-19 patients, was "not a national news".

DATA STORY: India sees 2,263 deaths in a day; nearly 200,000 discharged

India has so far vaccinated 135,478,420 people. That is 833.13 per cent of its total caseload, and 9.74 per cent of its population

UP records highest single-day spike of 37,238 Covid cases, sees 196 deaths

The total infection tally in the state is now 10,13,370 and death toll at 10,737

Kejriwal's office 'regrets' televised comments during meeting with PM

The Union government officials have accused Kejriwal of "playing politics"

Defence ministry to airlift 23 oxygen generation plants from Germany

Several states are reeling from an acute shortage of medical oxygen due to a massive surge in coronavirus cases

Govt to provide free food grains to poor in May, June, spend Rs 26,000 cr

5 kg per person per month to be provided to nearly 800 mn beneficiaries free of cost, says govt

Delhi requests 'Oxygen Express'; demand likely to be met from Rourkela

Delhi is facing a severe shortage of medical oxygen

Covid-19 survivors face increased risk of death, serious illness: Study

Covid-19 survivors -- including those not sick enough to be hospitalised -- have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the virus: Study

Zydus gets EUA for single-dose 'Virafin' to treat moderate Covid infection

Zydus says 91.15 per cent of patients treated with PegIFN were RT-PCR negative by day 7. The treatment significantly reduces the hours of supplemental oxygen in the patients