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Maharashtra govt to raise Covid vaccine shortage issue before PM Modi today

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said his government would raise issues of Covid-19 vaccine and Remedisivir drug shortages before Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the virtual meet

Maharashtra govt should curb black marketing of Remdesivir: Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis slammed the state government for not curbing the black marketing of Covid drug Remdesivir and said it should procure the drug from states where the Covid situation is under control

Centre gave all possible help to Maharashtra amid Covid: BJP state chief

Chandrakant Patil, reacting to NCP's chief Pawar's remarks on Centre cooperating with the state government in fighting Covid, said this showed the Centre has given all possible help to the state

Mamata to skip meeting called by PM to discuss Covid situation with CMs

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the Covid-19 situation with CMs, sources in the state government said

Ten states showing upward trajectory of daily new coronavirus cases

Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab have shown a steep rise in the daily Covid-19 cases

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Urban hotspots are driving the second wave

Several states are wrestling with vaccine shortages, migrants in Maharashtra fear impact of another lockdown, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Covid-19: AIIMS to close down walk-in OPD registrations from today

The AIIMS has decided to temporarily lose down routine walk-in OPD patient registrations, including speciality clinics and all centres, with effect from April 8

Uttarakhand: 88 students of IIT Roorkee test coronavirus positive

Nearly 88 students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district have tested positive for coronavirus, an institute official said on Thursday

Covid-19 vaccines stock will last next 4 to 5 days: Delhi Health Minister

Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the AAP government has requested more stock from Centre as the current Covid-19 stock is fast depleting

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray takes second dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

All Covid-19 vaccines are equally effective in preventing deaths: Experts

It's hard to tell some Covid-19 vaccines more effective than others since they weren't directly compared in studies. But experts say the vaccines are alike in preventing hospitalisations and deaths

Plea in High Court for compulsory masking during poll campaigns

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking to ensure that masks are worn mandatorily by everyone involved in poll campaigns

Maharashtra CM to attend meeting with PM Modi over Covid-19 situation

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will attend a meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the state with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 6.30 pm on Thursday via video conferring

Retail sector sees revival in hiring as second Covid wave haunts India

Retail sector, which was severely impacted by the first wave of pandemic, has seen robust revival in hiring that saw an uptick of more than 15 per cent in March

New Zealand suspends entry of travellers from India as Covid-19 cases surge

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced that New Zealand will temporarily suspend the entry for all travellers, including its citizens, from India for about two weeks from April 11

DATA STORY: India sees biggest jumps in total Covid tally, active cases

India has so far vaccinated 90,198,673 people. That is 697.80 per cent of its total caseload, and 6.4873 per cent of its population

Traders in Maharashtra threaten to protest against fresh Covid-19 curbs

Traders in Aurangabad have threatened to protest against restrictions imposed by the Maharashtra government to curb the spread of Covid-19

Covid: New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India starting Apr 11

The suspension will start from 1600 local time on April 11 and will be in place until April 28, Ardern said in a news conference. During this time the government will look at risk management measures

US begins study assessing allergic reactions to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines

Data from the study, which is sponsored and funded by the NIAID, is expected to be released in late summer

Mumbai's Byculla saw thin crowd after fresh Covid-19 lockdown guidelines

A day after the Mumbai Police announced the updated lockdown guidelines in view of a surge in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, the city's usually crowded Byculla vegetable market witnessed a thin crowd