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Covid: RIL in talks to buy tankers for transport of liquid medical oxygen

India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases being reported daily in the past few days

Story in numbers: Wasted shots could have vaccinated entire Tripura

In the initial phase, with beneficiaries registering and then not turning up for the vaccine, vials were being discarded to avoid transporting them back to the cold chain

Uttarakhand CM holds all-party meeting to discuss COVID-19 situation

With Uttarakhand reporting a record number of single-day COVID-19 fatalities and cases on Saturday, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat held an all-party meeting here virtually to discuss the situation.

Mumbai records lowest single-day increase in Covid-19 tally in 25 days

Mumbai on Saturday recorded 5,888 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest daily rise in infections since March 30

Haryana to spend Rs 880 cr on Covid vaccination of people above 18 years

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar says 110 million people above the age of 18 years would be administered vaccines from May 1 and an amount of Rs 880 crore for this would be borne by his govt

Haryana authorises six districts to impose gathering curbs, work from home

To tackle the Covid situation, deputy commissioners of six worst-hit districts in Haryana may prohibit the gathering of four or more people and order "work from home" in all corporate and IT offices

Nagaland's Covid-19 tally crosses 13,000 mark with record 114 fresh cases

Nagaland reported its highest single-day spike of 114 new cases in the last 24 hours

Covid-19 crisis: NDMC preparing 50 beds with piped oxygen facility at RBIPMT

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation is preparing 50 beds with piped oxygen facility for Covid patients at the Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis in GTB Nagar.

Gujarat reports record single-day spike of 14,097 coronavirus cases

Shattering all previous records, Gujarat on Saturday reported its highest single-day spike to take its overall tally to 4,81,737, while 152 deaths in the past 24 hours mounted its death toll 6,171

Covaxin to cost Rs 1,200 per dose for private hospitals, Rs 600 for states

Bharat Biotech noted that the manufacturing process was expensive due to low process yields, and that it was important to recover costs to invest in future R&D

Harsh Vardhan visits soon to be operational Covid centre in Delhi

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visited the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in Chhatarpur and oversaw the preparations for the reopening of the centre with the addition of 500 oxygenated beds

Nashik Covid-19 tally rises by 5,918 in a day; 27.8 MT oxygen arrives

The Covid-19 tally in Nashik rose to reach 2,98,319, while the day also saw 46 deaths and 5,034 people getting discharged

Covid-19: Haryana records 10,491 fresh cases, 60 deaths in 24 hours

Haryana's total tally has reached 4,13,334 and death toll 3,703, a health department bulletin said

Maharashtra reports 67,160 new Covid-19 cases, 676 deaths in last 24 hours

The state is suffering a massive surge in coronavirus cases in the second wave of the pandemic

Customs duty on Covid vaccine, oxygen, equipment exempted till July-end

Move comes amid an intensifying second wave of Covid-19 in the country

India fastest country to administer 140 mn doses of COVID vaccine: Govt

India had taken just 99 days to reach the milestone, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said

Kejriwal sends SOS to CMs of other states to help with oxygen for Delhi

Move came on a day 20 Covid-19 patients died at a private hospital as it was waiting for its oxygen to be replenished

Six patients die at Amritsar hospital allegedly due to oxygen shortage

Lapse prompts the Punjab authorities to order a probe into the incident

Covid-19 crisis: Startups step up efforts to assist in oxygen delivery

From crowdfunding to buy Oxygen concentrators to flying charters for bringing equipment and other essential supplies, startups do their bit

Covid: UP, MP given more vaccine doses than Maharashtra, says Tope

Satara, Sangli, Panvel have stopped vaccination while Buldhana has only today's vaccine doses left in stock, said Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday