Former MP and veteran Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad passed away on Wednesday after a fight with COVID-19 at a Mumbai hospital. Former Mumbai Congress chief Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad's father reportedly breathed his last at Breach Candy Hospital at around 10 am while undergoing treatment for coronavirus.
A 26-year-old Covid positive pregnant woman successfully delivered twins at a Covid community health centre in Chandausi in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh.
People should not delay taking the Covid-19 vaccine as this will give the virus an opportunity to develop new variants and some of them may reduce the efficacy of current vaccines, say healthcare experts. They believe that those not taking the vaccine are doing a great injustice to their near and dear ones. The government of India has announced that all individuals aged above 18 years would be eligible to get Covid-19 vaccination starting May 1. This must be considered as the end game for the deadly pandemic to be driven out of India but this would not be achieved if the young and the old hesitate to take the vaccine, say the experts.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday assured that the government is taking all measures to ensure smooth supply of oxygen to hospitals in parts of the country including in Maharashtra. Speaking to India TV on the prevailing Covid situation, he said that there is an urgent need to increase beds and warned that third and fourth wave of Covid-19 may hit the country. He said that ramping up the medical infrastructure will help in fighting the deadly virus efficiently.
The Maharashtra government has written to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech about the state's vaccination requirements ahead of the next phase of the inoculation drive which starts on May 1. While speaking about Maharashtra's vaccination drive for people between the ages of 18 to 45, state health minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said that about 12 crore vaccines would be required to fully vaccinate the adult population.
An Oxygen Express, a special train being run by Indian Railways to transport medical oxygen containers in different parts of the country, reached Bhopal on Wednesday morning. The train, carrying 6 oxygen tankers having a combined capacity of 64 MT of the life-saving gas, arrived at Mandideep railway station in Bhopal from Jharkhand's Bokaro.
India on Wednesday recorded a massive surge of 360,960 new coronavirus cases and 3,293 new deaths, the highest spike so far, according to Health Ministry. With this, the total caseload stands at 17,997,267 while the death toll from the deadly coronavirus has crossed the 200,000-mark. The death toll stands at 2,01,187.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
