Covid Updates Live News: Uttarakhand government to impose ‘COVID Curfew’ from May 11 to May 18

Mucormycosis, a fungal infection being found in COVID patients with uncontrolled diabetes & prolonged ICU stay, may turn fatal if uncared for: Centre

To prevent mucormycosis, blood glucose level should be monitored post-COVID discharge; steroids should be used judiciously; antibiotics, antifungal medicines should be used correctly: Centr

Indian Navy tanker ship INS Airavat to arrive in Vishakhapatnam tomorrow from Singapore with eight 20 tonne empty cryogenic oxygen cylinders, 3150 oxygen cylinders, 500 filled oxygen cylinders, 10,000 Rapid Antigen Test kits, and 450 PPE kits: Indian Navy officials

Puducherry CM N Rangasamy tests coronavirus positive: Health Dept official

Indian Air Force’s Antonov AN32 aircraft lands at Raipur Airport with 300 oxygen concentrators for Chhattisgarh Health Department: Airport Director Rakesh Ranjan Sahay

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao to reduce the burden on Medical & Health staff who are working as the frontline warriors in the midst of Corona surge. He has decided to invite applications from 50,000-odd medical students who have completed MBBS & are qualified: CMO

Telangana CM has instructed medical & health officers to appoint for 2-3 months doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists & other paramedical staff immediately & utilise their services for the Corona treatment: CMO

The Chief Minister will inaugurate the vaccination drive for people above 18 years of age tomorrow: Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal

Chhattisgarh to include journalists, lawyers and their families in ‘front-line workers’ category

Uttarakhand government has decided to impose ‘COVID Curfew’ between 6 am on May 11 and 6 am on May 18 across the state

Essential services will be allowed during this period: State Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal

Nashik sees 3,002 COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths; 3,025 recover

Punjab reports 8531 fresh COVID19 cases, 191 fatalities and 5850 discharges in the last 24 hours

Haryana reports 13,548 new COVID19 cases, 12,639 recoveries and 151 deaths in the last 24 hours

Haryana Govt to impose stringent measures from May 10 to May 17

Surkshit Haryana announced from May 10 to May 17. Stringent measures will be taken to contain spread of COVID-19 in Haryana. Detailed order to be issued soon: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij

West Bengal reports 19,441 new COVID19 cases, 124 deaths and 18,454 discharges in the last 24 hours

Active cases at 1,26,027

Boeing to build a 250 ICU bed hospital in Gorakhpur, UP

UP CM Yogi Adityanath inspected the construction site today during his Gorakhpur visit, reports ET Bureau

Telangana records 4976 new cases, 7646 recoveries and 35 deaths today

Interstate gang supplied at least 1,200 spurious Remdesivir injections in Madhya Pradesh in a month & sold at exorbitant rates; 6 arrested

Reports PTI

Maharashtra records 48,401 fresh COVID-19 cases, 60,226 patient discharges, and 572 deaths, as per State Health Department

Jammu & Kashmir government says it has called upon health institutions across the Union Territory to utilize services of final year MBBS students for providing services like teleconsultation & monitoring of mild Covid cases after due orientation by and supervision of faculty

Freedom fighter and INA veteran Lalti Ram passes away at 100

Free distribution of AYUSH-64 at 7 Delhi locations from Monday

Delhi Health Department says it has vaccinated 2,75,540 people of 18-44 age group so far and has a stock of 2,74,460 vaccine doses for the age group

Gujarat reports 11,084 new COVID19 cases, 14,770 discharges and 121 deaths in the last 24 hours

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia orders inquiry into news reports regarding 23 COVID-19 patients going missing from Hindu Rao Hospital

He instructed the health department to submit the report by May 10.

Uttarakhand: Health department forms a flying squad in every district to inspect bed availability in COVID19 hospitals

Manipur reports 579 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths and 135 recoveries today; active cases at 4,280

Jammu and Kashmir government extends corona curfew across the union territory till May 17

A few essential services exempted, gathering permissible for weddings reduced to 25

Andhra Pradesh records 22,164 new cases, 18,832 recoveries and 92 fatalities in the past 24 hours

A flight carrying medical supplies from South Korea arrived in India today

“I hope this supply will be helpful to ease the COVID-19 emergency situation in India. The Korean government will continue to work closely with the Indian Government in responding to the unfolding challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” says South Korea Ambassador Shin Bong-kil

Karnataka reports 47,930 new COVID19 cases, 490 fatalities and 31,796 discharges in the last 24 hours

Uttar Pradesh registers 23,333 new COVID19 cases, 34,636 recoveries and 296 deaths in the past 24 hours

Tamil Nadu reports 28,897 new COVID19 cases, 236 fatalities and 23,515 discharges in the last 24 hours

17,921 new COVID19 cases, 159 deaths and 16,880 discharges were reported in Rajasthan today

Uttarakhand records 180 new deaths, 5890 cases and 2731 recoveries in the last 24 hours

Goa registers 2633 new COVID-19 cases, 67 fatalities and 3078 recoveries in the past 24 hours

Mumbai reports 2403 new COVID19 cases, 68 deaths and 3375 recoveries in the last 24 hours

Saudi Arabia will organize pilgrimage to Mecca this year under special conditions to guard against COVID

Uttarakhand: BJP MLA’s son gets vaccine jab ahead of official schedule for his age group

A controversy has erupted in Uttarakhand over a BJP MLA’s 25-year-old son getting the anti-coronavirus vaccine jab despite the fact that inoculation of people in his age group is yet to begin in the state. The vaccination process for people aged 18-44 years begins officially in Uttarakhand on Monday. However, BJP MLA from Khanpur Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion’s son Divya Pratap Singh Champion got the jab on May 5.

Union Minister Pratap Sarangi sustained injuries after his car was hit by a tractor near Podasuli in the Balasore district, Odisha, earlier today

A 7-year-old male lion named Aman died today due to cardiac arrest after a prolonged illness at Delhi zoo, says its director

Rain lashes Kolkata city

Rajya Sabha MP and eminent sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, dies in Odisha hospital: Official

Reports PTI

SpiceXpress airlifts 9,600 oxygen concentrators to India from China, Hong Kong

Russia reports 8,419 new COVID-19 cases, 334 deaths

Chhattisgarh govt says only 10 people will be allowed to attend weddings, funerals; all kinds of religious, social, political & other programmes will continue to remain prohibited

35,801 new COVID19 cases, 29,318 recoveries and 68 deaths were reported in Kerala today

Global aid including 16 oxygen plants and more than 3 lakh Remdesivir vials rushed to States/UTs

As many as 6,738 oxygen concentrators, 3,856 oxygen cylinders, 16 oxygen generation Plants, 4,668 ventilators/Bi-PAP and about 3 lakh Remdesivir vials have been delivered/ dispatched as international donations and aid since April 27 to May 8: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Our leader Himanta Biswa Sarma submitted a letter to Assam Governor, along with support letters from AGP & UPPL. After that, Governor issued an order, which reads, “I, Prof Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam, hereby appoint Himanta Biswa Sarma to be CM”: State BJP chief Ranjit Das

During a phone call by PM Narendra Modi today, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh urged the PM to increase the total quota of oxygen to 300 MT, & ensure urgent supplies of vaccine for the state, which is facing shortages on both counts: State government

Delhi now has 4.65 lakh doses available for 45-plus people, and healthcare & frontline workers; 2.74 lakh doses for 18-44 group: Atishi

NASA slams China after remnants of its rocket fall near Maldives

NASA, the US space agency, castigated China for failing to meet “responsible standards regarding its space debris” after remnants of a Chinese rocket plunged into the Indian Ocean.

Delhi has so far received 5.5 lakh doses for 18-44 category, over 43 lakh for 45-plus, and healthcare and frontline workers: AAP MLA Atishi

South Africa detects 4 cases of COVID variant found in India

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal writes to Union Health Minister, urging to direct Serum Institute of India & Bharat Biotech to increase monthly supplies to Delhi to 60 lakh doses during May to July; says states should be allowed to develop separate apps or mechanism for vaccination

A list of items for COVID relief granted exemption from IGST for imports was issued on May 3. These were given exemption from Customs Duty/health cess even earlier. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee may notice that items in your list are covered: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Himachal Pradesh | Lahaul & Spiti District Administration announces continuation of restrictions till 6 am on May 17 with only essential services, shops to open as per guidelines. Private vehicles to be allowed for only medical emergencies including COVID-19 testing & vaccination

Haryana: 13 prisoners escape from dedicated facility for COVID positive inmates in Rewari

Delhi Metro services to remain suspended from Monday till May 17 morning: DMRC

Some people in Central govt would say that we are bound by international treaties. US, France & EU countries also follow these treaties but none of them prioritized other countries. Only we gave vaccines to others when our own people were dying.

– Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

Government of India exported COVID vaccines to 93 countries in last 3 months. It gave 6.5 crore doses to them. Around 1 lakh people have died of COVID during the second wave in India. If not exported, these vaccines could have saved the lives of these people: Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pays floral tribute to the portrait of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata.