Coronavirus Live News Updates: With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital has reached over 14.29 lakh, while the toll mounted to 24,668
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Uttar Pradesh government has ordered an investigation after the owner of a hospital in Agra was purportedly caught on video saying that the facility cut off the oxygen supply for patients for five minutes in April in a “mock drill”.
As per India Today, Paras Hospital owner, Dr Arinjay Jain, also admitted that 22 patients started gasping for oxygen after the hospital snapped the oxygen supply for five minutes.
Jain can be heard saying in the video that the mock drill was done to check who would survive if the hospital’s oxygen supply ran out. Firstpost has not independently verified the authenticity of the video.
NDTV reports that in a statement to the media, Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh claimed there was no death due to lack of oxygen on that day the alleged video was recorded. However, he said a probe would be conducted.
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Kerala government says it will vaccinate bedridden and debilitated residents, who cannot be moved out and those for whom mobilising might worsen their present health condition, at their residence, reports ANI.
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Senior BJP MLA and former Minister CM Udasi died on Tuesday at a private hospital here due to age related illness, sources close to him told PTI. He was 85 and is survived by his wife and son Shivakumar Udasi, who is a BJP MP from Haveri-Gadag constituency.
The last rites of the MLA are likely to be performed on Wednesday at Hangal, the assembly constituency in Haveri district he represented. Udasi, who entered the assembly in 1983 as an independent from Hangal, has represented the constituency six times. He retained the seat in 1985 as the Janata Party candidate and won in 1994 on a Janata Dal ticket.
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At least 1,504 children have lost one or both their parents to COVID-19 so far in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, an official said on Tuesday. The state government had ordered a survey to trace children orphaned in the pandemic. The survey was undertaken through Asha workers, local governing bodies, health department and other government agencies, which had the data of COVID-19 cases, the official said.
"As on June 7, 1,504 children up to the age of 18 have lost one or both their parents to the disease in Marathwada. Of these, 181 children have lost their mothers, while 1,296 have lost their fathers," said Harsha Deshmukh, divisional deputy Commissioner of Woman and Child Development department.
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Meghalaya on Tuesday recorded 379 new COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 39,535, health officials said. With the state recording nine more fatalities due to the viral disease, the death toll has risen to 678, they said.
The number of active cases in the state now stands at 4,924, the health officials said. Health Services director Aman War said, 773 persons recovered from the infection during the day. The total number of recoveries is 33,933.
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The Centre told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination programme for senior citizens, specially-abled, bed-ridden and wheelchair-bound people is currently not possible, but it has decided to start "near-to-door" inoculation centres.
The Union government in its affidavit filed in the HC said the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration (NEGVAC) has considered the issue of door-to-door vaccination and opined that "near-to-door" vaccination would be an appropriate solution, and not door-to-door vaccination.
The court noted that almost 25 crore people have been vaccinated in India.
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Union government to submit details of the quantity of anti-fungal drugs allocated to various states for treating Mucormycosis, a rare infection found in recovering or recovered COVID-19 patients.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said it wanted to ascertain whether the Union government was ensuring an "equitable distribution" of drugs based on the number of active cases of Mucormycosis in each state.
In the course of hearing on a plea, the bench suggested the allocation of more quantity of anti-fungal drugs to Maharashtra given the number of Mucormycosis cases reported in the state. The bench said that the central government must give wide publicity to its advisory on preventing and managing Mucormycosis, also called "black fungus".
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A consignment of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, said to be the first such one for Tamil Nadu, arrived here by a private airline from Hyderabad on Tuesday. The processing of the shipment at the Chennai airport was completed quickly and it was handed over to a transport agency, airportsources said.
It was taken to a private laboratory at Periyapanicheri in Chennai by vehicle. Later, one box of vaccines was disptached to Coimbatore, sources said.
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The Centre on Tuesday said that it has placed an order to purchase 25 crores doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin. "Government of India has also placed an order to purchase 30 crore doses of Biological E's vaccine, which will be available by September," said Dr VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog.
These 44 crore doses of Covishield (25 crore doses) & Covaxin (19 crore doses) will be available till December 2021, starting now. Additionally, 30 percent of advance for procurement of both the vaccines has been released to Serum Institute of India & Bharat Biotech, said the Health Ministry.
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The Centre on Tuesday said that 86,498 cases have been reported in last 24 hours. "Almost 79% decline in cases, since the highest reported peak in daily new cases. Last week, 33 percent decline was seen in overall reported cases. 322 districts have seen a decline in daily cases in last one month," said Lav Agrawal, JS, Health Min
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"No data, global or Indian, has had any observations of children being affected more. Even in the 2nd wave kids who were infected had mild illness or co-morbidities. I don't think we will have a serious infection in children in the future," Dr Randeep Guleria, AIIMS Director said on Tuesday.
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LATEST News Updates: Delhi reported 316 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 14.29 lakh, while the toll mounted to 24,668.
The Centre told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination programme for senior citizens, specially-abled, bed-ridden and wheelchair-bound people is currently not possible, but it has decided to start "near-to-door" inoculation centres.
The Centre on Tuesday said that it has placed an order to purchase 25 crores doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin.
AIIMS director Randeep Guleria also said that to stop future waves, COVID-19 -appropriate behaviour must be followed until enough people are vaccinated or there is natural immunity
Lockdown in Bihar, clamped over a month ago in view of the spurt in COVID 19 cases, will be lifted from Wednesday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. "The lockdown has served the purpose of putting a check on coronavirus cases. Hence it would now be done away with, though a few restrictions will remain," the chief minister said. He, however, clarified that night curfew will be in place from 7 pm to 5 am.
More than 1.19 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Uttar Pradesh government has ordered an investigation after the owner of a hospital in Agra was purportedly caught on video saying that the facility cut off the oxygen supply for patients for five minutes in April in a “mock drill”.
As per the recently released vaccination guidelines by the Centre, vaccine doses will be allocated to states based on population, disease burden and vaccination progress. Moreover, wastage will affect allocation negatively.
As active cases in each district fell below 600, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to lift the coronavirus curfew from 7 am to 7 pm in all districts, but night and weekend restrictions will still be continued.
India reported the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in 66 days, while the number fell under 1 lakh after 63 days. Recovery rate rose to 94.29 percent, while the daily positivity rate stood at 4.62 percent, less than 10 percent for the 15th consecutive day.
India reported on Tuesday a daily rise in new coronavirus infections of 86,498 cases over the past 24 hours, according to a statement by government.
The total cases stand at 2,89,96,473, of which 13,03,702 are active cases. The daily toll was 2,123, while the total COVID-19 deaths so far stood at 3,51,309.
According to data released by the health ministry, 23,61,98,726 vaccine doses have been administered so far.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday had announced the Centre will provide free coronavirus vaccines to states and union territories for inoculation of all above 18 from 21 June. Asserting that vaccine supply would be increased significantly in the coming days, Modi said the centre has now decided to buy 75 percent of jabs from vaccine makers for free supply to states, while private sector hospitals will continue to procure 25 percent of vaccines but they cannot charge more than Rs 150 per dose over the pre-fixed price.
Glaring COVID-19 vaccine inequality has created a "two-track pandemic" with Western countries protected and poorer nations still exposed, World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, renewing pleas for shot donations.
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The single-day rise fell below 2 lakh after 41 days, while the toll climbed to 3.07 lakh with 3,511 new deaths, the lowest in 21 days, said the health ministry on Tuesday