Volunteer groups involving members from different walks of life — from IT professional to college students & IPS officer — are helping Covid patients get what they need.
The worrisome trend, just days after the world surpassed 3 million deaths, comes as countries roll out vaccinations in an effort to get the virus under control.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also said that the manufacture of remdesivir jabs, an anti-viral drug against Covid, will be doubled to 74.1 lakh per month by May.
The Union Health Ministry Sunday said that India has inoculated 12.26 crore doses to beneficiaries prioritised by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19.
The number of vaccinations per day has fluctuated through April and shown an overall downward trend, at a time when Covid cases and deaths have been surging.
On 5 April, Lucknow recorded around 18,000 vaccinations in a day. Ten days later, on 15 April, the day after the end of the 'Tika Utsav', the number was down to 8,907.
67 doctors & staffers tested positive for Covid at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Saturday. As many as 174 have tested positive in past six days.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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