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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

Centre tells states to ensure free movement of medical oxygen-carrying vehicles along borders

Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla's communication to chief secretaries of states and Union territories came in the wake of reports of shortage of medical oxygen for Covid patients.

Hospitals, PSUs under central ministries asked to dedicate wards for Covid care

The health ministry has advised the central ministries that details of such dedicated hospital wards or blocks be provided to the public in the respective states.

Vaccination, tracing, lockdown — why India’s ‘one-size-fits-all’ Covid plan hasn’t really helped

Health is a state subject, but the reins of India’s Covid battle have been with Centre since Day One. However, Centre says all decisions were made in consultation with states and UTs.

‘Unpredictable’ Covid strain in Ahmedabad causing lung damage & delayed symptoms, say doctors

Doctors are concerned about new, more serious symptoms they’re observing in Covid patients, but state health officials say it’s nothing extraordinary.

Ensure there is no panic buying, Centre tell states as Covid cases surge & curbs return

Additional Secretary in Union Consumer Affairs Ministry said states have been asked to keep grocery stores/warehouses and chemist shops outside the restrictions under Section 144.

More 0-19 yr olds falling sick in India’s second Covid wave than last time, says ICMR

ICMR data also highlights that this time around, entire families have been contracting Covid if even one person tests positive unlike in the previous wave.

Covid surge hits air travel, so carriers turn to govt for financial help, lower capacity limit

Barely a month after Vistara, SpiceJet, IndiGo began rebuilding after disastrous 2020, new Covid wave has forced 20-50% drop in bookings.

Raipur has run out of hearse vans as Covid toll rises, hospitals sending out bodies in trucks

With Covid cases and deaths touching new highs in Chhattisgarh every day, Raipur has become the epicentre of the virus. On Tuesday, the state was the third worst hit in India.

‘Covid won’t affect sadhus’: At Kumbh, many shun masks & distancing, say faith will save them

Between 10 and 14 April, 1,701 attendees of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela, which started 1 April and ends 30 April, tested positive for Covid-19.

DCGI to take decision on emergency use applications for foreign Covid vaccines in 3 days

The DCGI will issue permission for restricted emergency use on the condition that the vaccine be used according to guidelines under the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme.

On Camera

Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?