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TopicCovid cases

Topic: Covid cases

11 top doctors handpicked by Uddhav Thackeray have led Maharashtra’s Covid war for a year

From bringing down the mortality rate to suggestions on rational use of oxygen, drugs, these 11 doctors have been helping Maharashtra beat Covid for the past year.

Covid clusters in hospital, airport push Singapore’s case tally to highest since July

Cases are low compared to the rest of Asia, but Singapore has been discovering new clusters, including those in a foreign worker dormitory that has raised concerns of a resurgence.

Bhopal is running short of burial spaces and cremation grounds despite new ones being added

Increased Covid casualties in the second wave of the pandemic have exposed the lack of infrastructure, manpower at Bhopal's crematoriums, graveyards.

UP villagers fear ‘Corona sui’ & losing kidney, so they won’t get tested or treated for Covid

The many misgivings among UP villagers are keeping them away from seeking treatment, but govt and CHCs say situation is being tackled and door-to-door awareness campaigns are on.

CoWin crash, vaccine shortages cast doubt on 1 May rollout as 18+ register for 3rd phase

Most states look unlikely to be able to start vaccinations for those above 18 on 1 May given a shortage of vaccine doses and manufactures not committing to sending supplies on time.

This Shaheen Bagh shop is supplying oxygen to Delhi’s gasping patients

Waseem Gases, an AC repair shop in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, has been drawing a steady stream of people looking for oxygen, as hospitals run out of medical oxygen

More people died of Covid in Delhi in last 4 days than in Mumbai since March

Delhi has been reporting a high number of daily Covid cases and its test positivity is nearly 33 per cent, compared to Mumbai’s 13 per cent.

Lockdown reduces Covid infection rate for Maharashtra, cases plateau in Pune, drop in Mumbai

Active cases in Maharashtra continue to rise, but there has been a drop in the R value, which means the infection spread is slowing down.

Covid testing drops in Delhi, labs say they don’t have enough staff, skilled technicians

According to Delhi government data, daily tests fell from 75,037 on 23 April to 57,690 on 26 April. Labs cite lack of manpower & infection among staff as the reasons for fall.

Wear masks at home too, follow Covid protocol if you have symptoms but test negative, govt says

Govt says state of pandemic is such that anyone with basic cold symptoms must consider themselves Covid positive, but warns against panicking & hoarding critical medicines.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.