As India continues to see a surge of COVID-19 cases, the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund has allocated Rs 2,000 crore for supply of 50,000 ventilators to government-run COVID-19 hospitals in all states and Union Territories. All these ventilators will be ‘Made in India’, said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a press release issued on 23 June.
India registered its biggest single-day spike yet again on Sunday with 14,821 patients testing positive for Covid-19. The country’s caseload stands at 425,282, as per the latest health ministry update.
As many as 17 inmates were tested positive for coronavirus at Delhi’s Mandoli Jail on Monday.
Testing was done following the death of a 62-year-old inmate on Sunday. A total of 29 inmates were tested.
With 14,821 new cases, the infections in India rose to over 4.25 lakh. Of the 4,25,282 cases, 1,74,387 are active infections, while 2,37,196 patients have been discharged. The toll stands at 13,699.
Globally, the infections are inching towards the 9 million-mark. Over 8.9 infections have been reported worldwide, while the virus has killed at least 4.6 lakh people. The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.
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Almost three months after it closed down its OPD services, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here has decided to resume the operation from June 25 for its follow-up patients, not more than 15 a day, for each department initially, officials said on Tuesday. Read full story.
Ministry has taken cognizance of news in media about ayurvedic medicines developed for COVID19 treatment by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. Company asked to provide details of medicines & to stop advertising/publicising such claims till issue is duly examined: Ministry of AYUSH
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic Tuesday said he has tested positive for novel coronavirus, joining other infected tennis players who took part in an exhibition tennis tournament in the Balkans.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said Patanjali is launching the first successful ayurvedic medicine for COVID-19 treatment, following successful clinical trials. The controlled study was done on 280 patients, Ramdev added.
He claimed that Patanjali’s 'CORONIL', which contains giloy, ashwagandha and tusli, among other ingredients, has shown 100 percent recovery rate in seven days. Ramdev claimed CORONIL is the first ayurvedic medicine to fight COVID-19.
Rajasthan reported 199 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the state's total number of such cases to 15,431, officials said. With no death reported in the state on Tuesday, the death toll due to the disease stands at 356, reports PTI.
Jaipur has recorded a maximum of 150 deaths due to COVID-19, and 2,988 positive cases followed by Jodhpur where 34 deaths and 2,459 cases have been reported. A total of 11,794 COVID-19 patients have been discharged, officials said, adding the state has 3,035 active cases.
As India continues to see a surge of COVID-19 cases, the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund has allocated Rs 2,000 crore for supply of 50,000 ventilators to government-run COVID-19 hospitals in all states and Union Territories. All these ventilators will be ‘Made in India’, said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a press release issued on 23 June.
Out of the 50,000 ventilators, 30,000 ventilators are being manufactured by M/S Bharat Electronics Limited. Of the remaining 20,000 ventilators, 10,000 are being manufactured by AgVa Healthcare, 5,650 by AMTZ Basic, 4,000 by AMTZ High End and 350 by Allied Medical, said the PMO.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday requested Lt Governor Anil Baijal to scrap the system requiring every COVID-19 patient to visit a government-run centre for clinical assessment.
Addressing an online media briefing, Sisodia said he has written to Baijal, saying that the new system will only add pressure on the government machinery.
The deputy chief minister demanded that the previous system should be implemented wherein teams of the district administration visit the house of an infected person for his or her clinical assessment.
The Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education tell the Supreme Court that a decision on whether to scrap the remaining exams of Class 12 students, in view of the surge in coronavirus cases, is likely to be taken on Wednesday, PTI reports.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar that the government and the board are aware of the anxiety of students, and authorities will take a decision on the issue soon.
The top court was hearing a plea, filed by some parents of the students appearing for the exam, seeking a direction to the CBSE to declare the results on the basis of exam already conducted and to calculate it on an average basis with internal assessment marks of remaining subjects.
Seventy patients who tested positive for coronavirus from Mumbai’s P-North (Malad) ward have gone missing, reports Times Of India. BMC has sought Mumbai Police help to trace these people who went missing after testing positive from P-North Ward over the past three months, through their mobile phone location and CDRs, according to News18.
French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Tuesday it expects to get approval for the potential Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline Plc by the first half of next year, faster than previously anticipated. Sanofi, which is hosting a virtual research and development event, and GSK had said in April the vaccine, if successful, would be available in the second half of 2021. "We are being guided by our dialogue with regulatory authorities," Sanofi research chief John Reed told reporters, when asked about the accelerated time frame. There are currently no vaccines to prevent the coronavirus that has infected more than 9 million people and killed over 469,000 globally, and only a couple of medicines that have demonstrated benefit in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in clinical trials. (Reuters)
China has approved a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products' unit to begin human testing, the company said on Tuesday. The potential vaccine, co-developed by Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical and the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has received a certificate from the National Medical Products Administration to launch clinical trials. Chinese researchers and companies are testing six experimental shots in humans, and more than a dozen vaccines are in different stages of clinical trials globally against the virus that has killed over 470,000 people. However, none of the them have passed large-scale, late-stage phase 3 clinical trials, a necessary step before entering the consumer market. (Reuters)
Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar's wife and daughter have tested positive for Covid-19, a day after his father was confirmed to have been infected with the deadly infection. "Test results of our family members have come. Unfortunately, my wife and daughter have tested positive for Covid19 and are undergoing treatment," the minister tweeted on Tuesday. He said he and his two sons have tested negative. Sudhakar's father tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He was admitted to the hospital with a cough and fever.
Servitor of Puri Jagannath temple tests positive for Covid-19 virus, confirms Puri district collector Balwant Singh.
India's coronavirus caseload stands at 4,40,215, as per the latest health ministry update. The death toll stands at 14,011. 312 deaths and highest single-day spike of 14,933 new cases reported in last 24 hours.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend by three months the supply of 5 kilogram of free food grains to members of “priority households” and migrant workers to address what she called “the hunger crisis” faced by some of the most “vulnerable people” in the country.
Maharashtra on Monday recorded 3,721 new Covid-19 cases, taking its overall tally to 1.35 lakh. While 113 deaths were added to the toll, only 62 people had succumbed to the virus in the last 48 hours, health officials said. The state has reported 6,283 deaths so far.
For the second consecutive day, the number of active Covid-19 patients in the state dropped with a surge in the number of people recovering. In the last three days, the number of active cases has dropped from a high of 6,237 on Saturday to 6,152 on Monday.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to suspend H-1B visas till the end of the year. The order will help Americans who have lost their jobs due to the current economic crisis. H-1B visas are popular among Indian IT professionals. Other foreign work visas will be suspended as well.