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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 03, 2021, 01:34:37 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: Consider imposing lockdown to curb Covid cases, SC tells Centre
India reported its highest single-day Covid death toll on Saturday, with more than 3,700 people succumbing to the virus, even as smaller states like Uttarakhand posted 100-plus fatalities for the second day and Bengal recorded deaths in three figures for the first time. The day's cases dipped slightly from Friday's record tally of 4 lakh to 3.92 lakh. Stay with TOI for all live updates
08:54 (IST) May 02
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet experts at 9:30 am today to review oxygen and medicine availability
08:53 (IST) May 02
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday urged the Centre to evolve a national policy to deal with the pandemic after bringing about a political consensus on it.
08:49 (IST) May 02
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 16,290
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 16,290 to 3,416,822, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 110 to 83,192, the tally showed.
08:42 (IST) May 02
All French companies and many people in France are moved by what is going on in India. They want to show solidarity, so we've raised extra funds and we're going to charter another plane before end of the month with such equipment to bring autonomy to Indian hospitals: Emmanuel Lenain
08:41 (IST) May 02
We've been working with Ministry and companies to provide assistance to India. India helped us last year. We wanted to show solidarity now that your country is experiencing difficulty. It's the largest package France provided to any country since beginning of Covid crisis
French envoy Emmanuel Lenain
08:38 (IST) May 02
Australia's fourth-largest city faces prospects of its second snap lockdown in two weeks, officials said on Sunday, after a hotel quarantine security guard in Perth and two of his housemates tested positive for Covid-19.
08:34 (IST) May 02
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has said he will return to India from London in a few days.Poonawalla made the announcement soon after he spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of Covid-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
08:26 (IST) May 02
India on Saturday received a consignment of 100 oxygen concentrators and medical supplies from Uzbekistan here. Indian diaspora in Uzbekistan too contributed with 51 oxygen concentrators.
08:11 (IST) May 02
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Saturday asked the health ministry to allocate 150 ventilators to the ITBP-managed Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre (SPCCC) at Chhatarpur here, for upgrading capacity of the facility to handle critical patients.
08:03 (IST) May 02
"Water has gone above the head. Enough is enough… We can't shut our eyes to people dying in Delhi," the Delhi high court told the Centre on Saturday, directing it to supply the capital its allocated daily quota of oxygen.
07:52 (IST) May 02
Two air shipments arrived in India to date, with more on the way. USAID announced departures of 3 additional Covid-19 relief supply aircraft carrying life-saving oxygen, oxygen supplies and other critical health commodities from US to India: US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Together, the additional flights are transporting additional oxygen cylinders and regulators, oxygen concentrators, rapid diagnostic tests, and more than one million N95 masks. One of these flights will carry a Deployable Oxygen Concentration System. Additional life-saving supplies will follow: USAID
07:43 (IST) May 02
With the US set to restrict from May 4 the entry of most non-Americans who are currently in India, one-way fares for flights bound for the western country from cities such as Mumbai and Delhi have shot up.
07:24 (IST) May 02
To strengthen its fight against Covid-19, Delhi government on Saturday launched a portal — delhifightscorona.in/donate — to receive donations from across the world.
07:13 (IST) May 02
A flight carrying a consignment of medical supplies from France has arrived in India early morning
07:06 (IST) May 02
The government has extended the insurance scheme for frontline health workers by six more months. The decision was taken on Friday at a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi.
06:54 (IST) May 02
At least 18 people — 16 coronavirus patients and two intern nurses — perished in a massive fire that broke out in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Covid-19 hospital run by a private trust in the industrial town of Bharuch after Friday midnight.
06:50 (IST) May 02
India reported its highest single-day Covid death toll on Saturday, with more than 3,700 people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. The day's case count dropped marginally from Friday's record tally of over 4 lakh to 3.92 lakh.
06:42 (IST) May 02
Shared interests and shared commonalities! Welcome consignment of 9,000 vials of Remdesivir from our EU partner Belgium
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
06:41 (IST) May 02
Consignment of 9000 vials of Remdesivir arrives in India from Belgium
06:35 (IST) May 02
China reports 15 new Covid-19 cases vs 16 a day earlier
China reported 15 new mainland Covid-19 cases on May 2, down from 16 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Sunday.All of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas, the National Health Commission said in a statement. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, stood at 16 compared with 16 cases a day earlier.The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,686, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,636. (Reuters)
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