Coronavirus in India live updates: Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days: official

Indian Covid variant detected in Belgium: health official

Covid testing set up load was airlifted to Leh for UT of Ladakh. Two C-17 airlifted two empty Linde cryogenic oxygen containers and one IL-76 airlifted one empty Inox container to Panagarh (West Bengal): Indian Air Force (IAF)

Police arrested a pharmacist for black marketing of Remdesivir medicine from Kondhwa. During probe,it was revealed that he had stolen doctor's prescription from Covid patients& purchased Remdesivir based on that from govt hospital's drugstore. Probe underway: Crime Branch, Pune City

Cracking a whip against black marketing and hoarding of Remedesiver, Lucknow police arrested four including two doctors and seized 34 vials from their possession in Thakurganj area on Thursday night.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari tests Covid positive

Former Delhi BJP president and second term MP from Delhi's North East Lok Sabha constituency Manoj Tiwari tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. He does not have any symptoms and has isolated himself at his Delhi residence. The BJP star campaigner cancelled his two political rallies scheduled in West Bengal immediately after getting the test report. Since the announcement of elections, Tiwari has addressed around 70 rallies, road shows and large public meetings in West Bengal, Assam and Kerala. Read more

Free vaccination will be provided to all above the age of 18 years by the state government: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Over 13.5 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Government

The total number of vaccinations against Covid-19 has crossed 13.5 crore in the country with more than 30 lakh vaccine doses administered on Thursday till 8 pm, the health ministry said. The total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country stood at 13,53,46,729, according to a provisional report compiled at 8 pm. The beneficiaries include 92,41,384 healthcare workers (HCWs) who have taken the first dose, 59,03,368 HCWs who have taken the second dose, 1,17,27,708 frontline workers (FLWs) who have received the first dose and 60,73,622 FLWs who have taken the second dose. Read more

State governments are free to procure Covid-19 vaccine doses from Serum Institute: Health ministry

SII has not contracted all their production of Coid-19 vaccine to the Centre till 25th May 2021.

More than 30 lakh vaccine doses given till 8 pm today push Cumulative Vaccine Coverage to more than 13.53 Cr doses: Health ministry

A team from Anand Vihar Police Station has saved lives of around 110 critical Covid patients by providing 2,300 kg of liquified oxygen to Karkardooma's Shanti Mukand Hospital from oxygen firm Inox: Alok Kumar, Joint CP Eastern Range, Delhi Police

Indian Armed Forces, in collaboration with DRDO, has set up 250 bedded dedicated Covid ICU facility at Delhi Cantt. All severely ill patients requiring ICU support shall be referred here by designated nodal officers, as per treatment guidelines issued by MoHFW: DRDO Officials

A team from Anand Vihar Police Station has saved lives of around 110 critical Covid patients by providing 2,300 kg of liquified oxygen to Karkardooma's Shanti Mukand Hospital from oxygen firm Inox: Alok Kumar, Joint CP Eastern Range, Delhi Police

Delhi reports 26,169 new Covid-19 cases, 306 deaths and 19,609 recoveries in the last 24 hours

Maharashtra: Pune district reports 9,841 fresh Covid-19 cases, 115 fatalities and 9,186 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Punjab reports 5,456 fresh Covid-19 cases, 3,657 discharges, and 76 deaths

Andhra Pradesh: Roll On Roll Off Oxygen Express with loaded seven tankers will leave from a steel plant in Visakhapatnam for Maharashtra shortly

Consider converting vacant office buildings into temporary Covid care facilities: Govt to companies

Amid the worsening coronavirus situation in the country, the government on Thursday appealed to top corporates to consider converting their vacant office buildings into temporary Covid care facilities. Corporate Affairs Secretary Rajesh Verma has written to the heads of top 1,000 corporates in terms of market capitalisation. Read more

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Indian Army to add 400 beds over next one week to its exclusive Covid-19 facility at Base Hospital in Delhi Cantt. It has created an additional 250 bedded Covid Care facility in Cantt for serving personnel: Col Aman Anand, PRO, Army