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Odisha govt fixes charges for hiring ambulances

11:55 pm May 17, 2021

Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government on Monday fixed charges for hiring various types of ambulances amid complaints that patients and their relatives were being exploited. In a notification, the Commerce and Transport Department said that any deviation from the fixed charge will be punishable under the law. As per the notification, small ambulances such as Maruti Omni, Tata Magic and Maruti Eco will charge […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Website launched to provide plasma, oxygen: Noida Police

11:49 pm May 17, 2021

Noida: An online platform to provide blood plasma, oxygen, meals and free medical consultation to people hit by COVID-19 has been started, the Gautam Buddh Nagar police said on Monday. The website can be accessed at ”http://www.swaasthsewa.com”www.swaasthsewa.com, Additional Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Pushpanjali said. “In pursuance of the same objective, the new website has been launched as […]

India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

11:46 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The government on Monday revised the clinical guidance for COVID-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma as it was found not beneficial in reducing the progression to severe disease or death. The development came following a meeting of the ICMR-National Task Force for COVID-19 last week wherein all members were in favour of […]

Covid cases: Deaths in Assam touch record highs

11:41 pm May 17, 2021

Guwahati: Assam reported a record 92 deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of COVID-19 cases registered an all-time high of 6,394 persons, pushing the total number of infections to 3,35,023, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, 11 in Kamrup, seven in Sonitpur, six in Darrang, five each in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, three each in Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar, two […]

14.8 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered on Monday

11:37 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 18.44 crore with 14,79,592 doses given on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said. The ministry said 6,63,329 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and cumulatively 59,32,704 people across 36 states and […]