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Kasturba Hospital and Nair Hospital in Mumbai collected samples from the 2,176 children, who were medically examined for other illnesses in public and private laboratories. → Read More
Together, these hospitals purchased 1.97 crore doses of Covishield from May 1 to June 22 under the open market policy, which allows them to purchase up to 25 per cent of total vaccine supply available in the country. → Read More
Mumbai news: In absence of clear guidelines, private players have said they will continue to place direct orders with manufacturers to procure doses after June 21. Between June 7 and 21, the central government has stopped vaccine supply to all states and the private sector. → Read More
Maharashtra on Sunday added 618 deaths to its tally, taking the total death toll due to Covid to 1,00,130. Of the total deaths registered on Sunday, 167 were reported in the last 48 hours, 66 in the last week and 385 from the period before that. → Read More
Amravati was one of the first districts in Maharashtra to report a second wave in February this year. → Read More
SII CEO Adar Poonawalla in an interview to CNBC TV 18 said it would be impossible to handle orders of small municipal corporations and hospitals and indicated an arrangement where states procure on behalf of hospitals. → Read More
Haffkine had floated a tender to procure 6 lakh vials of Remdesivir on April 15 but got no bidder. → Read More
State health officials said the double variant’s role cannot be ruled out in Maharashtra’s second wave. The state is recording over 50,000 new cases every day and has 5.64 lakh active cases, half of India’s Covid burden. → Read More
While remdesivir did not get much success against MERS and SARS, it was reported to have worked to some extent against the SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. → Read More
As on Tuesday, more than 34,100 of the 4.5 lakh actively infected patients in Maharashtra were on oxygen support. → Read More
Resident doctors at T N Topiwala medical college in Mumbai went on mass leave on Tuesday to protest against the conversion of the hospital into a dedicated Covid-19 facility. → Read More
A disruption in supply chain has caused shortage of Remdesivir in a few districts. → Read More
Aurangabad district, which recorded Maharashtra’s highest positivity rate at 43.8 per cent in March end, has all of its 2,124 oxygen beds occupied. → Read More
Coaxing and counselling push up vaccine figures marginally. → Read More
An AEFI panel will meet Monday to assess the case. Meanwhile, the FDA has taken random samples for testing. → Read More
Data shows high dependency on antigen testing may be responsible → Read More
The radiant warmer burst into flames after the explosion — the first of two loud noises heard by hospital staff that night — and the seven-day-old baby inside “was found burnt like coal”, officials said. → Read More
Meanwhile, set up in 2015, the Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) where the babies died had had only one mock fire drill, back in 2016-17, as per a district official. → Read More
Daily, thousands of passengers who are not carrying a negative RT-PCR report are slipping away without being tested at the airport. → Read More
This year, The Indian Express captures the work of corona warriors, women and men leading the war against Covid-19 -- risking all, so that others can be secure. This will be followed by a special show to be anchored by superstar Amitabh Bachchan and telecast on November 29 at 8.30 pm on Star Plus as well as Disney+ Hotstar. → Read More