COVID

Won’t let anyone die due to oxygen shortage in Delhi if govt gets 700 MT supply daily: Kejriwal

11:11 pm May 6, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi received 730 metric tonnes of medical oxygen for the first time amid a crippling shortage, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday and asserted that no one will die due to lack of the life-saving gas if the Centre maintains the same level of supply till the second COVID wave lasts. While Kejriwal wrote […]

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Virus-hit Russia reports 25% death increase in January-March

10:40 pm May 1, 2021

MOSCOW: Russia’s state statistical service says the number of deaths nationwide in the first three months of 2021 was more than 25% higher than the same period a year ago, and it reported thousands more deaths due to COVID-19 in March than tallied by the country’s coronavirus task force. More than 583,000 people died in […]

12 patients die as Delhi’s Batra Hospital runs out of oxygen

8:22 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: Twelve patients at Delhi’s Batra Hospital, including a senior doctor, died on Saturday and at least two other hospitals reported precipitous drops in their oxygen stocks. With the death of the 12 patients in the south Delhi hospital — which announced at 12.30 p.m. that it had run out of oxygen — the […]

Vaccination for 18+ to begin in Delhi from Monday: CM Kejriwal

7:40 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday visited a polyclinic at Saraswati Vihar for the symbolic start of the vaccination drive. He said that vaccination drive for the citizens in the age group of 18-44 will begin in Delhi from 3rd May. Kejriwal stated that the Delhi government has already received 4.5 lakh vaccines […]

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

Unadkat pledges COVID-19 donation, says IPL bringing joy to nation

3:42 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals bowler Jaydev Unadkat will donate 10% of his salary from the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but believes the tournament is bringing “much-needed” relief to a nation in distress. India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while the […]