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12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

Security guard administered COVID vaccine admitted at AIIMS after developing allergic reaction

11:29 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: A security guard who was administered a shot of Covaxin at AIIMS here on Saturday was admitted at the hospital after he developed an allergic reaction as part of ”severe” adverse events following immunisation. According to AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, the security guard, in his 20s, at AIIMS who received the jab after 4 pm, complained of palpitations […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Bird flu confirmed in Delhi; sale of processed, packaged chicken from outside city banned

11:45 pm January 11, 2021

New Delhi: Testing of samples of crows and ducks confirmed bird flu cases in the national capital on Monday, prompting the city government to impose a ban on sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city. ”Only samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake have tested positive for bird flu. There is no cause for […]

Bird flu scare: Delhi bans import of live birds; Ghazipur poultry market, Sanjay Lake shut

10:41 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday announced a ban on import of live birds and closure of the city’s biggest poultry market at Ghazipur after more avian deaths were reported in the national capital where three recreational parks and the famous Sanjay Lake were shut. Addressing an online media briefing, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said while no confirmed case has so far […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

Bird flu scare: 24 crows found dead in Jasola park, 10 ducks die at Sanjay Lake

4:23 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: Amid bird flu scare in the national capital, at least 24 crows have been found dead at a district park in south Delhi’s Jasola in the past three days and 10 ducks have died at the famous Sanjay Lake, officials said on Sunday. The DDA, which owns a large number of parks in the city, said authorities are monitoring […]

Another dry run for COVID vaccination roll-out in Delhi; AIIMS, Safdarjung among sites

11:49 pm January 7, 2021

New Delhi: The authorities will on Friday conduct the second dry run for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in Delhi that will span across at least three districts of the national capital, officials said. These districts are South Delhi, South East Delhi and North West Delhi, they said. The first dry run for COVID-19 vaccination roll-out was held in Delhi on January 2 for which […]