According to a release issued by the Ministry of Health, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country has risen to 2.91 crore on Saturday. On Saturday, the 57th day of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program, a total of 9,74,090 vaccine doses were administered until 7 pm.
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New Delhi
Delhi CM paid 1 crore compensation to the family of the deceased ‘Corona warrior’
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday provided financial assistance of Ke 1 crore to the family of Lab technician, COVID warrior Rakesh Jain at Hindu Rao Hospital.
Jain, who retired in 2022, contracted COVID-19 on June 17 last year and committed suicide the next day. Mr. Kejriwal lauded Jain for continuing to serve the people till his last breath.
“Mr. C. Jain became infected while on duty. He was transferred to Metro Hospital but later died. He was a martyr who served the people of Delhi till his last breath,” Mr. Kejriwal said.
Mr. Jain was a resident of Delhi and joined the service in 1988. He is survived by his mother Madan Shri Jain, wife Sangeeta Jain and two children.
The uk
India’s role as UK pharmacy unprecedented as UK minister
UK Minister Lord Tariq Ahmed said that India played a role in the world’s pharmacy during the coronovirus epidemic.
Lord Ahmad, Minister for South Asia at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), highlighted the close cooperation between the two countries on ensuring the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, which would benefit countries around the world under the leadership of the United Nations is. COVAX facility.
“Our relationship with India is not only of bilateral importance, it is also about how these two countries are working together and there is no better portrayal than the current COVID-19 epidemic that catches us. We have included strong cooperation between the UK and India in responding worldwide, including the COVAX facility that is helping more vulnerable countries of the world.
Karnataka
‘Doing well with new strain of virus’
Two men from Ballari who tested positive for the South African strain of COVID-19 on Thursday are doing well.
Speaking to Hindu On Saturday, Ballari deputy commissioner Pawan Kumar Malapathy said that both the patients were healthy and doing well.
“This is just another strain of COVID-19. All protocols are strictly followed to deal with epidemics. Both patients are healthy and doing well. As soon as they were confirmed to be infected with the new strain, they separated. To confirm the negativity of this disease, we are going to send samples of his throat swab for testing again and again.
Karnataka
Increase in new cases is not uniform
Even though the number of new COVID-19 infections in Karnataka has increased by 1,000 cases as compared to the previous week, the increase does not appear to be uniform across the state.
Whereas according to the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 639 cases out of an increase of 1,000 cases in the state during the week ended March 11, while 10 districts saw a drop in cases during the week as compared to the previous days. done. Week while the number held steady at another five.
However, 15 of the state’s 30 districts have shown an increase in week-over-week COVID-19, indicating an unmistakable increase in infections across the state.
Cases have shown an upward trend in Tumkuru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Udupi, Kolar, Ballari, Dharwad, Bidar, Uttara Kannada, Bengaluru Rural, Bagalkot, Dakshina Kannada, Gadag and Chikkamagaluru apart from Bengaluru Urban.
Punjab
Punjab closes all Anganwadi centers due to increasing cases
Punjab Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Saturday directed that all Anganwadi centers should be closed till further orders in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases in the state.
The Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development said that ration and other materials would be distributed door-to-door through Anganwadi workers and helpers, so that nutritional support to the beneficiaries would not be affected.
More than thirty-four deaths due to COVID-19 occurred in Punjab on Friday, taking the death toll to 6,030, while the state saw 1,414 new coronavirus cases with 1,94,753 infections.
New Delhi
Ambient air pollutants contribute to the spread of SARS-COV-2 infections, says Harshvardhan
Inaugurating the new green campus of the Indian Air Council on Saturday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that there is emerging evidence to contribute to the spread of ambient air pollutants, especially PM2.5 and NO2. Medical Research (ICMR) at National Institute of Health Research (NIREH), Bhopal.
The Health Minister stated, “In addition, ambient air pollution is a known risk factor for a number of adverse health outcomes, including chronic cardio-respiratory morbidity, and is said to be associated with morbidity-affected populations, which COVID-19 Is more sensitive than. “
To make matters worse, he said, closed indoor spaces provide an ideal environment for viral transmission to prevent the weakening of viral particles, and the absence of ultraviolet rays that can potentially inactivate the virus.
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