Новости за 26.04.2021

Sideeq Ali, owner of a supermarket, was travelling in a car with his wife Shaheeda Banu, who was in labour, his mother-in-law and brother-in-law to a private hospital in Mangaluru.

A 50-year-old head constable deployed for panchayat poll duty died due to low levels of oxygen in the body here on Monday, officials said. Whether the deceased, Kamla Singh Yadav (50), was tested positive for COVID-19, was not known, they said.

At least four critically ill COVID-19 patients died at different hospitals in Surat in Gujarat where they were shifted along with 12 others from the ICU ward of a private hospital following a fire, officials said on Monday.

​​​The hacker, who identified himself as Mohammad Bilal from Pakistan, uploaded some objectionable content on the homepage of Paatil's website, a statement said, adding that no police complaint has been filed yet.

At a meeting of oxygen suppliers, representatives of the Indian Medical Association and officials convened on Monday, the MLA said hospitals in Dakshina Kannada should not suffer due to oxygen shortage crisis at any cost.

The state government has taken the initiative to set up exclusive oxygen plants in 10 districts and 30 taluk hospitals in the state to ensure there is no shortage of oxygen in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

The central government having announced that vaccination will be administered to anyone aged above 18 from May 1, there is concern among stakeholders in the healthcare sector over a possible downturn in blood donation, since people are not to donate blood for 28 days after taking the jab, many NGOs and blood banks have launched campaigns in Hubballi to collect as much blood through voluntary donation drives before a significant chunk of the demographic is inoculated.

The months of January and February were hectic for Harish Saikia and Rubul Chetia of Margherita, a small town at the farthest corner of Assam, not far from the Myanmar border.

Top US lawmakers rallied behind India in its hour of crisis urging the Biden administration to provide material and healthcare assistance to India to help save lives from the deadly coronavirus.

The special task force (STF) of the state Crime Branch here on Sunday arrested two persons from Nayagarh district on charges of smuggling wildlife organs.

Police on Sunday said the third abducted employee of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), who is yet to be rescued, is suspected to be in the custody of the banned militant outfit, the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent.

With a week to go for the Assam assembly election results, Congress has shifted their candidates out of a luxury hotel in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati amid murmurs of horse-trading.

Assam will double the number of session sites for Covid-19 vaccination, as the state faces a huge challenge to vaccinate about 1.6 crore people between 18 and 45 years after their online registration. This comes as the caseload in the state continued to surge, with 1,844 more testing positive on Sunday, while the daily positivity rate surged to 5.48%. Altogether, 800-1,300 session sites are being operated daily across the state.

Much to the relief of Odisha Police, the impact of the second wave of Covid-19 in the force has been miniscule so far. While 8,902 cops had contracted Covid and 48 of them had succumbed to it when it had first struck, the number of infected personnel in the second wave has been in double digits with zero casualty.

With Covid-related deaths on the rise, there has been a surge in the number of bereaved families visiting Paschimavahini, the ghats of Srirangapatna, about 20km from Mysuru, in the past 2-3 weeks. But most families have to fend for themselves since priests are not willing to conduct the obsequies amid Covid-19 infection fears.

As the demand for Remdesivir spikes, the black market is cashing in on the opportunity. Vials of the drug were allegedly smuggled out of a government facility for patients in local private hospitals who are relatives of influential men in Raichur district.

Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, one district in Karnataka has been faring relatively better than its neighbours in the state: Chamarajanagar. The border district’s tally of active cases, as on Saturday, stood at 1,141. Among the reasons why Chamarajanagar has been more successful in containing the Covid 19 spread is the efficiency of its testing system.

The surge in Covid-19 cases that Mysuru district witnessed in the second iteration of the pandemic has not deterred the authorities in the healthcare department from registering an impressive 56.8% coverage in administering of the vaccine – the first dose – for those aged above 44 years.

In less than 48 hours, Uttar Pradesh tagged 38 oxygen tankers for real-time tracking and another 20 are to be added by Monday night. The tankers, spread across UP and neighbouring states, were tagged by installing tracking devices that were then monitored by official teams.

The Covid surge continued unabated in Tamil Nadu with Sunday recording the highest-ever daily count of fresh cases at 15,659 people, taking the tally to 10,81,988. With 82 more people succumbing to the disease, the state’s toll increased to 13,557 -- fourth highest in the country next to Maharashtra (64,760), Karnataka (14,426) and Delhi (13,898).