Assam receives 1 lakh more doses of Covishield

Assam on Thursday received one lakh more doses of Covishield vaccines for all those above the age group of 45 years. With this the total vaccine stock in the State has gone up to 3,25,470. Taking to Twitter, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed, “Pleased to share that we have received 1 lakh more doses […]

Manipur declares journalists as frontline workers, will vaccinate on priority

Manipur government has declared all accredited working journalists as frontline workers. The state will vaccinate the scribes against COVID-19 on priority. Chief Minister N Biren Singh stated that the effort of the journalists to disseminate news and risk they are exposed to is no less than other frontline workers. The chief minister further said that in […]

Assam: Former Union Minister Matang Sinh succumbs to COVID-19

Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Matang Sinh passed away on Thursday morning due to COVID-19 complications. He was 58 years old. Matang Sinh breathed his last at a hospital in Delhi. Sinh had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 22. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam in 1992 and served as Union Minister […]

Indian Railways deliver 2,067 MT of medical oxygen across country

The Ministry of Railways on Wednesday said that the Indian Railways has so far delivered approximately 2,067 metric tonnes (MT) of liquid medical oxygen in 137 tankers across the country. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Railways, as many as 34 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far. It is Indian […]

India records world’s highest single-day spike with 4,12,262 new COVID-19 cases

India on Thursday reported 4,12,262 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. With this, the cumulative count of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone up to 2,10,77,410, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. As many as 3,980 patients succumbed to the […]

Assam’s COVID-19 tally nears 5,000-mark; positivity rate rises to 9.27 percent

The number of COVID-19 cases continued to surge in Assam as the state neared the 5,000 mark on Wednesday. Assam reported the highest single-day rise so far with 4,826 new positive cases. The fresh cases have been detected out of 52,074 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. The overall positivity rate in the state […]

Nagaland receives 3 oxygen plants; Health Minister inspects installation work in Kohima

As the entire country is reeling under a crisis of medical oxygen amid spike in COVID-19 cases, the northeastern state of Nagaland has received three oxygen plants for Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung under the PM Cares Fund. According to the health department, Nagaland will be setting up 13 oxygen plants across all the districts. On Wednesday, Health Minister S […]

Third phase of COVID-19 is inevitable, says Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre

Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre K Vijay Raghavan on Wednesday said that the “third phase” of the COVID-19 is inevitable. Vijay Raghavan, while briefing the media personnel over the COVID-19 situation in the country said, “Variants are transmitted same as original strain. It does not have the properties of new kinds of transmission. It infects […]

Sikkim logs 221 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths

Sikkim reported 221 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours pushing the tally to 8,919, a health department bulletin said on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 155 as four more persons succumbed to the disease, the bulletin said. Of the 221 new COVID-19 cases, East Sikkim district registered 171 cases followed by […]