India registered 3,82,315 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, said the union health ministry on Wednesday morning. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 2,06,65,148. The daily spike had reached its peak of over four lakh cases on May 1 but came down to 3,57,229 cases yesterday. As […]

American technology conglomerate Facebook has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get vaccinated. According to Mashable, earlier this week, Facebook announced a USD 10 million grant for emergency response efforts for the COVID-19 situation in […]

The Meghalaya Government has decided to vaccinate its citizens falling between the age group of 18 to 44 years, free of cost. The decision comes at a time when the State is seeing a huge spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the past few days. Following a review meeting held at Shillong today, […]

Multinational conglomerate company ITC has come forward to set up an oxygen generating plant in Assam amid the deadly second wave of COVID-19. This was informed by Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma via his Twitter account on Tuesday. To help mitigate the current crisis arising out of the pandemic situation, the company under its Corporate […]

In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya, a massive vaccination drive has been carried out for the CRPF troopers in the state. A total of 1,049 CRPF personnel have been administered the vaccine on Tuesday. Commandant of 67 BN CRPF, Alok Bhattacharya informed that they have been ensuring that the vaccination process is […]

As the country battles a devastating second wave of coronavirus, Assam has extended its support to Manipur amid shortage of medical oxygen in the neighboring state. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday informed that the state provided 3 metric tonnes of oxygen to Manipur. He also said that the state has surplus resources and is […]

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, the Assam government on Tuesday imposed new restrictions and increased the night curfew hours. According to an order issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), all shops and commercial establishments will have to shut down by 2 pm on all days. And instead of 8 pm, now night […]

The Assam government is likely to issue a fresh set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) amid the rising number of Coronavirus cases in the state As per the new SOPs, all shops and business establishments are to be closed by 2 PM. Moreover, night curfew will also be enforced across the state from 6 PM. […]

More than four lakh beneficiaries, belonging to the age group of 18-44 years have been vaccinated till date since the third phase of the vaccination drive commenced on Saturday, informed the government on Tuesday morning. 4,06,339 people were vaccinated across 12 states and union territories as on May 3. According to the official release by […]

The COVID-19 vaccination drive for the age group of 18 to 44 years will be symbolically launched in Assam from Wednesday, May 5. The inoculation drive will be in full swing from May 7, said Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “While we shall launch this #CovidVaccination symbolically tomorrow, it shall be in full swing from […]