Here are the updates from Thursday: The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the civic bodies in Maharashtra to follow the home vaccinati...
Here are the updates from Thursday:
- The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the civic bodies in Maharashtra to follow the home vaccination drive model of Mumbai’s municipal corporation, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, reported the Hindustan Times. The High Court expressed satisfaction at the Mumbai civic body’s drive after it was informed that the BMC immunised 1,317 bedridden and immobile citizens without any adverse events following inoculation till Monday.
- India registered 41,195 cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 3,20,77,706 since the pandemic began in January last year. The daily case count on Thursday was 7.41% higher than the previous day’s 38,353 cases. The toll increased to 4,29,669 with the country reporting 490 deaths in the past day.
- Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that it was difficult to ascertain if there were any deaths due to shortage of oxygen during the second coronavirus wave in the national Capital. Sisodia made the statement amid an exchange of arguments with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
- The West Bengal government extended coronavirus-related restrictions in the state till August 30, reported The Hindu. The government relaxed the night curfew between 11 pm and 5 pm from the existing 9 pm to 5 pm. However, the government did not allow the resumption of...
