Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: No Vaccination At Mumbai's Govt Centre Due To Shortage of Jabs, Says BMC

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, August 3: Delhi HC sought the Centre and Delhi govt's reply on a plea seeking to introduce urgent door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for bed-ridden senior citizens.

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, August 3:  West Bengal reported 12 more COVID-19 fatalities on Monday, raising the death toll to 18,161, while the tally rose to 15,29,295 with 575 fresh cases, a health department official said.

The state now has 10,803 active cases and 15,00,331 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.

A total of 1,58,07,306 samples have been tested thus far, including 33,215 since Sunday.

The official added that at least 4,21,517 people were inoculated in West Bengal on Monday.

Meanwhile, the state government has decided to prematurely release 63 convicts, who have served at least 14 years in correctional homes, keeping in view the COVID-19 situation and to decongest prisons, another official said.

The Gujarat government told the Supreme Court on Monday that 30 out of 328 Covid-19 hospitals in the state have been issued notices to comply with fire safety measures while the remaining 298 have a valid no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department.

Gujarat, which witnessed two major fire incidents at Covid hospitals last year. faced scrutiny by the Supreme Court which noticed that a July 8 notification by the government permitted the state’s hospitals to acquire building use (BU) permission by March 2022. On July 19, the court asked the government to explain if its notification violated a Supreme Court order of December 18, 2020 ordering mandatory fire safety audit for hospitals across the country.

21:54 PM (IST)  •  03 Aug 2021

No Vaccination In Mumbai Tomorrow

Due to lack of vaccines, there will be no vaccination at the government vaccine centers in Mumbai tomorrow: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

16:10 PM (IST)  •  03 Aug 2021

Covid norms violated during Bonalu celebrations in Hyderabad

#WATCH COVID19 norms of physical distancing and wearing masks violated during Bonalu celebrations in Old City, Hyderabad, yesterday#Telangana pic.twitter.com/uH87MhrsYK

— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2021

16:08 PM (IST)  •  03 Aug 2021

Covid Vaccine shortage in Pune

Maharashtra | 26 lakh vaccinations have been done in Pune so far. In the last 5-6 days, there has been no supply of vaccines. Due to this, we are facing problems in vaccination. In the last 4 days, we have not received supply of Covishield vaccine: Pune Mayor, Murlidhar Mohol pic.twitter.com/MTgLm16oZs

— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2021

16:02 PM (IST)  •  03 Aug 2021

Odisha registered 1,129 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

Odisha on Tuesday registered 1,129 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 9,80,866, while 69 fresh fatalities pushed the toll to 6,120, a health department official said. The coastal state currently has 14,325 active cases.

As many as 9,60,386 patients, including 1,785 on Monday, have recovered from the viral disease, the official said. Of the 1,129 new cases, 657 were reported from quarantine centres and rest detected during contact tracing, he said.

15:44 PM (IST)  •  03 Aug 2021

Govt has not conducted any study on suicides during Covid: MHA in Lok Sabha

Govt has not conducted any study to assess the impact of the COVID pandemic on suicides in the country. However, realizing the impact that COVID may have on the mental health of people, the Govt has taken a number of initiatives to provide psychosocial support during COVID: MHA in Lok Sabha