Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Week-Long COVID Curfew To Be Imposed In Uttarakhand From Tuesday
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, August 9, Monday: The drive has been launched to vaccinate as many people as possible said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, August 9, Monday: A total of 45 cases of the Delta plus variant of Coronavirus have been reported in Maharashtra during genome sequencing, the state health department said on Sunday, adding one patient had died. At 13, the maximum number of these patients hailed from Jalgaon in north Maharashtra followed by Ratnagiri (11) in the coastal Konkan region.
“80 per cent of the samples sent for genome sequencing had tested positive for the Delta Plus variant (of coronavirus). The 45 patients are from Jalgaon (13), Ratnagiri (11), Mumbai (6), Thane (5), Pune (3), and one each from Palghar, Sindhudurg, Sangli. Nandurbar, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, and Beed," the department said in a statement.
Of these 45 samples, information about 35 patients have been taken by the health department. One death was reported while the rest of the patients reported mild to medium type symptoms, it said.
The Covid vaccination certificate can now be obtained via WhatsApp within seconds, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.
This is a significant move at a time when several states are insisting on vaccination certificates for inter-state travel and many establishments are hosting people only if they have the proof of vaccination. The WhatsApp option has now provided people with an easier alternative to getting the certificates from the CoWIN vaccination portal, which has suffered glitches on several occasions.
The office of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said anyone who wants to download the certificate can send a WhatsApp message to a number and receive it.
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Week-Long COVID Curfew To Be Imposed In Uttarakhand From Tuesday
Uttarakhand government on Monday announced that COVID curfew will be imposed in the state from August 10, 6 am to August 17, 6 am.
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