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A large amount of people in the sub-continent also have weak immune systems, poor diet, lack of excercise etc. Not seen any concrete evidence this new varient is more serious.
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A large amount of people in the sub-continent also have weak immune systems, poor diet, lack of excercise etc. Not seen any concrete evidence this new varient is more serious.
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According to Chris witty the Indian variant of the virus is possibly 50% more transmitive and poses a great risk.
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Yep , they using terms such as probabe or possible but they seem unsure. Indian variant has been in the UK for weeks now yet deaths are still low. The claim is the vaccine still provides great protection against this virus. But they will give booster shots later in the year for variants. Those who have taken the vaccine will for years to come have boosters injected into them yearly.
I take it Mr Rawat skipped Virology 101.
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Yep, this is ain't going anywhere any time soon
I guess he skipped even the primary education!
Illiteracy is simply astounding from these guys!
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virus living or non living is still a debate.
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Actually having lived in various parts of India and then abroad, I can attest to the fact that immune system of poor Indians is far better due to the tough conditions they live in. Very strange but more you are open to risks and elements, the better your immune system becomes.
Rich (affluent) Indians have poor immune system but better medical care.
Non Resident Indians, have the poorest immune system, you can spot them easily. They are the ones with a bottle of Bisleri in their hands .
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And the basis of your opinion is?
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Lockdown in West Bengal announced today. This is secularism.
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India Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: 3.26 Lakh Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 3,890 Deaths In 24 Hours
Coronavirus Live Updates: India's Covid tally crossed the 10 million mark on December 19 and in under six months it has doubled, surpassing the grim milestone of 20 million cases on May 4.
Covid Cases India: 12 states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, UP, have more than 1 lakh cases
India's Covid caseload has reached 2.43 crore with 3.26 lakh new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death count has touched 2.66 lakh with 3,980 people dying of the infection.
The country's cumulative COVID-19 recoveries have surpassed two crore mark with 3,44,776 patients recuperating in a day. This is the fourth time in the last five days that recoveries have outnumbered daily cases.
More than 18 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country till Friday, according to the Health Ministry.
World health experts issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped, AFP reported. "We're on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first," said the World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ind...nation-coverage-crosses-18-crore-mark-2442046
Coronavirus Live Updates: India's Covid tally crossed the 10 million mark on December 19 and in under six months it has doubled, surpassing the grim milestone of 20 million cases on May 4.
Covid Cases India: 12 states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, UP, have more than 1 lakh cases
India's Covid caseload has reached 2.43 crore with 3.26 lakh new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death count has touched 2.66 lakh with 3,980 people dying of the infection.
The country's cumulative COVID-19 recoveries have surpassed two crore mark with 3,44,776 patients recuperating in a day. This is the fourth time in the last five days that recoveries have outnumbered daily cases.
More than 18 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country till Friday, according to the Health Ministry.
World health experts issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped, AFP reported. "We're on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first," said the World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ind...nation-coverage-crosses-18-crore-mark-2442046
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Hundreds of shallow graves were discovered on the banks of the Ganga in two Uttar Pradesh districts, days after at least 800 bodies were found buried in the sand near the holy river in Unnao.
The graves triggered panic in the area with many local residents saying they fear the bodies, which are buried around three feet deep into the sand, can be washed into the river if water surges during a high tide.
At least 150 corpses have been found floating in the Ganga in Ballia and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh and Buxar and Patna districts of Bihar, prompting the central government and the National Human Rights Commission to take serious note of the matter.
Local residents said they spotted at least 200 graves at Khereshwar ghat in Kanpur district’s Bilhaur, 60 in Chaubeypur and 60 in Shivrajpur. In Kannauj district’s Nanamau hamlet, at least 300 graves were found and Mehndi Ghat saw the discovery of another 200. “There is a tradition of people being buried here but I have never seen so many graves before,” said Ajay Deep Singh Bais, a resident of Kannauj.
Masks, physical distancing, ventilation are very important in the fight against Covid, irrespective of the vaccine status, principal scientific adviser to the government K VijayRaghavan said.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother Ashim Banerjee died at a Kolkata hospital on Saturday (PTI)
Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother dies after battling Covid-19 for a month
According to the state health bulletin, the state reported 10,608 new Covid-19 cases and 164 deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday.
Black Fungus declared notified disease in Haryana
A majority of the children who contract Covid-19 may be asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.
“I saw people bring the bodies here. There is fear over these burials,” said Gudda Thakur, who lives in Mehndi ghat
Subdivisional magistrate (SDM) of Bilhaur, Meenu Rana, went to Khereshwar and recorded the grave site on video on Thursday evening. She refused to comment on the discovery. “The graves came up during the past four weeks and the river beds were never used for burials earlier,” said Piyush Mishra, a former village chief.
Kanpur district magistrate Alok Tiwari was not available for comment. Kannauj district magistrate could not be reached for comments.
Kannauj and Kanpur districts are about 70km apart. No official commented whether the bodies could belong to Covid-19 patients. According to Hindu customs, young people and those who are not married are buried near the river, though local residents said even elderly people were put to rest in recent weeks.
In Unnao, where the district administration ordered a probe into the shallow graves discovered earlier this week, local officials continued to enforce a ban on burying people near the river.
On Thurday, the administration had removed and conducted funerals for around 300 bodies, and around 400 more were done on Friday, said sub-divisional magistrate Daya Shankar Pandey.
An inquiry was ordered by Pandey into the mass burial and how it went unnoticed, officials said on condition of anonymity.
“It has been decided the burial would not be allowed from now on and people would be encouraged to consign the bodies to fire. Anyone not able to afford the cost of wood will be given for free,” said Unnao district magistrate Ravindra Kumar.
At each of these places, local residents said personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and body bags were also found, either buried or dumped. In Kannauj’s Mehndi Ghat, people in PPE kits were seen overseeing burials.
Unnao administration said it launched an inquiry into discovery of PPE kits and body bags and deployed special teams at ghats and rivers beds.
“We would get to the bottom of this and initiate stern action,” Kumar said.
Over the past week, at least 150 bodies have been fished out of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, leading to speculation that they could belong to Covid-19 patients whose families were too poor to afford treatment and funerals. The administration has said that testing the corpses was difficult because they were partially decomposed.
Of this, 82 bodies were recovered from Buxar district in Bihar, four from Patna, 52 in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh and 12 from Ghazipur district of UP.
Both state governments have tightened vigil along the riverbank even as Bihar has alleged that the bodies floated downstream from Uttar Pradesh, which has denied the charge. Police forces and local administration have urged villagers to not dispose bodies in the river.
“Ghazipur administration has capped price of firewood at ₹650/quintal & ‘dom raja’ would not take more than ₹500 for cremating a body. We’re setting up a control room at each crematorium where police personnel & lekhpal would be stationed.” Ghazipur district magistrate MP Singh told ANI on Friday.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...aves-found-on-ganga-bank-101621025406319.html
The graves triggered panic in the area with many local residents saying they fear the bodies, which are buried around three feet deep into the sand, can be washed into the river if water surges during a high tide.
At least 150 corpses have been found floating in the Ganga in Ballia and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh and Buxar and Patna districts of Bihar, prompting the central government and the National Human Rights Commission to take serious note of the matter.
Local residents said they spotted at least 200 graves at Khereshwar ghat in Kanpur district’s Bilhaur, 60 in Chaubeypur and 60 in Shivrajpur. In Kannauj district’s Nanamau hamlet, at least 300 graves were found and Mehndi Ghat saw the discovery of another 200. “There is a tradition of people being buried here but I have never seen so many graves before,” said Ajay Deep Singh Bais, a resident of Kannauj.
Masks, physical distancing, ventilation are very important in the fight against Covid, irrespective of the vaccine status, principal scientific adviser to the government K VijayRaghavan said.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother Ashim Banerjee died at a Kolkata hospital on Saturday (PTI)
Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother dies after battling Covid-19 for a month
According to the state health bulletin, the state reported 10,608 new Covid-19 cases and 164 deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday.
Black Fungus declared notified disease in Haryana
A majority of the children who contract Covid-19 may be asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.
“I saw people bring the bodies here. There is fear over these burials,” said Gudda Thakur, who lives in Mehndi ghat
Subdivisional magistrate (SDM) of Bilhaur, Meenu Rana, went to Khereshwar and recorded the grave site on video on Thursday evening. She refused to comment on the discovery. “The graves came up during the past four weeks and the river beds were never used for burials earlier,” said Piyush Mishra, a former village chief.
Kanpur district magistrate Alok Tiwari was not available for comment. Kannauj district magistrate could not be reached for comments.
Kannauj and Kanpur districts are about 70km apart. No official commented whether the bodies could belong to Covid-19 patients. According to Hindu customs, young people and those who are not married are buried near the river, though local residents said even elderly people were put to rest in recent weeks.
In Unnao, where the district administration ordered a probe into the shallow graves discovered earlier this week, local officials continued to enforce a ban on burying people near the river.
On Thurday, the administration had removed and conducted funerals for around 300 bodies, and around 400 more were done on Friday, said sub-divisional magistrate Daya Shankar Pandey.
An inquiry was ordered by Pandey into the mass burial and how it went unnoticed, officials said on condition of anonymity.
“It has been decided the burial would not be allowed from now on and people would be encouraged to consign the bodies to fire. Anyone not able to afford the cost of wood will be given for free,” said Unnao district magistrate Ravindra Kumar.
At each of these places, local residents said personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and body bags were also found, either buried or dumped. In Kannauj’s Mehndi Ghat, people in PPE kits were seen overseeing burials.
Unnao administration said it launched an inquiry into discovery of PPE kits and body bags and deployed special teams at ghats and rivers beds.
“We would get to the bottom of this and initiate stern action,” Kumar said.
Over the past week, at least 150 bodies have been fished out of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, leading to speculation that they could belong to Covid-19 patients whose families were too poor to afford treatment and funerals. The administration has said that testing the corpses was difficult because they were partially decomposed.
Of this, 82 bodies were recovered from Buxar district in Bihar, four from Patna, 52 in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh and 12 from Ghazipur district of UP.
Both state governments have tightened vigil along the riverbank even as Bihar has alleged that the bodies floated downstream from Uttar Pradesh, which has denied the charge. Police forces and local administration have urged villagers to not dispose bodies in the river.
“Ghazipur administration has capped price of firewood at ₹650/quintal & ‘dom raja’ would not take more than ₹500 for cremating a body. We’re setting up a control room at each crematorium where police personnel & lekhpal would be stationed.” Ghazipur district magistrate MP Singh told ANI on Friday.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...aves-found-on-ganga-bank-101621025406319.html
Ravish Kumar debunking India's so called vaccine diplomacy .Modi and co have been getting away with lies for so long that they thought they could away with their ******** this time as well. They have been so focussed on image and style that they are left with zero substance with disastrous consequences for Indians.
I can see why bhakts hate Ravish - a truth- teller like Ravish would be scary for people whose whole edifice is built on lies.
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Because I have Indian friends and family who are the opposite to you and tell me the actual truth on the ground rather then the right wing propaganda that you spout.
Two weeks ago when I quoted several western news sources showing how bad the situation was during the IPL you called it agenda driven.
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Sad state of affairs and what makes it even more sad is because a huge section of people are still supporting Modi.
This is what these despots are doing in Delhi through police,
12 Arrested Over Posters Against PM Modi In Delhi: Sources
New Delhi: At least a dozen people have been arrested by the Delhi Police over posters criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the coronavirus pandemic that came up in the past few days in the capital, sources told NDTV on Saturday.
The police have registered more than 13 First Information Reports or FIRs under sections of the Defacement of Public Property Act besides other laws.
The arrests were made by four different divisions of the police - eastern range, east, central and northeast - suggesting the operation was a coordinated action.
The move comes over posters that had emerged in several parts of the city with messages like: "Modi ji, aapne humare bacchon ki vaccine videsh kyu bhej diya?" (Modi ji, why did send vaccines meant for our children, abroad?).
On Thursday, six people were arrested in East Delhi's Kalyanpuri area where Delhi Police received input that the posters criticising the Prime Minister were being put up. More than 800 posters and banners were also recovered, sources said.
Delhi has been one of the worst-hit territories in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and has seen horrific scenes in the past few weeks of hospitals being overwhelmed and running short of necessities like medical oxygen.
https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/12-...rces-2442279?pfrom=home-ndtv_trendingtrending
This reminds me Indians I knew during university days, all of whom are probably Modi supporters now. When one of them discussed negative news from India, the rest of them told them to keep quiet because they don't want other people (primarily white westerners) to get a negative impression of India. Or at the very least reduce the amount of negative news they hear, even if it's true.
I guess Srivastava group, BJP IT cells etc are formalization of such ideas.
That's the biggest tragedy of India. How can people still support this butcher is beyond me! As if only thing matters to such creatures is Muslim baiting, whatever else are his omissions and commissions, are easily forgotten.
This whole regime is built by the liars and for the liars. With their criminal handling of Coronavirus, the so-called Gujarat model has been shredded to pieces. Some of the devotees have seen the light of the day, quite a few simply refuse to see the reality. They are very happy in their alternate universe where their master has led India to be a vishva guru!
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New Delhi: India on Sunday reported 3,11,170 new COVID-19 cases, a slight drop in 24-hour count, pushing the country’s cumulative caseload to 2,46,84,077. The country on Saturday logged 3,26,098 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day spike in 18 days.
As many as 4,077 COVID-19 deaths were reported in the county in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 2,70,284, according to the Union Health Ministry's latest data.
The total number of recoveries has climbed to 2,07,95,335 with 3,62,437 patients getting discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.
The active caseload in the country has increased to 36,18,458, the data updated at 8 am showed.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 31,48,50,143 samples have been tested up to May 15 with 18,32,950 samples being tested on Saturday.
India has been grappling with a fatal second wave of the pandemic that is sweeping the country, claiming the lives of many people daily, with the issue like shortage vaccines and oxygen supply at various hospitals across the country adding to the woes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting and discussed a range of issues, including scaling up testing, preparing localised containment strategies, augmenting health capacities in rural areas and ramping up the speed of vaccination.
The Prime Minister also asked states to report their COVID numbers transparently without any pressure of high numbers showing adversely on their efforts.
Taking serious note of some reports about ventilators lying unutilized in storage in some states, PM Modi directed an immediate audit of installation and operation of ventilators provided by the central Government..
As many as 4,077 COVID-19 deaths were reported in the county in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 2,70,284, according to the Union Health Ministry's latest data.
The total number of recoveries has climbed to 2,07,95,335 with 3,62,437 patients getting discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.
The active caseload in the country has increased to 36,18,458, the data updated at 8 am showed.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 31,48,50,143 samples have been tested up to May 15 with 18,32,950 samples being tested on Saturday.
India has been grappling with a fatal second wave of the pandemic that is sweeping the country, claiming the lives of many people daily, with the issue like shortage vaccines and oxygen supply at various hospitals across the country adding to the woes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting and discussed a range of issues, including scaling up testing, preparing localised containment strategies, augmenting health capacities in rural areas and ramping up the speed of vaccination.
The Prime Minister also asked states to report their COVID numbers transparently without any pressure of high numbers showing adversely on their efforts.
Taking serious note of some reports about ventilators lying unutilized in storage in some states, PM Modi directed an immediate audit of installation and operation of ventilators provided by the central Government..
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India's Covid cases fall but deaths remain high; fatality rate rises in May
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NEW DELHI: Daily cases of Covid-19 in India continued to fall after hitting a peak last week but deaths remained high with close to 4,000 fatalities recorded on Thursday. India reported 3,43,122 fresh cases on Thursday, down from 3,62,720 reported on the previous day, as per TOI's Covid database collated from state government numbers.
The country recorded 3,994 deaths in the last 24 hours. India had recorded 4,205 deaths on Tuesday, the highest in a single day till now.
While the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen steadily from a peak of 3.91 lakh on Saturday (May 8) to 3.64 lakh on Thursday May 12, the average daily fatalities has risen. The seven-day average of daily deaths crossed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday and stood at 4,039 on Thursday.
As a result of falling cases and relatively high deaths, the case fatality rate ( ) in the past week has risen to 1.1%, up from 0.7% in the month of April. Most of the major states continued to report falling numbers of fresh cases. Karnataka reported 35,297 cases, down from a peak of 50,112 on May 5 while numbers continued to drop sharply in Delhi (10,489), Uttar Pradesh (17,775), Chhattisgarh (9,121), Madhya Pradesh (8,419), Bihar (7,752) and Telangana (4,693).
At the same time, Tamil Nadu (30,621 new cases) and Bengal (20,839) reported their highest ever single-day surges. Elsewhere, cases remained high in Kerala (39,955), Andhra Pradesh (22,399), Rajasthan (15,867) Punjab (8,494) and the hill states and UTs in north India. Deaths fell in Karnataka to 344. Tamil Nadu recorded a toll of 297, just one short of the state's highest casualty count reported on Tuesday.
Deaths remained high in Delhi (308) and UP at 281.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-covid-cases-fall-but-deaths-remain-high-fatality-rate-rises-in-may/articleshow/82617908.cms
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NEW DELHI: Daily cases of Covid-19 in India continued to fall after hitting a peak last week but deaths remained high with close to 4,000 fatalities recorded on Thursday. India reported 3,43,122 fresh cases on Thursday, down from 3,62,720 reported on the previous day, as per TOI's Covid database collated from state government numbers.
The country recorded 3,994 deaths in the last 24 hours. India had recorded 4,205 deaths on Tuesday, the highest in a single day till now.
While the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen steadily from a peak of 3.91 lakh on Saturday (May 8) to 3.64 lakh on Thursday May 12, the average daily fatalities has risen. The seven-day average of daily deaths crossed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday and stood at 4,039 on Thursday.
As a result of falling cases and relatively high deaths, the case fatality rate ( ) in the past week has risen to 1.1%, up from 0.7% in the month of April. Most of the major states continued to report falling numbers of fresh cases. Karnataka reported 35,297 cases, down from a peak of 50,112 on May 5 while numbers continued to drop sharply in Delhi (10,489), Uttar Pradesh (17,775), Chhattisgarh (9,121), Madhya Pradesh (8,419), Bihar (7,752) and Telangana (4,693).
At the same time, Tamil Nadu (30,621 new cases) and Bengal (20,839) reported their highest ever single-day surges. Elsewhere, cases remained high in Kerala (39,955), Andhra Pradesh (22,399), Rajasthan (15,867) Punjab (8,494) and the hill states and UTs in north India. Deaths fell in Karnataka to 344. Tamil Nadu recorded a toll of 297, just one short of the state's highest casualty count reported on Tuesday.
Deaths remained high in Delhi (308) and UP at 281.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-covid-cases-fall-but-deaths-remain-high-fatality-rate-rises-in-may/articleshow/82617908.cms
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After 83 Deaths, Health Minister Says Oxygen Supply Streamlining At Goa's Biggest Covid Hospital
Vishwajit Rane said that the oxygen supply at the Goa Medical College and Hospital was getting streamlined after the commissioning of the tank.
Panaji: The oxygen supply at the Goa Medical College and Hospital was getting streamlined following the commissioning of a new tank of life-saving gas at the facility, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Sunday.
Over the last five days (till Saturday morning), 83 patients died at the state-run medical facility during the "dark hours" between 2 am and 6 am, as per official figures.
A 20,000-kilo litre oxygen tank was commissioned at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Saturday.
Vishwajit Rane told PTI that the oxygen supply at the GMCH was getting streamlined after the commissioning of the tank.
"Now, we should not have problems regarding the oxygen supply. The commissioning of the tank is a major step towards solving this problem," he said.
The tank was shifted from Bicholim industrial estate and the move would reduce the GMCH's dependence on oxygen cylinders, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday.
On Saturday, GMCH Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar said it was not right to attribute all the deaths during the "dark hours" over the last few days to a drop in oxygen levels as COVID-19 fatalities were taking place throughout the day.
"There can be several reasons," he had said. The Goa government earlier told the Bombay High Court that there were "logistic issues" related to the supply of medical oxygen to patients.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-after-83-deaths-goa-health-minister-vishwajit-rane-says-oxygen-supply-streamlining-at-biggest-covid-hospital-2442653
Vishwajit Rane said that the oxygen supply at the Goa Medical College and Hospital was getting streamlined after the commissioning of the tank.
Panaji: The oxygen supply at the Goa Medical College and Hospital was getting streamlined following the commissioning of a new tank of life-saving gas at the facility, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Sunday.
Over the last five days (till Saturday morning), 83 patients died at the state-run medical facility during the "dark hours" between 2 am and 6 am, as per official figures.
A 20,000-kilo litre oxygen tank was commissioned at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Saturday.
Vishwajit Rane told PTI that the oxygen supply at the GMCH was getting streamlined after the commissioning of the tank.
"Now, we should not have problems regarding the oxygen supply. The commissioning of the tank is a major step towards solving this problem," he said.
The tank was shifted from Bicholim industrial estate and the move would reduce the GMCH's dependence on oxygen cylinders, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday.
On Saturday, GMCH Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar said it was not right to attribute all the deaths during the "dark hours" over the last few days to a drop in oxygen levels as COVID-19 fatalities were taking place throughout the day.
"There can be several reasons," he had said. The Goa government earlier told the Bombay High Court that there were "logistic issues" related to the supply of medical oxygen to patients.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-after-83-deaths-goa-health-minister-vishwajit-rane-says-oxygen-supply-streamlining-at-biggest-covid-hospital-2442653
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Uttar Pradesh: Rains Expose Mass Shallow Graves Along the Ganga as COVID-19 RagesMore
Uttar Pradesh: Rains Expose Mass Shallow Graves Along the Ganga as COVID-19 RagesMore than 900 dead bodies have reportedly been buried along the river in Unnao alone last week.
New Delhi: The devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is slowly turning into a horror story in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.Days after Bihar’s Buxar district authorities said that at least 71 bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims from the neighbouring eastern UP were washed ashore at the banks of the river Ganga in the downstream Chausa village, several English and Hindi dailies reported that over 2,000 dead bodies in various UP districts were found to be hastily buried or abandoned along the banks of Ganga.Similar ghastly sights were recorded in Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Unnao, Ghazipur, Kannauj and Ballia regions – reported to be worst-affected by the pandemic. According to one report by the Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, more than 900 dead bodies had been buried along the river in Unnao alone last week. It pegged the numbers to be 350 in Kannauj, 400 in Kanpur, and 280 in Ghazipur, even as it reported that such deaths have been shooting up in different districts of central and eastern UP.
When the Indian Express interviewed family members of some of the victims, they revealed that they either didn’t have enough financial resources or felt stigmatised to offer respectful cremations to the dead.
In Unnao, at least 200 such dead bodies were laid bare by shifting sand along the Ganga after heavy downpour this week. In Ghaziabad, at least five unclaimed bodies were found at the Gehmar ghat in Ghazipur after their barely three-feet burial pits were washed out by the river. Many dead bodies, possibly abandoned, were also found to be floating in the river.“It was a sight that I have never seen before. We used boats to pull the bodies to the shore. The whole air was filled with the stench of death. The Gangaji turns here at Gahmar, so the bodies flowing downstream accumulate here. There could not have been fewer than 80 bodies,” a cremation ground worker Kamla Devi Dom told the daily.
The Hindustan Times reported that hundreds of shallow graves were discovered on the banks of Ganga in Unnao, Ballia and Ghazipur over the last few days.“At least 150 corpses have been found floating in the Ganga in Ballia and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh and Buxar and Patna districts of Bihar, prompting the central government and the National Human Rights Commission to take serious note of the matter,” the daily said.“There is a tradition of people being buried here but I have never seen so many graves before,” said Ajay Deep Singh Bais, a resident of Kannauj.More than 300 bodies found buried near Ganga in Shivrajpur, Kanpur, Friday, May 14, 2021.
Photo: PTIThe district administrations, since Friday, have been having a hard time to dispose of the bodies “either by cremating them, or by burying them deep in the sand”, the Indian Express reported.
The Adityanath-led BJP state government has ordered its home department to deploy the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Jal Police of PAC for patrolling all the rivers to prevent the dumping of bodies.Speaking to the Indian Express, Unnao district magistrate Ravindra Kumar said that the state administration is trying its best to “convince people to go for cremation”. However, many complained that amidst the rising casualties of the pandemic, the cost of cremations has gone up several fold. “A pyre that earlier used to cost around Rs 500 now costs around Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000, and the entire process of cremation costs around Rs 10,000,” said Pradeep Kumar, who works as a barber in one such cremation grounds.“Only around 15 days ago, a local resident was buried in the sand. He was an alcoholic. After the recent rains, the sand got washed away and dogs dug up his body. I see that a lot of people are burying bodies here as they cannot afford to cremate them,” he said.“How will I have money to buy wood, pay the priest and cremate the body,” asked one Motu Kashyap, a lowly-paid agricultural worker who buried his 87-year-old father Pyare Lal on Friday.There is panic among people in many parts of the state where such sights of dead bodies have become common, with hundreds of such burial spots lying exposed after a heavy downpour on Friday.
At the Baskar ghat of Unnao, where people from all adjoining districts also come to cremate the dead, the numbers of dead bodies has gone up in the last few weeks, but not all have been able to afford the cost of cremation, forcing them to opt for a rushed burial. A family of daily wagers looking to cremate their mother were in a similar position. “We asked how much it would cost. Normally wood at the ghats is for Rs 600 a quintal, and three quintals are needed to burn a body. Now, we were quoted Rs 1,000 a quintal. On top of that, the money for the Dom, and the ghee, and the rites would have meant Rs 4,500. It is money we did not have. We can only do this because the administration arranged for the wood,” says one among them.
A police official, Hari Narayan Shukla told the Indian Express that his teams are patrolling a 25-km stretch to ensure that dead bodies are not dumped into the river. He pointed out another problem that may have led to the tragedy. “People are afraid of Covid, and don’t want to touch the bodies. There is a shortage of wood, too.”Eastward of UP in Bihar, the state administration has begun retrieving the dead bodies flowing into the state through the river Ganga by taking a drastic step. It has placed a big net in the river at Ranighat, bordering UP and Bihar to recover bodies. Bihar’s water resources minister Sanjay Jha tweeted to inform about the move, and added that all the recovered bodies were cremated “as per protocols”. Buxar civil surgeon Jitendra Nath advised people not to use river water for bathing and other purposes to avoid risks of getting infected from the decomposed bodies.
However, none of the state officials confirmed whether the bodies which were found floating in the river were COVID-19 positive. Yet, they have been in touch with their UP counterparts to prevent dead bodies from flowing into the state. The Patna high court has also asked the Bihar government to file an affidavit regarding the matter by Thursday to push the UP government to take some action
https://m.thewire.in/article/health/ganga-covid-19-bodies-uttar-pradesh
Uttar Pradesh: Rains Expose Mass Shallow Graves Along the Ganga as COVID-19 RagesMore than 900 dead bodies have reportedly been buried along the river in Unnao alone last week.
New Delhi: The devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is slowly turning into a horror story in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.Days after Bihar’s Buxar district authorities said that at least 71 bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims from the neighbouring eastern UP were washed ashore at the banks of the river Ganga in the downstream Chausa village, several English and Hindi dailies reported that over 2,000 dead bodies in various UP districts were found to be hastily buried or abandoned along the banks of Ganga.Similar ghastly sights were recorded in Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Unnao, Ghazipur, Kannauj and Ballia regions – reported to be worst-affected by the pandemic. According to one report by the Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, more than 900 dead bodies had been buried along the river in Unnao alone last week. It pegged the numbers to be 350 in Kannauj, 400 in Kanpur, and 280 in Ghazipur, even as it reported that such deaths have been shooting up in different districts of central and eastern UP.
When the Indian Express interviewed family members of some of the victims, they revealed that they either didn’t have enough financial resources or felt stigmatised to offer respectful cremations to the dead.
In Unnao, at least 200 such dead bodies were laid bare by shifting sand along the Ganga after heavy downpour this week. In Ghaziabad, at least five unclaimed bodies were found at the Gehmar ghat in Ghazipur after their barely three-feet burial pits were washed out by the river. Many dead bodies, possibly abandoned, were also found to be floating in the river.“It was a sight that I have never seen before. We used boats to pull the bodies to the shore. The whole air was filled with the stench of death. The Gangaji turns here at Gahmar, so the bodies flowing downstream accumulate here. There could not have been fewer than 80 bodies,” a cremation ground worker Kamla Devi Dom told the daily.
The Hindustan Times reported that hundreds of shallow graves were discovered on the banks of Ganga in Unnao, Ballia and Ghazipur over the last few days.“At least 150 corpses have been found floating in the Ganga in Ballia and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh and Buxar and Patna districts of Bihar, prompting the central government and the National Human Rights Commission to take serious note of the matter,” the daily said.“There is a tradition of people being buried here but I have never seen so many graves before,” said Ajay Deep Singh Bais, a resident of Kannauj.More than 300 bodies found buried near Ganga in Shivrajpur, Kanpur, Friday, May 14, 2021.
Photo: PTIThe district administrations, since Friday, have been having a hard time to dispose of the bodies “either by cremating them, or by burying them deep in the sand”, the Indian Express reported.
The Adityanath-led BJP state government has ordered its home department to deploy the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Jal Police of PAC for patrolling all the rivers to prevent the dumping of bodies.Speaking to the Indian Express, Unnao district magistrate Ravindra Kumar said that the state administration is trying its best to “convince people to go for cremation”. However, many complained that amidst the rising casualties of the pandemic, the cost of cremations has gone up several fold. “A pyre that earlier used to cost around Rs 500 now costs around Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000, and the entire process of cremation costs around Rs 10,000,” said Pradeep Kumar, who works as a barber in one such cremation grounds.“Only around 15 days ago, a local resident was buried in the sand. He was an alcoholic. After the recent rains, the sand got washed away and dogs dug up his body. I see that a lot of people are burying bodies here as they cannot afford to cremate them,” he said.“How will I have money to buy wood, pay the priest and cremate the body,” asked one Motu Kashyap, a lowly-paid agricultural worker who buried his 87-year-old father Pyare Lal on Friday.There is panic among people in many parts of the state where such sights of dead bodies have become common, with hundreds of such burial spots lying exposed after a heavy downpour on Friday.
At the Baskar ghat of Unnao, where people from all adjoining districts also come to cremate the dead, the numbers of dead bodies has gone up in the last few weeks, but not all have been able to afford the cost of cremation, forcing them to opt for a rushed burial. A family of daily wagers looking to cremate their mother were in a similar position. “We asked how much it would cost. Normally wood at the ghats is for Rs 600 a quintal, and three quintals are needed to burn a body. Now, we were quoted Rs 1,000 a quintal. On top of that, the money for the Dom, and the ghee, and the rites would have meant Rs 4,500. It is money we did not have. We can only do this because the administration arranged for the wood,” says one among them.
A police official, Hari Narayan Shukla told the Indian Express that his teams are patrolling a 25-km stretch to ensure that dead bodies are not dumped into the river. He pointed out another problem that may have led to the tragedy. “People are afraid of Covid, and don’t want to touch the bodies. There is a shortage of wood, too.”Eastward of UP in Bihar, the state administration has begun retrieving the dead bodies flowing into the state through the river Ganga by taking a drastic step. It has placed a big net in the river at Ranighat, bordering UP and Bihar to recover bodies. Bihar’s water resources minister Sanjay Jha tweeted to inform about the move, and added that all the recovered bodies were cremated “as per protocols”. Buxar civil surgeon Jitendra Nath advised people not to use river water for bathing and other purposes to avoid risks of getting infected from the decomposed bodies.
However, none of the state officials confirmed whether the bodies which were found floating in the river were COVID-19 positive. Yet, they have been in touch with their UP counterparts to prevent dead bodies from flowing into the state. The Patna high court has also asked the Bihar government to file an affidavit regarding the matter by Thursday to push the UP government to take some action
https://m.thewire.in/article/health/ganga-covid-19-bodies-uttar-pradesh
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When I speak with a friend and he tells me that a colleague that used to sit next to him is no longer there due to covid and that his absence is missed. That he was young and healthy and he's upset when telling me. Then I tend to believe him.
I don't expect you too
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^^ The how dare you statement was to someone who disputed the many western sources I mentioned that showed people waiting outside hospitals waiting for beds, coughing and unable to breath with no ventilators in site.
This was a few weeks ago whilst the IPL was ongoing and he called it fake news that was agenda driven.
This was a few weeks ago whilst the IPL was ongoing and he called it fake news that was agenda driven.
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Bodies of Covid-19 Victims Among Those Dumped in River Ganga: Govt Document
Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government said in a letter seen by Reuters, the first official acknowledgement of an alarming practice it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in villages.
Images of corpses drifting down the Ganges river, which Hindus consider holy, have shocked a nation reeling under the world’s worst surge in infections.
Although media have linked the recent increase in the numbers of such bodies to the pandemic, the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, home to 240 million people, has until now not publicly revealed the cause of the deaths.
“The administration has information that bodies of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 or any other disease are being thrown into rivers instead of being disposed of as per proper rituals," a senior state official, Manoj Kumar Singh, said in a May 14 letter to district heads that was reviewed by Reuters.
“As a result, bodies have been recovered from rivers in many places."
Singh confirmed the letter to Reuters but said autopsies on four to five bodies in the state’s disrict of Ghazipur had not revealed virus infection.
“The bodies are decomposed, so I am not sure in this state it can be found out about corona positive," he said in a text message.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged officials on Saturday to beef up rural healthcare resources and boost surveillance as the virus spreads rapidly in those areas, after ravaging the cities.
Uttar Pradesh, home to more people than Brazil or Pakistan, has been badly hit by India’s dramatic second surge of COVID-19. Health experts say many cases are going undetected in the state’s villages, home to the bulk of its people.
In the memo, Singh said a lack of funds for materials such as firewood for cremation, religious beliefs in some communities, and families abandoning victims for fear of the disease were among the likely reasons for the surge in dumping.
He asked village-level officials to ensure no corpses were thrown into water and said the state government would pay poor families 5,000 rupees ($68) each to cremate or bury the bodies of the dead.
The state has also asked police to patrol rivers to stop the practice.
India has been officially reporting about 4,000 daily deaths from the disease for nearly two weeks, but health experts say the toll is probably much higher because of factors such as poor testing in rural areas.
The jump in deaths has led to backlogs at crematoriums in many places and multiplied the cost of last rites.
On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh spokesman Navneet Sehgal denied media reports that as many as 2,000 corpses of possible virus victims had been pulled from rivers in the state and neighbouring Bihar in recent days.
“We keep recovering 10 to 20 bodies every now and then," Sehgal told Reuters, adding that some riverside villages did not cremate their dead due to Hindu traditions during some periods of religious significance.
https://www.news18.com/news/india/b...ped-in-river-ganga-govt-document-3744035.html
Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government said in a letter seen by Reuters, the first official acknowledgement of an alarming practice it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in villages.
Images of corpses drifting down the Ganges river, which Hindus consider holy, have shocked a nation reeling under the world’s worst surge in infections.
Although media have linked the recent increase in the numbers of such bodies to the pandemic, the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, home to 240 million people, has until now not publicly revealed the cause of the deaths.
“The administration has information that bodies of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 or any other disease are being thrown into rivers instead of being disposed of as per proper rituals," a senior state official, Manoj Kumar Singh, said in a May 14 letter to district heads that was reviewed by Reuters.
“As a result, bodies have been recovered from rivers in many places."
Singh confirmed the letter to Reuters but said autopsies on four to five bodies in the state’s disrict of Ghazipur had not revealed virus infection.
“The bodies are decomposed, so I am not sure in this state it can be found out about corona positive," he said in a text message.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged officials on Saturday to beef up rural healthcare resources and boost surveillance as the virus spreads rapidly in those areas, after ravaging the cities.
Uttar Pradesh, home to more people than Brazil or Pakistan, has been badly hit by India’s dramatic second surge of COVID-19. Health experts say many cases are going undetected in the state’s villages, home to the bulk of its people.
In the memo, Singh said a lack of funds for materials such as firewood for cremation, religious beliefs in some communities, and families abandoning victims for fear of the disease were among the likely reasons for the surge in dumping.
He asked village-level officials to ensure no corpses were thrown into water and said the state government would pay poor families 5,000 rupees ($68) each to cremate or bury the bodies of the dead.
The state has also asked police to patrol rivers to stop the practice.
India has been officially reporting about 4,000 daily deaths from the disease for nearly two weeks, but health experts say the toll is probably much higher because of factors such as poor testing in rural areas.
The jump in deaths has led to backlogs at crematoriums in many places and multiplied the cost of last rites.
On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh spokesman Navneet Sehgal denied media reports that as many as 2,000 corpses of possible virus victims had been pulled from rivers in the state and neighbouring Bihar in recent days.
“We keep recovering 10 to 20 bodies every now and then," Sehgal told Reuters, adding that some riverside villages did not cremate their dead due to Hindu traditions during some periods of religious significance.
https://www.news18.com/news/india/b...ped-in-river-ganga-govt-document-3744035.html
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Do you genuinely think cases are dropping? Sounds too good to be true for this to happen so quickly in such a densely populated environment. The government may be on to something.
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They are. Tests are similar and positivity rate is declining. Usually there’s a two week lag between cases and deaths so the deaths should also start dropping in a week and half.
There was always undercounting due to low (relatively speaking) testing rate but there hasn’t been an artificial decrease in cases as there has been in Pakistan where the testing has almost halved. India has maintained similar testing
I think they're. I can go by what I'm seeing and hearing in my locality. There are lot lesser number of daily cases which are cropping up than say a week earlier. Hopefully, second wave has peaked in India which'll give a welcome breather to everyone, people, health services, municipal staff etc.
Now keeping fingers crossed for death rate to abate!
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New Delhi: With more than 2.81 lakh new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India neared 2.5 crores, as per the latest data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MohFW) on Monday.
The country has reported as many as 2,81,386 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,78,741 discharges, and 4,106 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The new deaths pushed India's Covid-19 death toll to 2,74,390, while the total recoveries surged to 2,11,74,076.
A total of 35,16,997 cases are currently active in the country, according to the health ministry.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today informed that a total of 31,64,23,658 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to May 16. Of these 15,73,515 samples were tested yesterday.
Over 18 cr vaccines doses administered
A total of 18,29,26,460 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, according to the health ministry.
The Central government had on Sunday said that more than 1.84 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs, while nearly 51 lakh doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...hs-in-last-24-hours-tally-nears-2-5-cr/757856
The country has reported as many as 2,81,386 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,78,741 discharges, and 4,106 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The new deaths pushed India's Covid-19 death toll to 2,74,390, while the total recoveries surged to 2,11,74,076.
A total of 35,16,997 cases are currently active in the country, according to the health ministry.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today informed that a total of 31,64,23,658 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to May 16. Of these 15,73,515 samples were tested yesterday.
Over 18 cr vaccines doses administered
A total of 18,29,26,460 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, according to the health ministry.
The Central government had on Sunday said that more than 1.84 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs, while nearly 51 lakh doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...hs-in-last-24-hours-tally-nears-2-5-cr/757856
However you definitely have a point at deaths being severely under reported. Read this,
The Gujarat government offers a glimpse of what they are up against. Journalists in the state have been doggedly attempting to count the number of deaths that have taken place, even as official numbers seem to bear no resemblance to reality. Divya Bhaskar revealed that the state had issued 1,23,871 death certificates between March 1 and May 10, 2021, more than double the 58,000 it had issued in the same period the previous year. When asked about it, however, the government’s response was that confused families may be registering the same death multiple times.
Mind just boggles as to how low these clowns have fallen in their bid to show them in 'better' light as compared to other states!
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India’s daily Covid cases fall below 3 lakh in weeks, 4106 deaths reported
The fall in the cases could also be because of the fewer tests conducted on Sunday. As many as 15.73 lakh tests were conducted on Sunday as against an average of 18 to 19 lakh.
India’s daily Covid cases dropped below the 3 lakh-mark for the first time in 25 days with 2.81 lakh fresh infections reported in the last 24 hours. The fall in the cases could also be because of the fewer tests conducted on Sunday. As many as 15.73 lakh tests were conducted on Sunday as against an average of 18 to 19 lakh. Meanwhile, 4,106 Covid patients have died since yesterday.
The active cases in the country also registered a drop of over a lakh — highest ever — and now stand at 35.16 lakh.
Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have extended curbs to check Covid spread over the weekend.
To control the second wave in the country, the Centre has shared new SOPs to tackle the spread in rural parts, which have been hit hard by the second wave of Covid. Village-level surveillance, tele-consultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus.
Meanwhile, Bharat Biotech on Sunday said its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ has been found to be effective against coronavirus strains found in India and the UK. Citing a study published in peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Hyderabad-based vaccine major noted that vaccination with Covaxin produced neutralising titers against all key emerging variants tested, including B.1.617 and B.1.1.7, first identified in India and the UK, respectively.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-highlights-cases-deaths-may-17-7318209/
The fall in the cases could also be because of the fewer tests conducted on Sunday. As many as 15.73 lakh tests were conducted on Sunday as against an average of 18 to 19 lakh.
India’s daily Covid cases dropped below the 3 lakh-mark for the first time in 25 days with 2.81 lakh fresh infections reported in the last 24 hours. The fall in the cases could also be because of the fewer tests conducted on Sunday. As many as 15.73 lakh tests were conducted on Sunday as against an average of 18 to 19 lakh. Meanwhile, 4,106 Covid patients have died since yesterday.
The active cases in the country also registered a drop of over a lakh — highest ever — and now stand at 35.16 lakh.
Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have extended curbs to check Covid spread over the weekend.
To control the second wave in the country, the Centre has shared new SOPs to tackle the spread in rural parts, which have been hit hard by the second wave of Covid. Village-level surveillance, tele-consultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus.
Meanwhile, Bharat Biotech on Sunday said its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ has been found to be effective against coronavirus strains found in India and the UK. Citing a study published in peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Hyderabad-based vaccine major noted that vaccination with Covaxin produced neutralising titers against all key emerging variants tested, including B.1.617 and B.1.1.7, first identified in India and the UK, respectively.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-highlights-cases-deaths-may-17-7318209/
I Drink Cow Urine Every Day, So Don't Have Covid": BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Bhopal: Cow urine can cure lung infection caused by Covid, BJP MP Pragya Thakur has said, once again shooting her mouth off as the country fights to keep the pandemic in check. She also reveals that she takes cow urine every day and it has protected her from the coronavirus.
"If we have desi gau mutra (urine from an indigenous cow) every day, then it cures lung infection from Covid. I am in deep pain but I take cow urine every day. So now, I don't have have to take any medicine against corona and I don't have corona," Pragya Thakur is heard telling a party gathering.
"Cow urine is a life-saver," says the MP, who wears saffron robes and calls herself a saint.
Two years ago, she had claimed that a mix of cow urine and other cow products had cured her cancer.
Pragya Thakur was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS hospital in December 2020 over Covid-19-induced symptoms.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp...-have-covid-2443399?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
Bhopal: Cow urine can cure lung infection caused by Covid, BJP MP Pragya Thakur has said, once again shooting her mouth off as the country fights to keep the pandemic in check. She also reveals that she takes cow urine every day and it has protected her from the coronavirus.
"If we have desi gau mutra (urine from an indigenous cow) every day, then it cures lung infection from Covid. I am in deep pain but I take cow urine every day. So now, I don't have have to take any medicine against corona and I don't have corona," Pragya Thakur is heard telling a party gathering.
"Cow urine is a life-saver," says the MP, who wears saffron robes and calls herself a saint.
Two years ago, she had claimed that a mix of cow urine and other cow products had cured her cancer.
Pragya Thakur was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS hospital in December 2020 over Covid-19-induced symptoms.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp...-have-covid-2443399?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
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New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 2,63,533 new COVID19 cases, 4,22,436 discharges and 4,329 deaths, the highest daily death toll, in the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the total number of cases in the country stands at 2,52,28,996. 2,15,96,512 people have been discharged so far, while the death toll stands at 2,78,719.
There are 33,53,765 active cases in the country. 18,44,53,149 people have been vaccinated so far. Previously, the highest daily death toll was reported on May 12, when the country logged 4,205 cases within just 24 hours. On May 8, a day after the country logged its single highest daily spike of 4.14 cases, 4,187 deaths were reported due to the deadly pandemic.
While the death toll has risen, the daily cases in the country have seen a decline over the past few days. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the country has witnessed a decline of about one lakh cases in the past 24 hours.
"India recorded a decline of nearly 1L in its active caseload in the last 24 hours. Through sustained containment & treatment efforts, we are observing a steady decline in new cases and a rise in recoveries," he said in a virtual conference.
There are 33,53,765 active cases in the country. 18,44,53,149 people have been vaccinated so far. Previously, the highest daily death toll was reported on May 12, when the country logged 4,205 cases within just 24 hours. On May 8, a day after the country logged its single highest daily spike of 4.14 cases, 4,187 deaths were reported due to the deadly pandemic.
While the death toll has risen, the daily cases in the country have seen a decline over the past few days. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the country has witnessed a decline of about one lakh cases in the past 24 hours.
"India recorded a decline of nearly 1L in its active caseload in the last 24 hours. Through sustained containment & treatment efforts, we are observing a steady decline in new cases and a rise in recoveries," he said in a virtual conference.
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New Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded 4,529 deaths due to COVID-19, the highest one-day fatalities since the start of the pandemic, taking the toll to 2,83,248.
The country’s coronavirus caseload has increased to 2,54,96,330 with 2,67,334 more people testing positive for the viral disease.
India has been registering more than 4,000 daily deaths due to COVID since May 12. This is the third consecutive day when the country logged less than 3 lakh infections in a day. The 24-hour count dropped below the 3 lakh-mark for the first time on April 21.
The total number of recoveries has climbed to 2,19,86,363 with 3,89,851 patients getting discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours. The active caseload in the country has declined to 32,26,719, the data updated at 8 am showed.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,03,01,177 samples have been tested up to May 18 with 20,08,296 samples being tested on Tuesday.
India has been grappling with a fatal second wave of the pandemic that is sweeping the country, claiming the lives of many people daily, with the issue like shortage vaccines and oxygen supply at various hospitals across the country adding to the woes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that continuous efforts are being made to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine supply in a big way, asserting that attempts are on to provide states 15-day advance schedule of the inoculation programme as it will allow them to prepare accordingly.
Speaking with state and district officials at a virtual meeting, he described them as "field commanders" in the fight against COVID-19 and said localised containment zones, aggressive testing and sharing correct and complete information with people are weapons to defeat it.
The country’s coronavirus caseload has increased to 2,54,96,330 with 2,67,334 more people testing positive for the viral disease.
India has been registering more than 4,000 daily deaths due to COVID since May 12. This is the third consecutive day when the country logged less than 3 lakh infections in a day. The 24-hour count dropped below the 3 lakh-mark for the first time on April 21.
The total number of recoveries has climbed to 2,19,86,363 with 3,89,851 patients getting discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours. The active caseload in the country has declined to 32,26,719, the data updated at 8 am showed.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,03,01,177 samples have been tested up to May 18 with 20,08,296 samples being tested on Tuesday.
India has been grappling with a fatal second wave of the pandemic that is sweeping the country, claiming the lives of many people daily, with the issue like shortage vaccines and oxygen supply at various hospitals across the country adding to the woes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that continuous efforts are being made to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine supply in a big way, asserting that attempts are on to provide states 15-day advance schedule of the inoculation programme as it will allow them to prepare accordingly.
Speaking with state and district officials at a virtual meeting, he described them as "field commanders" in the fight against COVID-19 and said localised containment zones, aggressive testing and sharing correct and complete information with people are weapons to defeat it.
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Delhi Covid-19 cases fall to 3.8K first time after April 5, positivity rate below 6%
A total of 22,346 people have succumbed to the viral infection in Delhi so far, according to the official data.
After an interval of 45 days, Delhi on Wednesday saw a sharp dip in Covid-19 cases after 3,846 fresh cases were recorded, pushing the cumulative tally to 1,406,719, officials said. The city-state recorded 235 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin released by authorities.
A total of 22,346 people have succumbed to the viral infection in Delhi so far, according to the official data.
The national capital has recorded cases less than 4,000 for the first time after Apri 5.
Inching closer to the comparatively safer limit prescribed by World Health Organization (WHO) to consider the disease spread to be under control, the positivity rate dipped to 5.78% on Wednesday. WHO states that the positivity rate needs to come down below 5% for the outbreak to be considered under control.
The test positivity rate in Delhi of the deadly viral disease reached a peak of 36.2% on April 22, and stayed above 30% for eight more days before starting to decline.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-covid-19-cases-fall-to-3-8k-first-time-after-april-5-positivity-rate-dips-101621418422677.html
A total of 22,346 people have succumbed to the viral infection in Delhi so far, according to the official data.
After an interval of 45 days, Delhi on Wednesday saw a sharp dip in Covid-19 cases after 3,846 fresh cases were recorded, pushing the cumulative tally to 1,406,719, officials said. The city-state recorded 235 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin released by authorities.
A total of 22,346 people have succumbed to the viral infection in Delhi so far, according to the official data.
The national capital has recorded cases less than 4,000 for the first time after Apri 5.
Inching closer to the comparatively safer limit prescribed by World Health Organization (WHO) to consider the disease spread to be under control, the positivity rate dipped to 5.78% on Wednesday. WHO states that the positivity rate needs to come down below 5% for the outbreak to be considered under control.
The test positivity rate in Delhi of the deadly viral disease reached a peak of 36.2% on April 22, and stayed above 30% for eight more days before starting to decline.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-covid-19-cases-fall-to-3-8k-first-time-after-april-5-positivity-rate-dips-101621418422677.html
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New Delhi: A day after India reported the highest ever casualty count due to the Covid-19 infection, the country witnessed 3,874 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the overall fatality figure to 2,87,122.
In the same period, 2,76,070 more people tested positive for the deadly infection, pushing the country’s caseload to 2,57,72,400.
There are currently 31,29,878 active cases in India, while 3,69,077 discharges have taken the overall recovery count from hospitals and other medical facilities to 2,23,55,440.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will hold the second round of meeting with District Magistrates. Chief Ministers of various states and Union Territories will also participate in the meet. Officials from 54 districts across 10 states are expected to be present.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...874-more-fatalities-caseload-spikes-to/759279
In the same period, 2,76,070 more people tested positive for the deadly infection, pushing the country’s caseload to 2,57,72,400.
There are currently 31,29,878 active cases in India, while 3,69,077 discharges have taken the overall recovery count from hospitals and other medical facilities to 2,23,55,440.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will hold the second round of meeting with District Magistrates. Chief Ministers of various states and Union Territories will also participate in the meet. Officials from 54 districts across 10 states are expected to be present.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...874-more-fatalities-caseload-spikes-to/759279
Other big states like MH, Karnataka, Gujarat have also reduced testing quite significantly during last fortnight.
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Numbers are going down. But they are going down in the cities. The rural areas are not being tested even at the pathetic rate the cities were being tested earlier
Is that by design (something a lot of Indians on this forum accuse Pakistan of doing) or are they simply overwhelmed or their is genuine decline in COVID cases and less people are showing up for testing? I would hope the latter.
May be by design, I'm not sure. However not at all good for our fight against Covid! We should've increased testing significantly instead of reducing it so much. Our numbers during first wave looked good only due to the fact that we tested very less. That certainly was by design, I'm sure to make regime look good and claim all is well and the supreme leader got us through this pandemic.
Alas, the virus had other plans!
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Where do you lot get your information from? India certainly does not seem to have reduced testing numbers.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113465/india-coronavirus-covid-19-tests-cumulative/
And a test rate of 231,588 per million may not be great but is anything but 'pathetic'. A lot of countries where the virus is running rampant have tested much less - Brazil (220,000/million), Iran (218, 408/million), South Africa (186,895/million).
And last but not least, Pakistan (56,102/million)
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
PS: If you Modi critics can't even get your numbers right, a fat chance you have of defeating him in 2024. I don't know what to fear more, Modi version 2024, leftist flop 2024 or the the coronavirus
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NEW DELHI: At a time when they should not be lowering their guard, six high-incidence states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, Delhi and Uttarakhand have scaled down Covid testing over the last 14 days.Where do you lot get your information from? India certainly does not seem to have reduced testing numbers.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113465/india-coronavirus-covid-19-tests-cumulative/
And a test rate of 231,588 per million may not be great but is anything but 'pathetic'. A lot of countries where the virus is running rampant have tested much less - Brazil (220,000/million), Iran (218, 408/million), South Africa (186,895/million).
And last but not least, Pakistan (56,102/million)
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
PS: If you Modi critics can't even get your numbers right, a fat chance you have of defeating him in 2024. I don't know what to fear more, Modi version 2024, leftist flop 2024 or the the coronavirus
Karnataka saw testing go down by 4.8 lakh samples during May 4-17 as compared to previous fortnight despite a rising positivity rate (total confirmed cases per 100 tests). During the same period, total tests came down by 3.7 lakh in Gujarat, 2.6 lakh in Maharashtra and by more than 1.8 lakh in Telangana.
Uttarakhand and Rajasthan scaled down by about 1 lakh each despite both states recording a high positivity rate of 22-23%. In Delhi, where at least 18 cases are found positive for every 100 tests, testing has come down by more than 52,000 in the last 14 days.
Hope you got your answers!
Mind you, all these states who reduced testing by quite a bit over last fortnight are high incidence states and it should ring alarm bells to anyone who has seen this menace wreaking havoc in crores of families in India.
Mind you, all these states who reduced testing by quite a bit over last fortnight are high incidence states and it should ring alarm bells to anyone who has seen this menace wreaking havoc in crores of families in India.
As for other countries testing lesser than us, why bother with them? They must have their own reasons to test lesser. Also, we have seen how badly this virus has mangled us during last month or so, so why take chances by reducing testing at this crucial state!
Besides we have at least 110 crore more people to look after than them so let's not compare our testing numbers with them. Besides more people, we have so many other factors which go against us like high population density, high illiteracy rates, amongst lowest doctor/patients ratio in world etc.
Besides we have at least 110 crore more people to look after than them so let's not compare our testing numbers with them. Besides more people, we have so many other factors which go against us like high population density, high illiteracy rates, amongst lowest doctor/patients ratio in world etc.
And a big lol and pity at you for taking this as a potshot at your master! He has already failed India, twice during last 2 waves. So don't try to act too smart by taking this as dig at him. I mentioned other states too which have opposition governments. Unlike you, I don't worship a person or a political ideology.
He has blood of lakhs of Indians on his hands, hope at least now you get that. For likes of you its easy to pass sermons by sitting outside India but ask those Indians who lost their near and dear ones due to this creature's megalomaniac ways.
He has blood of lakhs of Indians on his hands, hope at least now you get that. For likes of you its easy to pass sermons by sitting outside India but ask those Indians who lost their near and dear ones due to this creature's megalomaniac ways.
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No I didn't so I'll repeat.
Can you provide me with a neutral source that is saying, on the basis of data, the numbers of COVID-19 tests are reducing in ? 'Neutral' is the operative word here.
It is simply not possible in a country like India to do as many tests per million as the US or any of the EU countries. But I know several people in India who are at the frontline of this battle and would like to think India's doctors and healthcare staff are doing their best with the resources they have. And they aren't all that bad.
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He is not my master. I've mentioned many times that the only reason I support Modi (if you can call it that) is that there is no viable alternative to him right now.
That might make me a 'Bhakth' in the eyes of some so-called 'lntellectual' eggshells, but I couldn't care less.
And the blood of 'lakhs' of Indians on his hands? Cut the hyperbole! The same can be said about almost every politician has ruled India.
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When Daily Deaths were in range of 3000 (lesser than last 07 days), there were numerous footages of "Overburdened Healthcare System". I don't see it anymore. India has done well.
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some people here create noise pollution a lot.
They have no interest in knowing how the system works, have no intention in learning about the different obstacles that authorities face.... but will be the first to criticize.
Its no better than those unemployed guys in paan shops with ample amount of time and who just sits lazily complaining about how they can't get a job because of the system where as they don't put any effort by themselves to address issues.
They have no interest in knowing how the system works, have no intention in learning about the different obstacles that authorities face.... but will be the first to criticize.
Its no better than those unemployed guys in paan shops with ample amount of time and who just sits lazily complaining about how they can't get a job because of the system where as they don't put any effort by themselves to address issues.
https://m.thewire.in/article/diplom...se-correct-biased-us-media-narrative-covid-19
Top marks for hypocrisy and for being thin-skinned about one's own country. These same people would use negative press about Pakistan or China in US media as example for why Pakistan or China have bad reputation or to point out how 'neutral media's portrays those countries. But they can't stand the same thing happening to them.
Top marks for hypocrisy and for being thin-skinned about one's own country. These same people would use negative press about Pakistan or China in US media as example for why Pakistan or China have bad reputation or to point out how 'neutral media's portrays those countries. But they can't stand the same thing happening to them.
If ToI is neutral for you, it was quoted from there. I couldn't provide the link due to being on mobile.
Google it if you want. Testing has been reduced by these big 5-6 states.
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Those unemployed guys in paan shops are usually supporting Modi too tho lol
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Nope. they blame modi for not getting a job.
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So you seem to agree with one of your ministers who stated that Corona Virus is a living specie and has right to live too.
Funny that you found the problem of “noise pollution” in the textual messages here (with no audio messages) yet you don’t see the ACTUAL PROBLEM in your ministers and those who are in power.
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This is where Comprehension fails.
If someone says, there's obstacles in the system in order to put policies efficiently, how it translates to justifying the corona virus right as living species?
Read posts, understand them and then reply. It won't hurt if you take 2 minutes grasp the content and then argue for a constructive discussion.
thank you.
This is how these devotees behave especially when it comes to defending the indefensible. For them, there is nothing to worry, just like their master.
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New Delhi: India on Thursday recorded 2,59,591 new coronavirus infection in a single day, taking the country’s total caseload to 2,60,31,991, the first time it has crossed the 2.60 crore mark.
As many as 4,209 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll past 2,91,331 since the pandemic began, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in an official statement. The country had recorded less than 4,000 deaths on Wednesday.
There were 3,57,295 discharges from hospitals and medical facilities in the past one day, taking the overall discharges to 2,27,12,735.
At present, there are 30,27,925 active cases in the country.
India witnessed its highest death toll since the pandemic began on Tuesday after 4,529 people succumbed to the deadly virus. It even crossed the 4,468 death toll-mark recorded by the United States on January 12, and 4,211 in Brazil on April 6 – the other two worst-hit countries due to the pandemic.
Furthermore, the fresh case count also came down below the three lakh-mark for the first time since May 17 after reaching a record high of 4,14,188 on May 7.
The Health Ministry informed that a total of 19,18,79,503 people have been vaccinated so far in India, including 14,82,754 in the last 24 hours.
As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,44,17,870 samples have been tested up to May 20 for Covid-19. Of these 20,61,683 samples were tested on Thursday alone.
As many as 4,209 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll past 2,91,331 since the pandemic began, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in an official statement. The country had recorded less than 4,000 deaths on Wednesday.
There were 3,57,295 discharges from hospitals and medical facilities in the past one day, taking the overall discharges to 2,27,12,735.
At present, there are 30,27,925 active cases in the country.
India witnessed its highest death toll since the pandemic began on Tuesday after 4,529 people succumbed to the deadly virus. It even crossed the 4,468 death toll-mark recorded by the United States on January 12, and 4,211 in Brazil on April 6 – the other two worst-hit countries due to the pandemic.
Furthermore, the fresh case count also came down below the three lakh-mark for the first time since May 17 after reaching a record high of 4,14,188 on May 7.
The Health Ministry informed that a total of 19,18,79,503 people have been vaccinated so far in India, including 14,82,754 in the last 24 hours.
As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,44,17,870 samples have been tested up to May 20 for Covid-19. Of these 20,61,683 samples were tested on Thursday alone.
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We don't complain because we are aware of the system, part of the system. It's very easy to sit in front of a computer and curse out "this should be done this, this should be done that" but translating it in reality is a whole different factor which should also be taken into consideration.
But for you, it's just complain like those guys in front of a paan shop citing why don't they get a job when at the same time, they refuse to put effort in order to make things better with available resources.
For you, it's "bhakt" but for us, it's real life, its about reality and handling people.
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How many countries have tested more than 2mn a day?
How many are pakistan testing?
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Nah modi’s biggest supporters (as per most surveys) are guys like that.
These are the type of guys who are unemployed and know Modi isn’t doing anything about it. BUT support him since they believe he will build Hindu rashtra
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New Delhi: With more than 2.57 lakh new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India neared 2.63 crores, as per the latest data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MohFW) on Saturday.
The country has reported as many as 2,57,299 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,57,630 discharges, and 4,194 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The new deaths pushed India's Covid-19 death toll to 2,95,525, while the total recoveries surged to 2,30,70,365.
A total of 29,23,400 cases are currently active in the country, according to the health ministry.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 19,33,72,819 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 14,58,895 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,64,84,155 samples have been tested up to May 21 for Covid-19. Of these 20,66,285 samples were tested on Friday.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of this year. “Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured,” he added.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...d-in-last-24-hours-tally-nears-2-63-cr/760243
The country has reported as many as 2,57,299 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,57,630 discharges, and 4,194 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The new deaths pushed India's Covid-19 death toll to 2,95,525, while the total recoveries surged to 2,30,70,365.
A total of 29,23,400 cases are currently active in the country, according to the health ministry.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 19,33,72,819 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 14,58,895 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,64,84,155 samples have been tested up to May 21 for Covid-19. Of these 20,66,285 samples were tested on Friday.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of this year. “Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured,” he added.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...d-in-last-24-hours-tally-nears-2-63-cr/760243
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Drop posts that refer to 'Indian variant': Government to social media companies
NEW DELHI: The information technology ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Friday which was seen by Reuters.
The said on May 11 that the coronavirus variant B.1.617, first identified in India last year, was being classified as a variant of global concern.
The government a day later issued a statement saying media reports using the term “Indian Variant” were without any basis, saying the WHO had classified it as just B.1.617.
In a letter to social media companies on Friday, the asked the companies to “remove all the content” that names or implies “Indian variant” of the coronavirus. “This is completely false. There is no such variant of Covid-19 scientifically cited as such by the (WHO). WHO has not associated the term ‘Indian Variant’ with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in any of its reports,” stated the letter, which is not public.
A government source told Reuters the notice was issued to send a message “loud and clear” that such mentions of “Indian variant” spread miscommunication and hurt the country’s image.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/drop-posts-that-refer-to-indian-variant-government-to-social-media-companies/articleshow/82849266.cms
NEW DELHI: The information technology ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Friday which was seen by Reuters.
The said on May 11 that the coronavirus variant B.1.617, first identified in India last year, was being classified as a variant of global concern.
The government a day later issued a statement saying media reports using the term “Indian Variant” were without any basis, saying the WHO had classified it as just B.1.617.
In a letter to social media companies on Friday, the asked the companies to “remove all the content” that names or implies “Indian variant” of the coronavirus. “This is completely false. There is no such variant of Covid-19 scientifically cited as such by the (WHO). WHO has not associated the term ‘Indian Variant’ with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in any of its reports,” stated the letter, which is not public.
A government source told Reuters the notice was issued to send a message “loud and clear” that such mentions of “Indian variant” spread miscommunication and hurt the country’s image.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/drop-posts-that-refer-to-indian-variant-government-to-social-media-companies/articleshow/82849266.cms
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The country's image has already been hurt due to the COVID crisis. Entire world is appalled at the mis management of the government in handling COVID in India.
If the government actually cared about the image of India internationally they would have handled COVID-19 better.
Al these messages to social media companies are just for local Indian's so as they don't get influenced and turn against the government. The damage internationally has already been done and is irreversible.
Even with so much destruction all around, this is what these clowns care about in reality, it's image and hence this entire positivity campaign and hounding social media corporations.Haha, such an insecure country
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Haha, such an insecure country
Indeed. Behaving exactly like China who think that calling it the Chinese virus amounts to racism.
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