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Coronavirus live updates: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tests Covid-19 positive, hospitalised

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 09, 2021, 23:34:42 IST

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Coronavirus live updates: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tests Covid-19 positive, hospitalised

Covid infections scaled another peak with 131,968 infections on Friday, another single-day highest. 780 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile shortage of vaccines are being felt in several states. Several vaccination centres in Mumbai will remain closed today due to unavailability of vaccines. Restrictions in movement and night curfews are being enforced in Delhi, Maharashtra and some places of Tamil Nadu and MP. Stay with TOI for all the latest.

15:10 (IST) Apr 09

Several centres in Maharashtra close after running out of vaccines

Maharashtra: A vaccination centre in Nagpur puts up a notice with 'Vaccine stocks currently not available' written… https://t.co/IrXxqXVHOq
— ANI (@ANI) 1617952979000

15:02 (IST) Apr 09

Night curfew to be imposed in UP's Moradabad between 10 pm & 6 am, till April 16

14:38 (IST) Apr 09

PM is serious and proactive about our issues but it seems that the people under PM are not taking this issue with the same seriousness

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar

13:50 (IST) Apr 09

No plan to stop or curtail train services, numbers will be increased on demand: Railway Board chairman

The railways on Friday said there is no plan to curtail or stop train services and assured passengers that trains will be provided on demand amidst reports of migrant workers rushing to their hometowns, reminiscent of the days following the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. He also ruled out the need for a COVID-negative certificate to travel by train.

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13:48 (IST) Apr 09

The information on vaccine shortage is not right. All states are being provided adequate number of vaccine doses: Home minister Amit Shah

13:32 (IST) Apr 09

Centre should help all states without favour, Rahul Gandhi says

बढ़ते कोरोना संकट में वैक्सीन की कमी एक अतिगंभीर समस्या है, ‘उत्सव’ नहीं- अपने देशवासियों को ख़तरे में डालकर वैक्सी… https://t.co/ERABhj3fuU
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1617944070000

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13:24 (IST) Apr 09

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel takes his first dose of Covid vaccine

13:22 (IST) Apr 09

Rahul Gandhi questions large-scale Covid-19 vaccine exports, asks why over 6 crore doses were exported when there is shortage in India

12:17 (IST) Apr 09

Media reports about migrant workers going home due to Covid-19 are not correct. We had done a walk-through at New Delhi Railway station to check if there is any kind of rush or not. I request media to visit all our stations& show the truth

Deepak Kumar, CPRO, Northern Railway

11:57 (IST) Apr 09

Mumbai beaches deserted after close down orders

Mumbai: Girgaum Chowpatty beach wears a deserted look after BMC ordered that all beaches in city will remain shut t… https://t.co/n9uRSXkFA5
— ANI (@ANI) 1617949479000

11:43 (IST) Apr 09

Karnataka stares at another labour crisis amid surge in Covid cases

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11:39 (IST) Apr 09

Increased exposure to sunlight may lower Covid deaths: Study

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11:35 (IST) Apr 09

Sale of platform tickets have been stopped with immediate effect from today at the following stations — Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kalyan, Thane, Dadar, Panvel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus: CPRO, Central Railway

11:34 (IST) Apr 09

Health minister Harsh Vardhan gives detals of India's Covid vaccine eports

Till now we have exported 6.45 crore doses to 84 countries, which includes 1.05 crores to 44 countries as grants, 3.58 crores to 25 countries as commercial contracts & 1.82 crores to 39 countries through the COVAX facility of WHO- Harsh Vardhan

11:26 (IST) Apr 09

As far as healthcare workers are concerned, over 89 lakh have got first dose & over 54 lakh have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakh have got the first dose & over 45 lakh have got the second dose: Harsh Vardhan

11:15 (IST) Apr 09

There are several vaccination centers that have zero vaccines now and vaccination has stopped there...I have come to know that some 76,000 to one lakh doses are about to reach Mumbai by today but I don't have any official info on this