Coronavirus live updates: Vehicles carrying oxygen to be treated as ambulance in Maharashtra

Centre asks states to ensure adequate oxygen availability in healthcare facilities amid Covid-19

With oxygen support a key in treatment procedures for Covid-19 patients, the Centre on Monday directed states and union territories to maintain effective coordination with steel plants for oxygen procurement since steel plants provide approximately 550 MT per day oxygen in addition to oxygen manufacturers who provide 6400 MT per day.

In total 7,55,850 patients are cured & discharged from the hospitals Total active patients are 2,91,256 The patient recovery rate in the state is 70.16%: Maharashtra health minister

17,066 patients have been tested positive in Maharashta. Also 15789 patients have been cured today: Health minister Rajesh Tope

A notification issued by the government in this regard said such vehicles will be treated as ambulances only for carrying oxygen for a period of one year.

Vehicles carrying oxygen to be treated as ambulance in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government on Monday ordered treating vehicles carrying oxygen on par with ambulances to facilitate smooth and timely supply of the gas in hospitals for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Maharashtra reports 17,066 new Covid-19 cases, 15,789 discharges and 257 deaths today. The total number of cases in the state rises to 10,77,374 including 7,55,850 recoveries and 2,91,256 active cases: Public Health Department, Maharashtra

Meghalaya minister tests positive for COVID-9, CM, DY CM in quarantine

Meghalaya power minister James P K Sangma has tested positive for Covid-19 during a re-test, a senior health official said on Monday. His brother Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong have also been tested for coronavirus and the results are awaited, they said.

Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia tests positive for coronavirus

Out of 15.97 lakh registered candidates, 14.37 lakh students appeared in NEET examinations. Some people were raising questions over the conduct of the examinations but we knew that students didn't want one year to go waste: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

Ex- UP CM Kalyan Singh tests positive for coronavirus

Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Monday recorded 1334 positive cases, taking the total to 1.14 lakh. The state also recorded death of 17 positive patients, taking the death toll to 3,230

UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar district records 141 new Covid-19 patients, infection tally reaches 10,332; active case count 1,979: Official data

"I decided to report this development to my supervisor, who is also a World Health Organisation (WHO) consultant. There was no response from the WHO and my supervisor. Everyone warned me that do not cross the right line and keep silence or else I would be made to disappear," she said.

ICMR has carried out testing of 2500+ samples of Members of Parliament and other officials on war footing over the weekend in service of the nation: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Around 400 MPs were present (in Lok Sabha) during the session today. Eight bills were introduced and two bills were passed: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

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Concern should be number of deaths due to Covid-19 and not the number of cases: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

In a statement on Monday, researchers at Imperial College London and Oxford University said a trial involving 30 people would test vaccines developed by both institutions when participants inhale the droplets in their mouths, which would directly target their respiratory systems. Larger studies of the Imperial and Oxford vaccine are already under way, but this study aims to see if the vaccines might be more effective if they are inhaled.