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Coronavirus live updates: Follow Covid-19 norms or face fresh lockdown, warns Maharashtra CM Thackery

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 16, 2021, 21:06:51 IST

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Coronavirus live updates: Follow Covid-19 norms or face fresh lockdown, warns Maharashtra CM Thackery

A total of 9,121 new cases in India were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,55,813 with 81 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Stay with TOI for the latest developments

21:06 (IST) Feb 16

Punjab: Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana has ordered the closure of Government Senior Secondary School, Chaunta till 2nd-March after two teachers and 15 students tested positive for Covid-19.

21:01 (IST) Feb 16

Follow Covid-19 norms or face fresh lockdown, warns Maharashtra CM

Concerned over the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked citizens to strictly follow government-mandated guidelines on masks and social distancing or be prepared to face another round of lockdown.

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20:11 (IST) Feb 16

Covid: Test positivity rate drops below 7% in Kerala

The Covid-19 test positivity rate (TPR) in Kerala fell below 7 per cent after 4,937 people turned positive out of the 74,352 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed.Speaking to the media here, Vijayan said that 5,439 persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 9,46,910, while 18 deaths on Tuesday took the state's COvid death toll 4,016.

20:09 (IST) Feb 16

4,937 new Covid-19 cases, 5,439 recoveries and 18 deaths reported in #Kerala today. The total number of active cases in the state is 60,761.

19:57 (IST) Feb 16

3,663 new Covid-19 cases and 2,700 recoveries reported in the state today. Total of 19,81,408 patients are cured & discharged. Total active patients are 37,125. The patient recovery rate in the state is 95.66%: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope

19:49 (IST) Feb 16

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray today chaired a meeting through video conference of all divisional commissioners and collectors on Covid-19 situation in the state

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18:21 (IST) Feb 16

All persons arriving from Kerala to compulsorily produce negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours: Karnataka Government

18:11 (IST) Feb 16

International passengers coming to Karnataka, irrespective of their Covid-19 vaccination status to produce RT-PCR negative certificate and follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour: Karnataka Government

17:57 (IST) Feb 16

Over 87 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India so far

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17:36 (IST) Feb 16

There has been extensive work on preventive healthcare. India's flagship healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat has more beneficiaries than the population of America and many European nations. It's the world's largest healthcare scheme: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

17:31 (IST) Feb 16

17:23 (IST) Feb 16

Flights from South Africa and Brazil to India are routed through Gulf countries, are not direct to India. The Civil Aviation ministry is looking in it: Rajesh Bhushan, secy, health ministry

17:23 (IST) Feb 16

India is playing a central role in global vaccination. Our vision for wellness is as much global as it is domestic. The world is looking at health and wellness very seriously especially after Covid-19.

PM Narendra Modi

17:13 (IST) Feb 16

We have done disembarkations, mandatory RT-PCR tests for travellers coming from UK. Those who tested positive, their genome sequencing being done. This is a good strategy. I hope- we might follow this similar strategy for flights from South Africa & Brazil: Secy, health ministry

16:57 (IST) Feb 16

As many as 17 states, UTs have reported no Covid-19 death in last 24 hours, while six of them have recorded no new case during the period: Union health ministry

16:53 (IST) Feb 16

A case of Brazil variant of SAS-CoV-2 detected in the first week of Feb. Virus strain successfully isolated and cultured at ICMR-NIV-Pune. Experiments to assess vaccine effectiveness are underway. South African and Brazilian variants are different from the UK variant: DG ICMR

16:46 (IST) Feb 16

We hope the UK, South African and Brazilian variants do not cause catastrophic situations in our country. The vigil to contain this disease must continue: Dr VK Paul, member, NITI Aayog

16:39 (IST) Feb 16

In India, the South African strain of Covid-19 has been detected in 4 returnees from South Africa. All travellers and their contacts tested and quarantined.

Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG ICMR

16:38 (IST) Feb 16

ICMR-NIV is attempting to isolate and culture the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2: Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG ICMR

16:38 (IST) Feb 16

Today we have 187 UK variant patients. All confirmed cases are quarantined and treated. Their contacts have been isolated and tested. Neutralisation potential with UK variant of the virus is there with the vaccine that we have: Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG ICMR

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