Coronavirus live updates: Night curfew relaxed in West Bengal during Durga puja and Lakshmi puja

Singapore reported record 2,236 Covid-19 cases, including 515 cases among residents of dormitories for foreign workers and 10 who arrived from abroad, on Tuesday as well as five fresh deaths due to the infection.

The impact of cardiovascular disease on the heart post Covid-19 is found to be severe in many cases and heart disease progresses quickly in existing patients. According to experts, there has been a steep rise in the number of Covid-recovered patients suffering from heart problems like sudden palpitation, chest pain, heart attack, heart failure, heart swelling, low pump capacity (low ejection fraction), blood clotting.

More than 13% of Uttar Pradesh’s population is now fully vaccinated now. As per the Cowin portal data updated till 9pm on Tuesday, over 2 crore beneficiaries have taken both doses, covering 13.4% against the target of 15.04 crore. Meanwhile, the total number of doses given in the state reached 10.5 crore, including 8.5 crore persons who have taken one dose.

He asked the states and UTs to keep focusing on five-fold strategy of testtrack-treat-vaccinate and adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday wrote to the chief secretaries of all the states and union territories to strictly continue their five-fold strategy to avoid the possibility of a surge in Covid-19 cases during the upcoming festive season. "The daily Covid-19 cases are declining steadily in the state, but the cases can rise during the upcoming festive season. So, the states and union territories should strictly continue to follow the five-fold strategy, that is, Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and Adherence to Covid-19 protocols, to avoid the possibility of a spike in cases in the festive season," the official statement issued by the Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said.