Night curfew returns in UP
Lucknow, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to reimpose night curfew in Uttar Pradesh from Saturday. According to an official statement, the curfew will be in place from 11 p.m. to 5…
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Delhi Police tightens noose on hotels violating Covid norms; club sealed
New Delhi, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A restaurant was sealed in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area for violating the Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s guidelines, an official said here on Friday. “The restaurant named Diablo was found violating…
COVAX allocates additional Covid jabs to N.Korea
Seoul, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The COVAX Facility, a global vaccine distribution platform, has assigned 1.29 million doses of additional Covid-19 jabs to North Korea, a UN agency announced on Friday. According to the Unicef’s Covid-19…
India reports 6,650 new Covid cases, Omicron tally rises to 358
New Delhi, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) India registered 6,650 new Covid cases and 374 deaths in 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare on Friday morning. The tally of Omicron cases in…
Ontario records highest single-day Covid cases
Ottawa, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, has reported 5,790 new Covid-19 cases, breaking a record for the highest number of single-day infections registered in a day. Thursday’s cases has increased the cumulative…
Global Covid caseload tops 278 mn
Washington, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 278 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.38 million and vaccinations to over 8.86 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its…
Myanmar reports 276 new Covid cases, 7 more deaths
Yangon, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Myanmar has reported 276 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 529,114 on Thursday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. With seven new…
Night curfew back in Madhya Pradesh amid Omicron scare
Bhopal, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to impose a night curfew between 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. across the state Thursday onwards amid a growing fear of a possible third Covid-19…
Delhi reports 118 fresh Covid cases, active caseload at 684
New Delhi, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi reported 118 new Covid cases on Thursday, the third successive day of over 100 fresh infections, and one new death, as per the health bulletin. With the new cases,…
Hydroxyurea gets DCGI approval for treatment of sickle cell anaemia
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved hydroxyurea for treatment of Sickle Cell Anaemia. The CSIR-Sickle Cell Anaemia (CSIR-SCA) Mission, coordinated by the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology…
PM calls for effective contact tracing, strengthening health infra amid Omicron scare
New Delhi, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the public health response measures for containing and managing Covid-19 and strengthening health infrastructure including availability of drugs…
7 new Omicron cases in Vadodara take Gujarat’s tally to 30
Gandhinagar, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gujarat on Thursday reported seven new Omicron cases, all of them in areas under the Vadodara Municipal Corporation, taking the state’s tally of the new Covid variant to 30. The new…
FDA authorises Merck’s Covid-19 pill that can be taken at home
New Delhi, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after authorising the first anti-viral pill to treat Covid 19, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorised a second, Mercks Molnupiravir, USA Today reported. The prescription…
Rats chew up x-ray machine in Bihar hospital!
Patna, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) After purportedly drinking of lakhs of litres of confiscated liquor, rats of Bihar have been blamed for an expensive diagnostic machine at a hospital in the state’s Jahanabad district going kaput….
Maha records highest spike of 23 Omicron cases, tally zooms to 88
Mumbai, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alarm bells sounded as Maharashtra recorded the highest spike of Omicron cases (23), so far, taking the state’s tally to 88, besides an increase in Covid-19 infections, health officials said on…
Telangana HC asks government to impose curbs in view of Omicron
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government to impose restrictions on public gatherings during festivals and New Year celebrations in view of Omicron. The court asked the government…
Omicron fastest ‘spreader’ known to man: Maha Task Force member
Mumbai, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Omicron, the latest Coronavirus variant, is probably the fastest-spreading infectious disease known to man, medical expert and Maharashtra government’s Covid Task Force member, Shashank Joshi, said here on Thursday. It has…
Omicron threat: Maha clamps curbs on Christmas celebrations
Mumbai, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) With growing number of Covid-19 cases in the state, coupled with 65 Omicron infectees, the Maharashtra government on Thursday issued fresh directions for the upcoming Christmas season festival. The government has…
Young kids 3 times more at risk of Covid: Study
London, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Children aged 5 to 11 are three times more at risk of Covid infections as compared to the general population of England, according to a new study. The study, by Imperial…
Omicron tally in Kerala reaches 29 as five more test positive
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Omicron tally in Kerala has gone up to 29, after five new cases of the Covid variant were reported, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday. She said the…