12 PG doctors test Covid positive at Hyderabad's Osmania Medical College
4 years, 7 months ago

12 PG doctors test Covid positive at Hyderabad's Osmania Medical College

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A total of 12 post-graduate doctors have tested from Osmania Medical College have positive for Coronavirus including four gynaecologists. An aggrieved post-graduate student said, “ICMR guidelines for testing healthcare workers are frequently not being followed. Telangana Junior Doctors Association has approached director of health and medical education Dr K. Ramesh Reddy and told him that regular screening of healthcare workers and that sufficient personal protection equipment and N 95 masks must be provided to all. The post-graduates and junior doctors say there is a dire need to ramp up testing, and enforce strict containment measures to limit the exposure of healthcare workers.

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Noida reports first Covid case in months after spike in infections in some states
1 year ago

Noida reports first Covid case in months after spike in infections in some states

India TV News  

Covid: Amid a sudden surge in Covid cases after new strain JN.1 surfaced, a Noida resident has tested positive after a gap of several months, officials said. The patient is a 54-year-old male who lives in Noida but works at a multinational company in Gurugram, Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Medical Officer Dr Sunil Sharma said on Thursday. District Surveillance Officer …

COVID: 3, including two octogenarians, test positive in DK
1 year ago

COVID: 3, including two octogenarians, test positive in DK

The Hindu  

In the fourth wave, three persons, including two octogenarians, tested positive for COVID-19 in Dakshina Kannada on Thursday, December 21. A 40-year-old man from Mangaluru, who was admitted recently at a government hospital with severe acute respiratory illness has also been tested positive for COVID-19. As per the guidelines of the State government, Dakshina Kannada district administration is doing an …

All RT-PCR labs in Andhra Pradesh to be activated, minimum 1,000 COVID-19 tests to be done daily
1 year ago

All RT-PCR labs in Andhra Pradesh to be activated, minimum 1,000 COVID-19 tests to be done daily

The Hindu  

Following an uptick in coronavirus cases in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Health, Medical and Family Welfare Commissioner and National Health Mission Director J. Nivas has said COVID-19 testing will start immediately in the State and that a minimum of 1,000 RT-PCR tests will be done daily. NivasHealth, Medical and Family Welfare Commissioner Mr. Nivas said Rapid Antigen Test Kits would be …

Covid-19: Concerns raised over low testing in Telangana
2 years ago

Covid-19: Concerns raised over low testing in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The health department’s data show that all districts were reporting almost no Covid cases, except those in Hyderabad and its urban surroundings. President of Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association, Dr K. Mahesh Kumar, said even when Covid was at its peak, the state government had not revealed the correct data on number of infections and deaths, and so it was …

Number of coronavirus patients in hospitals rises to more than 800
2 years ago

Number of coronavirus patients in hospitals rises to more than 800

NL Times  

After a period of relative calm, the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals is increasing again. According to the patient coordination service LCPS, exactly one week ago, 632 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus. However, the LCPS figures do not distinguish between people admitted because of Covid-19 symptoms, and those admitted for other health issues who were later found to …

Updates: Centre Issues Instructions to States for Covid Response Mock Drill on Dec 27; Nothing to Fear, Says Maharashtra Health Min
2 years ago

Updates: Centre Issues Instructions to States for Covid Response Mock Drill on Dec 27; Nothing to Fear, Says Maharashtra Health Min

News 18  

Air Suvidha form filling to declare current health status will be made compulsory for international passengers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also said that RT-PCR tests will be made mandatory for passengers arriving from these countries and if positive, they will be quarantined. Meanwhile, as Bharat Jodo Yatra enters New …

COVID-19 | RT-PCR tests made mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand
2 years ago

COVID-19 | RT-PCR tests made mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand

The Hindu  

International travellers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and South Korea will have to bring RT-PCR test reports when they travel to India, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya announced on December 24, 2022. The focus of the drill will be to ensure adequate bed capacities including oxygen supported isolation beds and ventilator supported beds, availability of …

Patients testing positive during pre-surgery routine screening, say private hospitals
2 years, 7 months ago

Patients testing positive during pre-surgery routine screening, say private hospitals

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai With the city recording a surge in Covid cases over the past week, private hospitals are seeing incidental Covid hospitalisations, that is patients who are primarily admitted for surgery or other ailments testing positive as part of routine screening. They are Dr Pratit Samdani, internal physician and intensivist, Bhatia and Breach Candy Hospitals said, “Most of the Covid patients …

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tests Covid-19 positive, isolates herself
2 years, 7 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tests Covid-19 positive, isolates herself

India TV News  

Highlights Priyanka was in Lucknow on Wednesday to address a state-level 'Chintan Shivir' She returned to Delhi on Thursday and got herself tested for Covid A day earlier, Priyanka's mother had tested positive for coronavirus Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has tested positive for Covid-19, she informed via Twitter on Friday morning, adding that she has quarantined herself. A …

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

15 Telangana secretariat staff test Covid positive
2 years, 11 months ago

15 Telangana secretariat staff test Covid positive

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: As many as 15 employees working in various departments of the Secretariat located in BRKR Bhavan were tested positive for Covid including education secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania in the last two days. Sreenivasa Raju and health secretary Syed Ali Murtuza Rizvi were also tested positive but there was no official confirmation in this regard. Three employees working in the …

Health director, top officials test Covid positive in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Health director, top officials test Covid positive in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Director of public health and family welfare Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, education secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania and other officials in the Secretariat were tested positive for Covid-19. I am getting hospitalised and isolating myself for necessary symptomatic treatment.” Saying there was no need to be anxious or to worry about his health, Dr Rao said, “I request the people …

Karnataka: 140 Students In PES Engineering College Test Positive For Covid-19 In Mandya District
2 years, 11 months ago

Karnataka: 140 Students In PES Engineering College Test Positive For Covid-19 In Mandya District

ABP News  

New Delhi: As many as 140 engineering students have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Mandya district of Karnataka on Tuesday causing panic among the people. Earlier, a high alert was sounded in Mandya district when 84 devotees returning from Tamil Nadu after a pilgrimage to Om Shakthi temple were tested positive for Covid-19 in the first week of January. …

In 2 Weeks, Over 250 Doctors, Paramedics Test Positive for Covid-19 in Kashmir
2 years, 11 months ago

In 2 Weeks, Over 250 Doctors, Paramedics Test Positive for Covid-19 in Kashmir

News 18  

At least 250 doctors and paramedics of various hospitals across Kashmir have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last fortnight, an official said on Saturday. Over 250 doctors and paramedics of Government Medical College Srinagar and its associated hospitals tested positive for COVID-19 in last 15 days, professor and head of department, community medicine, GMC Srinagar, Dr Salim Khan said. …

Tamil Nadu: 58 Students & Staff Members Test Positive For Covid-19 At IIT-Madras
2 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 58 Students & Staff Members Test Positive For Covid-19 At IIT-Madras

ABP News  

Chennai: The IIT Madras management has identified a Covid-19 cluster after 58 students and staff members tested positive for coronavirus between January 5 & 9. In the first week of January, nearly 67 students tested positive in the Madras Insitute of Technology campus in Chromepet. Meanwhile, nearly 21 police personnel in the Greater Chennai Police limit tested positive for coronavirus …

Gujarat: Over 200 healthcare workers in 15 state-run hospitals test Covid positive
2 years, 11 months ago

Gujarat: Over 200 healthcare workers in 15 state-run hospitals test Covid positive

India TV News  

Highlights On Tuesday, Gujarat reported 7,476 new COVID-19 cases 154 healthcare workers who have tested positive for Covid belong to the public health sector the Gujarat government had extended the night curfew time in 10 cities by two hours on January 7 Gujarat is witnessing a spike in new coronavirus cases. According to the health department data, around 215 healthcare …

Coronavirus haunting the medicos of KMC, 42 medicos tested +ve for Covid
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus haunting the medicos of KMC, 42 medicos tested +ve for Covid

Deccan Chronicle  

Hanamkonda: For the past four days, coronavirus is haunting the medical students of Kakatiya Medical College by infecting as many as 42 members so far, which included professors and the principal of the college in the district. On Sunday five students tested positive and on Monday seven more did so, of which four were medical students, two professors and one …

Keerthy Suresh, Lata Mangeshkar, Sussanne Khan, Pooja Gor: Celebs who tested Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours
2 years, 11 months ago

Keerthy Suresh, Lata Mangeshkar, Sussanne Khan, Pooja Gor: Celebs who tested Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours

Hindustan Times  

Bollywood and television personalities, including singer Lata Mangeshkar, interior designer Sussanne Khan, actors Keerthy Suresh, Jitendra Joshi, Pooja Gor and Nehha Pendse tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Keerthy Suresh, Lata Mangeshkar, Sussanne Khan, and Pooja Gor have tested Covid-19 positive. Lata Mangeshkar: The 92-year-old singer tested positive for coronavirus along with mild symptoms and was admitted to the ICU …

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for Covid-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for Covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. In addition to the defence minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai and BJP president J.P. Nadda also tested positive. I request everyone who have recently come in my contact to isolate themselves and get tested.” Bihar Chief Minister’s office announced, “Chief …

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise on Sunday, with 1,79,339 new infections, taking the total number of active patients in India to over seven lakh. - AP Delhi Administration of precautionary dose of Covid vaccine begins in Delhi Amid a surging third wave of coronavirus infections, Delhi on Monday started administering a third or "precautionary dose" to people …

Covid-19 hits GVMC chief, frontline staff in Vizag
3 years ago

Covid-19 hits GVMC chief, frontline staff in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: The unconfirmed third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have hit the front-liners in Visakhapatnam. This apart, the Visakhapatnam district medical and health officer Tirupathi Rao also tested Covid-19 positive. A total of 839 Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours including 174 in Visakhapatnam district alone, the second-highest after Chittoor district which registered 175 …

NEET-PG Counselling : FORDA Approaches Supreme Court; Says Revision Of Reservation Criteria Now Will Delay Process
3 years ago

NEET-PG Counselling : FORDA Approaches Supreme Court; Says Revision Of Reservation Criteria Now Will Delay Process

Live Law  

The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association, India, through its President, Dr, Manish, has filed an application seeking the Supreme Court's indulgence to implead it as a party in the Writ Petition filed to challenge the provision of 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Section in the AIQ Scheme for UG and PG medical/dental courses from …

Third Covid wave in India: Over 1,000 doctors test positive across country
3 years ago

Third Covid wave in India: Over 1,000 doctors test positive across country

India TV News  

Highlights Omicron variant-led third Covid wave has arrived in the country More doctors getting infected with the disease has become a matter of concern Experts say Omicron is mild infection but one needs to remain cautious The third Covid wave led by the Omicron variant -- first discovered in South Africa -- is here in the country and cases are …

160 doctors across Delhi test positive for Covid-19
3 years ago

160 doctors across Delhi test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

At least 160 junior doctors across five Covid-19 hospitals in the national capital have either tested positive for Covid-19 or are suspected to have been infected over the last few days, the administration of these hospitals confirmed on Tuesday. At least 65 junior doctors tested positive for Covid at All India Institute of Medical Sciences over the last few days …

Maha minister Eknath Shinde, Sena MP Arvind Sawant test COVID-19 positive
3 years ago

Maha minister Eknath Shinde, Sena MP Arvind Sawant test COVID-19 positive

India TV News  

Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Tuesday said they have tested positive for COVID-19 and were undergoing treatment for the infection. Taking to Twitter, Shinde said, "I have tested positive for coronavirus and am undergoing medical treatment under the supervision of a doctor. In another tweet, Sawant said, "I have tested positive for Covid. More …

GHMC limits driving Covid surge in Telangana
3 years ago

GHMC limits driving Covid surge in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area appears to be driving the slow, but steady, surge in Covid cases in Telangana. In the state health department’s release for Saturday, GHMC limits reported 217 of the 317 new Covid infections across Telangana. While five days ago, on December 27, one in 187 people tested turned up being Covid-19 positive, it came …

Omicron tally goes up to 17 in Andhra Pradesh
3 years ago

Omicron tally goes up to 17 in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The tally of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus went up to 17, with the detection of a new case, that of a woman hailing from Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh who had returned from the UAE. State health authorities said that the woman passenger, who was 52 years old, had landed at the Bengaluru International Airport on December …

Himachal Pradesh: 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19
3 years ago

Himachal Pradesh: 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19

India TV News  

Highlights 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19 With this, the total number of active cases in Bilaspur district rose to 30 The sample of 70 students of primary school has also been taken, reports awaited At least 23 students of a school in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district have tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Covid-19 samples …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 2 Foreign Returnees Test Covid Positive in MP; Samples Sent for Genome Sequencing
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 2 Foreign Returnees Test Covid Positive in MP; Samples Sent for Genome Sequencing

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has decided to reduce the production of Covishield by at least 50 per cent starting next week as the pharmaceutical firm has no further orders from the Centre for the Covid-19 vaccine. Days after favouring a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine for people above 40 years as low levels of …

Special wards, enhanced testing: Tamil Nadu govt gears up to tackle Omicron
3 years, 1 month ago

Special wards, enhanced testing: Tamil Nadu govt gears up to tackle Omicron

India Today  

More amenities, including special wards in public sector hospitals and enhanced surveillance and testing are among the several measures taken by authorities aimed at tackling the challenge of Omicron, not detected yet in the state, the Tamil Nadu government said on Monday. Inspecting 50 beds set apart as a precautionary measure at the Omandurar Medical College Hospital, a state-run multi …

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar
3 years, 1 month ago

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: In an alarming development, 48 medical college students at the Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Karimnagar were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, in what is being billed as the single biggest outbreak of the disease in a medical college in Telangana state. District medical and health officer Dr Juveria told told this newspaper …

Karnataka: 15 students from nursing college test positive for Covid-19
3 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka: 15 students from nursing college test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

As many as 15 more students have tested positive for the coronavirus disease in two nursing colleges in Karnataka's Tumkur, the district health officer told news agency ANI on Wednesday. This comes a day after 13 students of a government-run residential hostel in Hassan district and seven medical college students in Chamarajanagar tested positive for the coronavirus disease. Karnataka chief …

COVID-19 | States gear up to implement new airport protocols
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 | States gear up to implement new airport protocols

The Hindu  

States across the country have scurried to implement the testing, tracing and quarantine for international passengers from a few countries where the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been recorded, on advice from the Union Ministry of Health. The list of countries at risk is available in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website ; passengers coming from these …

14 Students of Punjab's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Test Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 1 month ago

14 Students of Punjab's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Test Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Recently, 14 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Waring Khera village in Punjab’s Muktsar district tested positive for the Covid-19. A few days back, 29 students of a government-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana’s Khammam district tested COVID-19 positive. Read| Maharashtra Health Dept Gives Nod to Reopening Schools But Not Before Vaccinating Kids Alarmed by …

65 nursing students from Kerala test Covid-19 positive in a college in Kolar, Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

65 nursing students from Kerala test Covid-19 positive in a college in Kolar, Karnataka

Op India  

People travelling from Kerala, the epicentre of Covid-19 in the country, have now become a source of a fresh wave of infections across several states, especially the neighbouring states such as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. According to the reports, as many as 65 students from Kerala have tested positive for Covid-19 in a nursing college in Kolar, Karnataka, creating panic …

Viral fever raises COVID-19 threat among children
3 years, 5 months ago

Viral fever raises COVID-19 threat among children

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Adolescents and children usually suffer from viral fevers, flu and other infectious diseases during monsoons, but with the ongoing pandemic, there is growing fear among people of possible Covid-19 infection in children. Paediatric hospitals in the city, in the last one week to 10 days, reported several cases of viral fevers, flu, dengue, malaria and other infectious diseases. Dr …

India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again
3 years, 5 months ago

India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again

Firstpost  

The Wuhan university student, who hails from Kerala’s Thrissur district, had tested positive for coronavirus in January last year Thrissur: A woman medico, who was India’s first COVID-19 case, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said in Thrissur on Tuesday. She is asymptomatic,” Thrissur DMO Dr KJ Reena told PTI. It was on 30 January, 2020 that …

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules

Dutch News  

The number of positive coronavirus tests soared to 5,475 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, leaving the government considering bringing back some of the measures which were abandoned last month. Although the rise in positive tests has not yet translated into an increase in hospital admissions, ‘things are going fast’, health minister Hugo de Jonge said in an initial …

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules

Dutch News  

The number of positive coronavirus tests soared to 5,475 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, leaving the government considering bringing back some of the measures which were abandoned last month. Although the rise in positive tests has not yet translated into an increase in hospital admissions, ‘things are going fast’, health minister Hugo de Jonge said in an initial …

67 healthcare workers across 5 Uttarakhand districts test positive for Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

67 healthcare workers across 5 Uttarakhand districts test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand administration on Friday informed that 67 healthcare workers have tested positive in the state as the second wave of coronavirus prevails in the country. Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in the state, the Uttarakhand government has restricted the entry of people into the state secretariat. According to the Director of State Medical and Health Department, Dr. SK Gupta, …

Prakash Javadekar, Randeep Surjewala, Digvijaya Singh among Several Leaders Test Positive for Coronavirus
3 years, 8 months ago

Prakash Javadekar, Randeep Surjewala, Digvijaya Singh among Several Leaders Test Positive for Coronavirus

News 18  

Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and urged those who came in contact with him in the last two-three days to get themselves tested. Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Digvjaya Singh tested positive for Covid19 on Friday. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, who is in Delhi, also announced this morning that he …

All Staffers at Residence of SC Judge Justice MR Shah Test Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 8 months ago

All Staffers at Residence of SC Judge Justice MR Shah Test Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Supreme Court judge Justice M R Shah Thursday said that all staff members at his official residence have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and things are getting scary. Justice Shah, who was sitting on the bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud, rose before the scheduled lunch break after telling the participants about the coronavirus infection of his staff …

Overwhelming number of Covid tests send labs on the edge, results delayed by three days in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow
3 years, 8 months ago

Overwhelming number of Covid tests send labs on the edge, results delayed by three days in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow

India Today  

With skyrocketing cases of coronavirus across the country, many major cities are suffering from unprecedented delays in the Covid-19 test results. MUMBAI WORST-HIT Mumbai turns out to be the worst hit among these three cities with a waiting period of three days and even more in some cases for a Covid test report. The situation was so frustrating that I …

Patients turning Covid positive post elective surgeries
3 years, 8 months ago

Patients turning Covid positive post elective surgeries

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Patients who clear the Covid-19 test before going for elective surgeries for kidney, liver and cardiac diseases are ending up testing positive in post-operative wards. A senior infection control specialist, who chose to remain anonymous, said, "These cases are being noted despite our infection control protocols, as the virus movement in the hospital air is high. Similarly, senior citizens …

35 AIIMS staff members including doctors, nurses test Covid positive
3 years, 9 months ago

35 AIIMS staff members including doctors, nurses test Covid positive

India TV News  

At least 35 staff members of the All India Institute of Medical Science have been found positive for coronavirus. Meanwhile, around 37 doctors of Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital have been found Covid-19 positive since March 2021. Amid the spike in the number of Covid-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday emphasised on the 'test track & …

40 doctors, most fully vaccinated, test COVID-19 positive at Lucknow's KGMU; test result of several awaited
3 years, 9 months ago

40 doctors, most fully vaccinated, test COVID-19 positive at Lucknow's KGMU; test result of several awaited

India TV News  

As many as 40 doctors, including Vice-Chancellor Lt Gen Vipin Puri, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at Lucknow's King George's Medical University. According to the details, the Vice-Chancellor was administered the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on March 25, yet he has now tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time since August last year. Commenting on …

102 Students, Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive in Andhra University, Hostel Made into Isolation Ward
3 years, 9 months ago

102 Students, Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive in Andhra University, Hostel Made into Isolation Ward

News 18  

Authorities have turned a hostel block of Andhra University Engineering College, Visakhapatnam into an isolation ward after 102 students have tested positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday. The Engineering College Covid-19 cluster came to light when over 50 students tested positive on Saturday. College authorities told The News Minute that as of Sunday 102 Covid-19 cases have been recorded on …

Students protest at Osmania seeking Covid testing, postponement of exams
3 years, 9 months ago

Students protest at Osmania seeking Covid testing, postponement of exams

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Over 200 students staged a protest at Osmania University on Friday seeking Covid-19 testing and postponement of exams, after they claimed that six students there tested positive for the coronavirus. After conducting tests for just 150 students, the university says it would not do further tests as we have exams the next day. Students said, “The university is neither …

57 Vedic School Students Test Positive for Coronavirus in Tirumala
3 years, 9 months ago

57 Vedic School Students Test Positive for Coronavirus in Tirumala

News 18  

As many as 57 students of a Vedic school at nearby Tirumala, home to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara, were found COVID-19 positive in rapid antigen tests on Wednesday, a temple official said. The students of Veda Vignana Peetham, administered by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, had been admitted to Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital here and …

COVID-19 roundup: Low-key Christmas observed, more UK returnees test positive; Centre to conduct vaccine dry runs
4 years ago

COVID-19 roundup: Low-key Christmas observed, more UK returnees test positive; Centre to conduct vaccine dry runs

Firstpost  

India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,01,46,845 on Friday with 23,067 new infections being reported in a day, while the total recoveries crossed 97 lakh, according to Union Health Ministry data Several states like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Assam reported UK returnees among new COVID-19 positive cases amid a countrywide effort to trace, isolate and curb the spread of a …

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