OMC may postpone exams after two more medicos test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

OMC may postpone exams after two more medicos test positive for coronavirus

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The number of Osmania Medical College students who have tested positive rose to eight on Saturday. Two hundred PG students, 100 of them women, staying in the new hostel of the college are being tested for Covid 19. Among those who tested positive are gynaecology PGs, three from the ENT department, a skin specialists and two from the surgery department. The heads of departments are following up with Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences for postponing the exams scheduled on June 20.

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Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say

Dutch News  

The government’s coronavirus advisory team says mass testing at regional centres can be wound down and that the recommendation to use self tests if people have symptoms can be dropped. In its 146th set of recommendations since the pandemic began three years ago, the Outbreak Management Team says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its sub variants is now …

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say

Dutch News  

The government’s coronavirus advisory team says mass testing at regional centres can be wound down and that the recommendation to use self tests if people have symptoms can be dropped. In its 146th set of recommendations since the pandemic began three years ago, the Outbreak Management Team says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its sub variants is now …

Omicron variant Updates: Maharashtra permits restaurants, theatres to operate at 50% capacity
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron variant Updates: Maharashtra permits restaurants, theatres to operate at 50% capacity

India TV News  

All universities, colleges, polytechnics, ITIs, Training institutes and other institutes of higher education will re-open in Chandigarh from Tuesday, said an order from the Directorate of Higher Education of the Union Territory.Institutional institutions will open only for academic and related activities. COVID-19 appropiate behaviour like social distancing, mask-wearing, hand hygiene and sanitisation will have to be followed in the institution …

Omicron variant Updates: Delhi logs 13,785 fresh cases, 35 deaths, positivity rate at 23.8%
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron variant Updates: Delhi logs 13,785 fresh cases, 35 deaths, positivity rate at 23.8%

India TV News  

Omicron Variant LIVE Updates: Indian Council of Medical Research's Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Dr Samiran Panda on Tuesday said that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is gradually replacing the Delta variant in many states across the country. Speaking with news agency ANI, Dr Panda said, "We are seeing a change in India that Omicron is gradually replacing Delta …

Cancel Board Exams 2022, Demand Students as Covid Cases Increase
2 years, 11 months ago

Cancel Board Exams 2022, Demand Students as Covid Cases Increase

News 18  

As the Covid-19 cases continue to rise and restrictions continue to be imposed across states, the demand to defer board exams for this year has also continued to see an increase, in different parts of the country. Consider mental health!— Muskan January 11, 2022 Read|Will Omicron Delay Board Exams 2022? !— A Student January 10, 2022 Class 10th and 12th …

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

Coronavirus cases surge in under-30s, one in seven have been infected before
3 years ago

Coronavirus cases surge in under-30s, one in seven have been infected before

Dutch News  

More than 200,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in the first full week of January, a record figure and 77% higher than the previous week. The latest weekly bulletin from the public health agency RIVM shows the Omicron variant causing a surge in infections, but hospital admissions are continuing to decline steadily. More than one in three tests was positive, …

Omicron boosts new coronavirus cases 35% in a week
3 years ago

Omicron boosts new coronavirus cases 35% in a week

Dutch News  

After a month of decline, the number of positive coronavirus tests in the Netherlands is rising again, public health institute RIVM said in its latest weekly update on Tuesday. In total, 113,554 positive tests were reported in the week to Tuesday morning, a rise of 35% on the previous week. Some 31% of tests carried out at regional health board …

Omicron boosts new coronavirus cases 35% in a week
3 years ago

Omicron boosts new coronavirus cases 35% in a week

Dutch News  

After a month of decline, the number of positive coronavirus tests in the Netherlands is rising again, public health institute RIVM said in its latest weekly update on Tuesday. In total, 113,554 positive tests were reported in the week to Tuesday morning, a rise of 35% on the previous week. Some 31% of tests carried out at regional health board …

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 …

Outbreak Team to discuss additional coronavirus measures
3 years ago

Outbreak Team to discuss additional coronavirus measures

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team, a collection of experts advising the government on its coronavirus policy, will meet on Friday to discuss the current state of the pandemic in the Netherlands. “Next week, the OMT will weigh the latest research results, and will advise us whether additional precautionary measures should be taken to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant,” …

Jaipur: All 9 Omicron patients test Covid negative, discharged
3 years, 1 month ago

Jaipur: All 9 Omicron patients test Covid negative, discharged

India Today  

All the nine people who were infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Jaipur last week have tested negative and were discharged from the RUHS hospital. Their blood, CT scan and other tests are normal, according to the state health department. Samples of 34 people were sent for genome sequencing and nine were found to be positive for Omicron, …

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 …

Coronavirus | Centre tightens rules for overseas travellers over Omicron risk
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus | Centre tightens rules for overseas travellers over Omicron risk

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday revised guidelines mandating that all international passengers entering India have to submit 14-day travel details and upload a negative RT-PCR test report on the Air Suvidha portal before the journey. Earlier the Central Government in a release issued following a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, said it will review “the decision on …

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 …

AIIMS postpones professional exams for different courses amid Covid-19 surge
3 years, 8 months ago

AIIMS postpones professional exams for different courses amid Covid-19 surge

India Today  

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi has decided to postpone the professional exams for several courses offered by the institute in view of the sudden rise in Covid-19 cases across the country in the past few months. AIIMS has further postponed viva voce and practical exams for fellowship programmes due to the current Covid-19 crisis across the …

Overwhelming number of Covid tests send labs on the edge, results delayed by three days in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow
3 years, 9 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 …

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 …

Maharashtra: No Class X, XII exams of state board before May 2021, says minister
4 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra: No Class X, XII exams of state board before May 2021, says minister

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad on Friday said the examinations of Class X and XII conducted by the state board will not be held before May 2021 instead of February or March due to the prevailing coronavirus situation. "The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will not be able to conduct the exams of Class …

Appearing for Exams Amid Coronavirus? Here's the Guidelines SSC Has Asked You to Follow
4 years, 3 months ago

Appearing for Exams Amid Coronavirus? Here's the Guidelines SSC Has Asked You to Follow

News 18  

The Staff Selection Committee has released the guidelines for the computer-based tests that are to be held in October and November. Those appearing for the exam will have to carry a filled COVID-19 self-declaration form along with admit card and a valid ID proof. In the self-declaration form, candidates will have to fill their roll number, name, exam name, exam …

Teachers likely to get priority at coronavirus test centres
4 years, 4 months ago

Teachers likely to get priority at coronavirus test centres

Dutch News  

The cabinet had decided that some healthcare and education personnel should be given priority at coronavirus test centres but details are still being worked out, broadcaster NOS said on Friday. Teaching staff at primary and secondary schools, but not college, university or daycare staff, would be allowed to jump waiting lists to offset unnecessary school closures, NOS said. Officials are …

Final semester exams to be held by Sept 30 as per UGC guidelines: Odisha govt
4 years, 4 months ago

Final semester exams to be held by Sept 30 as per UGC guidelines: Odisha govt

India TV News  

Odisha government has decided to complete all the final semester examinations of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in varsities by September 30 and announce results before October 31 as per the UGC guideline. Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, who has tested positive for COVID-19 is and in home isolation, said the examinations can be held offline/online/blended/multiple-choice/open book/OMR mode according to …

'Health Over Exams': Why NEET-JEE Exams Should Be Postponed?
4 years, 4 months ago

'Health Over Exams': Why NEET-JEE Exams Should Be Postponed?

Live Law  

The recent MHA Guidelines dt 31/07/2020 also has suggested to keep the educational institutions shut till 31st August and there is no clarity if the exams are going to be conducted or not. In this situation of COVID -19, it is not a feasible option for students to sit and give exams Many of the students have returned to their …

Breaking: AYUSH Doctors Working As 'Frontline Corona Warriors' Approach SC Seeking Postponement Of PG Entrance Test [AIAPGET 2020]
4 years, 4 months ago

Breaking: AYUSH Doctors Working As 'Frontline Corona Warriors' Approach SC Seeking Postponement Of PG Entrance Test [AIAPGET 2020]

Live Law  

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking postponement of AIAPGET-2020 Examination scheduled to be conducted on on 29th August.17 doctors have approached the Apex Court against the conduct of All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test -2020 on 29.08.2020, despite alarming spurt of COVID-19 pandemic. 17 doctors have approached the Apex Court against the conduct of All …

Change in Covid-19 Testing Timings in Govt Centres Irks Hyderabad Residents
4 years, 5 months ago

Change in Covid-19 Testing Timings in Govt Centres Irks Hyderabad Residents

News 18  

Frequent modifications to the coronavirus testing policy have been a cause of worry for the people of the state. Against this backdrop, the recent change in the timings of Covid-19 testing across all centres outside government-run hospitals has further inconvenienced the residents. A health department source told ToI that this was initiated due to the fact that the coronavirus bulletin …

Medical students demand cancellation/postponement of exams amid COVID-19 pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Medical students demand cancellation/postponement of exams amid COVID-19 pandemic

India TV News  

Medical students from across the country are continuing their demand for the postponement or cancellation of MBBS exams. The demand to postpone or call off medical exams comes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as students are raising their voice citing the risks of catching infections amid exams. Other than the risk of contracting the coronavirus, medical students studying …

IP University postpones pen and paper exam for final year students
4 years, 6 months ago

IP University postpones pen and paper exam for final year students

India Today  

Amid ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, GGSIPU has decided to postpone the pen and paper term end exams for the final year students. The decision for the new dates of the examination shall be intimated on the university website in the due course of time " Students are requested to visit the official website of IP …

24 PUC exam students home quarantined after student's father tested coronavirus positive
4 years, 6 months ago

24 PUC exam students home quarantined after student's father tested coronavirus positive

India Today  

The pending Pre-University Education,, the exam was conducted in Bangalore, Karnataka, on June 18, 2020. In short, as many as 24 students are asked to stay under home quarantine as one of the student's father tested coronavirus positive. The student, whose father was tested coronavirus positive, took the second PU exam on Thursday and now has been tested negative for …

Professors packed off to quarantine at Hyderabad\'s Osmania Medical College
4 years, 7 months ago

Professors packed off to quarantine at Hyderabad\'s Osmania Medical College

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Professors of Hyderabad's Osmania Medical College have been ordered into quarantine after several post-graduate students and interns there tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week. With dozens of junior doctors and professors testing positive or referred to quarantine, teaching hospitals in Hyderabad will have to function with only 50 per cent of their staff. Doctors are Osmania …

COVID-19 explodes among doctors in Hyderabad
4 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 explodes among doctors in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A total of 48 post-graduate doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in Hyderabad. Two doctors from Gandhi Medical College also tested positive on Thursday, and the hospital now has four physicians stricken with COVID-19. After the spread of the coronavirus in the medical community became public this week, the state government of Telangana finally issued orders for …

17 medics at Hyderabad's NIMS hospital test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

17 medics at Hyderabad's NIMS hospital test positive for coronavirus

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Thirteen post-graduate doctors, one gynaecology professor and three healthcare workers at Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Seven post-graduates of Osmania Medical College, two of Gandhi Medical College, four of NIMS have also tested positive, taking the total number of doctors affected to 25 in government hospitals. This calls for mass screening of all …

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 …

Covid flare-up at Hyderabad medical college: Students hid symptoms to study for exams
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid flare-up at Hyderabad medical college: Students hid symptoms to study for exams

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two post-graduate doctors and an MBBS student of Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad have tested positive for Covid-19, and 30 inmates of their hostel have been quarantined. According to sources, the heads of departments of Osmania Medical College got into action and started checking on those who suffered from symptoms. A resident doctor said on condition of anonymity, “Why …

Outsiders coming to Hyderabad to undergo Covid testing
4 years, 8 months ago

Outsiders coming to Hyderabad to undergo Covid testing

Deccan Chronicle  

In Telangana, not only those coming from abroad, those coming from Mumbai too are being tested for coronavirus after it was found that three members of a family who returned to the city had tested positive on Thursday. The patients coming from abroad via special flights will undergo sample testing. Asymptomatic patients will be kept in government identified hotels and …

Coronavirus outbreak: Decision about college exams only after UGC directions, says Uday Samant
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Decision about college exams only after UGC directions, says Uday Samant

India Today  

In view of the coronavirus crisis, the decision about when to hold university and college examinations in Maharashtra will be taken after instructions come from the University Grants Commission, state minister Uday Samant said on Friday. No decision had been taken about conducting examinations online, said Samant, minister for Higher and Technical Education, in a statement here. Setting up of …

Delhi’s state cancer institute shut after a doctor tested positive of Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Delhi’s state cancer institute shut after a doctor tested positive of Coronavirus

Op India  

The Delhi State Cancer Institute has been shut to suspend the hospital’s out-patient clinics for the purpose of sanitizing the premises after one of its doctors has been tested positive for coronavirus. His wife and child are admitted to nearby Lok Nayak hospital near Delhi gate after having tested positive. An official of the Delhi government health department said that …

AIIMS PG Entrance Exam 2020 postponed amid coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

AIIMS PG Entrance Exam 2020 postponed amid coronavirus outbreak

India Today  

In view of evolving situation related to Covid-19 outbreak, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has postponed the AIIMS PG Entrance Examination for July 2020 session and AIIMS Professional/Final Examinations 2020 schedule to be held in the month of May 2020. According to official notice, the revised dates for conduct of the AIIMS PG and Professional Exams 2020 will …

Mumbai: Class 10th student tests positive for coronavirus, 36 at risk
4 years, 9 months ago

Mumbai: Class 10th student tests positive for coronavirus, 36 at risk

India Today  

A 15-year old boy from Mumbai tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. As it turned out he was appearing for his SSC board exams, along with 36 other students at an exam centre in south Mumbai, before he tested positive. After he tested positive, MCGM swung into action on Tuesday and made a list of all the students who appeared …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Tamil Nadu 11th Public exam postponed, 12th Public exam conducted today
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Tamil Nadu 11th Public exam postponed, 12th Public exam conducted today

India Today  

Directorate of Technical Education is conducting the 12th Public exam as per schedule today, while the 11th Public exam has been postponed till mid- April. The 11th Public exam was scheduled to be conducted on March 26, 2020 but the decision to postpone it was taken by the authorities as Section 144 was imposed in all districts of the state …

West Bengal HSC Examination postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

West Bengal HSC Examination postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

India TV News  

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, West Bengal Secondary Education Board has decided to postpone the Higher Secondary Examination to avoid transmission among students. In view of the prevailing situation, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education has been asked to postpone the examinations which are yet to be held, till April 15, education minister Partha Chatterjee told …

Coronavirus: Aligarh Muslim University postpones all exams, fresh dates to be announced soon
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Aligarh Muslim University postpones all exams, fresh dates to be announced soon

India Today  

The Aligarh Muslim University on Thursday postponed all university examinations scheduled till April 2 in view of the coronavirus pandemic. "All examinations scheduled till April 2 have been postponed and fresh dates for these examinations will be announced later," AMU spokesperson Omar Peerzada said. Coronavirus outbreak: Maulana Azad Library closed The Maulana Azad Library on the campus has also been …

Coronavirus outbreak: HRD ministry issues new list of guidelines for universities
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: HRD ministry issues new list of guidelines for universities

India Today  

UGC has been issuing coronavirus advisories from time-to-time for universities and their affiliated colleges regarding coronavirus tips to be undertaken in the wake of Novel Coronavirus. The Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, has informed that adequate precautionary measures are to be taken by the institutions to face the situation arising out of COVID-19. All universities and colleges …

SSC CHSL 10+2 exams postponed amid COVID-19 outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

SSC CHSL 10+2 exams postponed amid COVID-19 outbreak

India TV News  

The Staff Selection Commission on Thursday postponed its key recruitment examinations as a preventive measure to check the spread of novel coronavirus. "As a precautionary measure, in view of the emergent situation due to COVID-19, it has been decided by the Commission, in the larger public interest, to postpone the ongoing Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination, 2O19 with effect from …

Coronavirus Outbreak: AMU postpones all exams scheduled till April 2
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: AMU postpones all exams scheduled till April 2

India TV News  

The Aligarh Muslim University on Thursday postponed all university examinations scheduled till April 2 in view of the coronavirus pandemic. "All examinations scheduled till April 2 have been postponed and fresh dates for these examinations will be announced later," AMU spokesperson Omar Peerzada said. Peerzada said school children and girl students should travel only after duly informing their parents or …

Coronavirus: 26-year-old tests positive for COVID-19 in Noida; total in city rises to 4
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: 26-year-old tests positive for COVID-19 in Noida; total in city rises to 4

India TV News  

Another confirmed case of coronavirus was reported from Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Wednesday. Earlier today, a confirmed case of coronavirus was reported from Lucknow, where a junior doctor treating COVID-19 patients tested positive. The junior doctor who tested positive was a part of the medical team that is treating the two Corona positive patients in the KGMU. Meanwhile, King George's …

Students till class 8 to be promoted to next class without exams in UP
4 years, 9 months ago

Students till class 8 to be promoted to next class without exams in UP

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government in the wake of coronavirus outbreak has decided to promote students till class 8th of all government primary schools in Uttar Pradesh to the next class without examinations. The directive to this effect was issued by Additional Chief Secretary Renuka Kumar on March 17, 2020. Additional Chief Secretary Renuka Kumar issued orders to all BSAs of …

Coronavirus: Higher education exams in UP as per schedule
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Higher education exams in UP as per schedule

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday informed that higher education examinations will take place as per schedule. "Any exams in the higher education institutions which are fixed between March 16 to March 22 will take place as per schedule," said Monika Garg, principal secretary of Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Department. Central Government to treat coronavirus as a "notified disaster" In …

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