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Tirath Singh Rawat’s four-month stint as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand has been marked by controversies since he replaced Trivendra Singh Rawat on March 10. No Need for Covid-19 Reports for Maha Kumbh Pilgrims Tirath Singh Rawat again courted controversy on March 14 after he announced removing all “unnecessary” restrictions to Maha Kumbh pilgrims, scrapping the requirement for a negative Covid-19 …

Panel to probe charges of fake Covid testing by private lab during Kumbh Mela

The Haridwar District Magistrate has ordered a probe into allegations of fake Covid-19 tests conducted by a private lab during the Maha Kumbh Mela. Organisers of the Maha Kumbh Mela hired another nine private labs for the purpose. READ: Kumbh Mela returnee suspected to have passed Covid to 31 people in Bangalore According to officials, the private labs were issued …

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Nepal's fight against Covid second wave crippled by vaccine, oxygen shortage

Nepal, which is currently witnessing more than 9,000 new Covid-19 cases daily, is reeling under a health crisis with limited medical facilities, shortage of oxygen and short supply of vaccines. Once India stopped vaccine export to deal with its domestic need amid a raging second wave, Nepal has been caught in a bind. Nepal reels under Covid second wave Reeling …

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Opaqueness in India’s National Task Force for COVID-19 shows the government did not prepare for the second wave of the pandemic

WHO is the Indian equivalent of Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the President of the United States? On that day Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan famously said: “We are in the endgame of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, and to succeed at this stage, we need to follow three steps: Keep politics out of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, …

Two-month ban on all indoor gatherings to contain spread of Covid-19, recommends Lancet's India Task Force

There should be a complete ban on indoor gatherings for at least two months, the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force has said in a report. "We strongly recommend a temporary ban on gatherings of groups larger than 10 for the next two months," says the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force. The Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force also …