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HYDERABAD: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who was suffering from mild fever and other symptoms since Sunday, got himself tested for Covid-19 on Monday. Confirming the news, chief secretary Somesh Kumar told TOI that the CM is under home isolation on the […]
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HYDERABAD: Employees, age of 45 years above working in one of the major public utility departments, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB), will be vaccinated in a phased manner. With the second spell of Covid-19 pandemic cases are in full rise in the Hyderabad, the minister for municipal administration and urban development […]
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SAGAR (MP): A 40-year-old pulmonologist infected with Covid-19 was airlifted to Hyderabad from Bhopal on Monday morning for further treatment after an intervention by the Madhya Pradesh government, a doctor treating him here said. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked officials to arrange an air ambulance to send Dr Satyendra Mishra, working at a state-run […]
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HYDERABAD: As the coronavirus count in Telangana gallops to record numbers, the demand for medical oxygen is shooting through the roof. According to the latest market data, the price of both 10 litres and 47.2 litres cylinder (used in hospitals) has more than doubled with manufacturers charging Rs 25,000 (10 litres), up from Rs 9,400 […]
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HYDERABAD: With 2.75 lakh covid vaccines reaching the state on Sunday, the Covid-19 vaccination drive will continue throughout the state on Monday. “We are currently distributing the doses to districts. The vaccines received will be sufficient for two days. Vaccination will continue as usual on Monday,’ said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director (public health), Telangana. […]
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HYDERABAD: Breaking previous records for the fourth consecutive day, the number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in a single-day touched an all-time high of 5,093 on Sunday. On Saturday, 4,446 new cases were reported, while 3,840 cases were recorded on Friday and 3,307 cases on Thursday. The previous record was broken on each day. Also, […]
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HYDERABAD: A medical shop owner and his employee have been arrested for selling remdesivir injection at exorbitant price. According to Vanasthalipuram police, the accused were selling Rs 3,490 injection to customers for Rs 14,500. Acting on specific information, sub-inspector (SI) G Chaitanya Kumar Reddy along with his staff and witnesses conducted a raid at Raja […]
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HYDERABAD: With the second wave hitting hard, the popular annual exhibition, Numaish will likely be on hold indefinitely. The All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE) Society, a 17-member managing committee headed by minister for medical and health, Eatala Rajender, has advised to repay the deposits of stallholders after reviewing the pandemic situation. “With spike in cases, […]
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HYDERABAD: More than 50 employees working in various departments of the Secretariat located in BRKR Bhavan have tested positive for Covid-19 over the course past few weeks, according to officials. Chief secretary Somesh kumar has also tested positive. Employees from finance, municipal administration among other departments are under home isolation after testing positive. Employees said […]
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WARANGAL/MULUGU: Following the rise of Covid-19 cases in the agency district of Mulugu, district collector Krishna Aditya notified Ramachandrunipet village in Mangapet mandal of the district as a containment zone. In the village, 29 positive cases were reported soon after a 11-day ceremony attended by a family from Hyderabad. It created panic and about 250 […]
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