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Delhi to give free Covid shot to 18 +: Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said Delhi will provide free of cost vaccination to everyone above 18 years of age. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He said Covid-19 has begun to affect also those below 18 years of age. If these vaccines are effective for their age group, or any special vaccines can be manufactured for children, the Central government should allow the administration of vaccines to children below 18 years. SPONSORED: 2…

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Mismatch between virtual oxygen help, ground reality in Okhla If you are regular on Facebook and WhatsApp and reside in Okhla, you get a feeling that Covid patients and their relatives are facing no hardship due to setting up of helpline and claims by many, including some leaders and Muslim religious organisations, of helping people with oxygen, medicines and plasma. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY However, the ground reality is just the opposite. Many Okhla residents in look for oxygen have informed the OT…

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SDMC deploys 80 auto tippers to lift bio-medical waste from homes of Covid patients: Mayor Anamika  Mayor Anamika today said the SDMC has taken additional measures to lift bio-medical waste and municipal solid waste (MSW) from the homes of Covid positive patients. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  A total of 80 auto tippers have been deployed especially for this work, it said. Nearly 250 kilograms bio-medical waste and nearly 200 metric tonnes of MSW have been lifted till Sunday from homes where Covid patients are at isolation,…

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Formed 8-point programme to assist Covid patients, launches Covid Relief Task Force in Okhla: Jamaat Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) president Syed Sadatullah HusaIni, along with the Students Islamic Organisation, (SIO) president today launched a here countrywide network – Covid Relief Task Force for timely providing help to Covid-19 affected people. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house Through this network, the SIO will provide information related to oxygen, hospital beds, plasma, medicines and other health requirements to corona patients quickly, it said. “For this purpose, a 24/7 helpline has been…

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Afshan, wife of ex-AMU V-C & MANUU Delhi incharge, no more The death of Afshan Rehman on April 24, Assistant Registrar and In-charge, Regional Centre Delhi located in Okhla, was mourned online. She was 59 years. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY She has left behind two sons Moiz Rahman and Monis Rahman. She was the wife of late Dr Mahmoodur Rahman (IAS Retd) & former Vice-Chancellor Aligarh Muslim University. Afshan joined MANUU on December 2, 2005 as Assistant Registrar at Regional Centre, Mumbai. She was rendering her services…

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No need to panic, 90% of Covid patients will recover at home: Dr Naresh Trehan As soon as your RT-PCR report comes positive, my advice would be to consult your local doctor, said Dr Naresh Trehan of Medanta – The Medicity, adding that all doctors nowadays know the protocol and will begin your treatment accordingly. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  He said 90 per cent of those who have contracted the viral disease will recover at home if they take their medication on time The doctor was…

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Delhi’s Covid positivity rate 36%-37%, shortage of oxygen still there: Kejriwal During this lockdown we observed the positivity rate touched between 36-37 per cent, according to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  “This is a new statistic for Delhi. Perhaps this has happened somewhere in the world, but we had not observed this before. The positivity rate has reduced a bit in the last 2-3 days, with the rate coming to below 30 per cent today. This is not to say that the…

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This AFE resident running from pillar to post since Saturday night for oxygen with no success After a resident’s oxygen level dipped on Saturday evening, his family members in Abul Fazal Enclave have been running from pillar to post to lay hands at oxygen cylinder but with no success. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  “I approached everybody in Okhla. From social media I got a few numbers of activists and leaders who have claimed to have been providing oxygen. All of them said they don’t have oxygen.…

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Jamia PRO Azeem Covid positive, hospitalised Ahmad Azeem, PRO-cum-Media Coordinator, of Jamia Millia Islamia, has tested Covid positive and hospitalised, claim sources. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  Azeem told the OT over phone that he was unwell and hospitalised in Majeeda hospital and feeling better after days of treatment. Several Jamia staffers have been tested Covid positive in the second wave of coronvirus which has created havoc in the national Capital claiming several lives. Delhi recorded 357 deaths in the last 24 hours, highest ever in a…

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said Covid continues to wreak havoc in the city and that public opinion favoured extending the lockdown. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  Kejriwal said the Delhi government has begun a portal for oxygen management to record the status of oxygen supply from manufacturers to hospitals every two hours; hospitals will have to give their consumption data in the last two hours and the supplier has to tell how much was supplied in that period. He said though the Centre has…

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