China puts Covid patients & their contacts in metal boxes, causes outrage

China is following a ‘zero-Covid‘ policy to contain the Covid-19 outbreak and as part of the policy People – Covid-19 patients and contacts are being compelled to stay in cramped metal boxes and isolate. As per reports, whether it’s pregnant women, children, or the elderly, people are being forced to stay in cramped boxes even […]

Chinese cities under lockdown amid Omicron scare

Amid concern over the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid -19 may threaten the country’s “zero COVID” strategy, several cities in China have been put under strict lockdown with hundreds of thousands of its residents undergoing mass testing. Cities in central Henan province, and the northern municipality of Tianjin near Beijing, have reported local […]

Tripura government announces night curfew amid Covid surge

In accordance with the new COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Tripura government, the night curfew came into effect across the state on Monday. The night curfew, from 9pm to 5am, will be in place till January 20. During the curfew hours, police are also seen keeping a close eye on the streets. Officer-in-charge of West […]

NEET-PG counselling 2021-22 to begin from Jan 12

Counselling for medical admissions under the National Eligibility/Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) will start on January 12, 2022. This was informed in a tweet by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya today. “NEET-PG counselling is being started by MCC from January 12, 2022, following the order of the Supreme Court, as assured by the Ministry of Health […]

Winter vacation for schools in Meghalaya extended till Jan 24

In view of the increasing COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya, the State Government has decided to extend the winter vacation for schools in the state till January 24. This was informed by the state Education Minister, Lahkmen Rymbui. The ongoing winter vacation was supposed over by January 10, but it has now been extended until January […]

Assam’s Covid cases on rise, 591 new infections in 24 hours 

Assam’s Covid-19 case tally is steadily rising with a total of 591 fresh cases detected in the last 24 hours. With this, the State currently has 1,979 active Covid-19 cases. The Covid caseload of the state currently stands at 6,22,488. Out of the fresh cases, a total of 279 cases have been detected in Kamrup […]

Meghalaya: RT PCR Tests Mandatory to at state entry points

Meghalaya Deputy Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday clarified that the RTPCR test report is mandatory at all the entry points of Meghalaya to safeguard the people of the State and keep them safe, healthy, infection-free, and away from the transmission. He was replying to queries on the need for a negative RT-PCR test irrespective of […]

India’s Omicron tally approaching 2000 mark

A total of 1,892 cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been reported from across 23 states and union territories so far. 766 of the total cases of Omicron have recovered or migrated. Maharashtra has topped the list with 568 cases, followed by Delhi (382), Kerala (185), Rajasthan (174), Gujarat (152), and Tamil Nadu […]

Assam begins vaccination drive against Covid for 15-18 age group

Joining the rest of India, Assam has also begun vaccinating teenagers in the 15 to 18 age group against Covid-19 from today. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma formally launched the vaccination campaign at the OIL Higher Secondary School in Duliajan in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh district. Notably, Dibrugarh District Immunization Officer informed that around 85,000 […]