Date: 09.04.2021

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દેશમાં રસીકરણ કવાયત અંતર્ગત છેલ્લા 24 કલાકમાં 36 લાખથી વધારે ડોઝ આપવાથી કુલ રસીકરણ કવરેજનો આંકડો 9.43 કરોડથી વધારે થઇ ગયો,10 રાજ્યોમાં દૈનિક ધોરણે સતત વૃદ્ધિનું વલણ જોવા મળી રહ્યું છે,કુલ સક્રિય કેસોના ભારણમાંથી 73% દર્દીઓ માત્ર 5 રાજ્યોમાં જ છે

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ડો. હર્ષવર્ધનની અધ્યક્ષતામાં કોવિડ-19 પર મંત્રીસમૂહની 24મી બેઠક

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પ્રધાનમંત્રીએ કોવિડ-19ની પરિસ્થિતિ વિશે મુખ્યમંત્રીઓ સાથે સંવાદ કર્યો, દેશે પ્રથમ ચરણનું સર્વોચ્ચ શિખર પાર કર્યું છે અને વૃદ્ધિદર અગાઉની સરખામણીએ ઘણો વધારે છે: પ્રધાનમંત્રી

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તમામ રાજ્યો અને કેન્દ્ર શાસિત પ્રદેશોના મુખ્યમંત્રીઓ સાથે કોવિડ 19 ની પરિસ્થિતિની સમીક્ષા કરવા માટેની બેઠક ખાતે પ્રધાનમંત્રીની ટિપ્પણીનો મૂળપાઠ

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ડીએવાય-એનઆરએલએમએ એસએચજી સમૂહ નેટવર્ક દ્વારા ગ્રામીણ ક્ષેત્રોમાં કોવિડ રસીકરણને આગળ વધાર્યુ

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‘હોમિયોપેથી-એકીકૃત ચિકિત્સા માટે રોડમેપ’ વિષય પર બે દિવસીય સંમેલન યોજાશે

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કેન્દ્રીય નાણાં અને કોર્પોરેટ મામલાઓના મંત્રી શ્રીમતી નિર્મલા સીતારમણે વીડિયો કોન્ફરન્સિંગ દ્વારા ઈન્ટરનેશનલ મોનેટરી એન્ડ ફાઈનાન્સિયલ કમિટી (આઈએમએફસી)ની 103મી પ્લેનરી બેઠકમાં ભાગ લીધો

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આઈએનવાયએએસએ કોવિડ-19 રસીકરણ કાર્યક્રમ સાથે સંકળાયેલ ભ્રમણાઓને દૂર કરવા માટે રાષ્ટ્રવ્યાપી જનજાગૃતિ અભિયાન શરૂ કર્યુ

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ભારતીય રેલવેએ માગ અનુસાર ટ્રેનો ચલાવવાનું યથાવત્ રાખશે

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INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD OFFICES

• Kerala: State Health Minister KK Shailaja has said that the state has prepared an action plan to prevent the new surge of Covid cases. Speaking after a review meeting today, she said facilities for the treatment of critically ill patients will be enhanced in medical colleges. Necessary ICUs and ventilators will be set up. As the number of patients increase, CFLTCs will be augmented. The Minister said more than 95 percent of health workers have been vaccinated. A mass campaign will be launched for enhancing the vaccination drive. Meanwhile the health condition of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former CM Oommen Chandy who have been tested positive for Covid-19, are stable. The state confirmed 4353 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, with the death toll rising to 4728. The test positivity rate stands at 6.81.
• Tamil Nadu: Multiple restrictions will be reintroduced from April 10 to curb the steady increase in Covid-19 cases across Tamil Nadu, according to a government order issued. The Director of Government Examinations has issued guidelines for the conduct of practical examinations for students of Class 12 of State board schools. Chennai Corporation launches door-to-door fever survey in all localities. Health department has said Covid will reach its peak in April end in the State. As per Covid report on 08.04.2021, 4,276 persons contracted Covid-19 while 19 succumbed to the infection; 86,179 persons vaccinated. 1520 tested positive in Chennai.
• Karnataka: The state government on Thursday decided to impose ‘Corona Curfew’ in eight cities, including Bengaluru, for 10 days starting April 10, to contain the new wave of Covid-19. The night curfew will be in force on all days from 10 pm to 5 am. Health Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday said there is no shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in Karnataka, adding that about 25-30 lakh doses are still available in the state. Following the Union Government order, Health Minister tweeted that starting April 11, Covid-19 vaccinations will be carried out in all private and government workplaces which have at least 100 eligible beneficiaries above 45 years of age. Covid figures reported by State on 08.09.2021 are as follows: - New Cases Reported: 6570; Total Active Cases: 53395; New Covid Deaths: 36; Total Covid Deaths: 12767.
• Andhra Pradesh: State has reported as many as 2558 new Covid-19 infections taking the overall caseload to 9,15,832 cases; six more fatalities have been reported taking the toll to 7268 in the state. Upward trend of coronavirus cases has been witnessed in nine districts, each of which accounted for more than 130 new cases. Chittoor district topped the list with 465 new infections, followed by Guntur at 399.  Meanwhile, the recoveries stand at 8,93,651 including 915 on Thursday and active cases mounts to 14,913.  The state has conducted 1.53 crore tests till day including 31,268 in the last twenty-four hours. Health Minister Alla Nani said that at present there is no shortage of vaccine anywhere and informed that the government has put indent to the Centre for one crore vaccine doses.
• Telangana:   State issues orders instructing the officials to increase the number of RT-PCR tests – ensure 100 percent vaccination among all heath workers and frontline workers within a week, impose Rs.1000 fine on people who don’t wear mask in public places. The CM also announced that all teachers and other staff working in private schools in the state will be given Rs.2000 financial assistance and 25 Kgs rice per month till the schools are re-opened. Media reported that the number of daily positive cases in the state has been more than doubled within a week and mentioned that while the number of daily cases was 965 on 1st April and now it has increased to 2055.
• Assam: Even as the number of COVID-19 cases has again started increasing, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ruled out the possibility of imposing either lockdown or night curfew but added that testing will be ramped up. The total number of positive COVID cases detected in the state on Thursday stood at 245, of which 128 are from Kamrup Metro. Altogether, 22,888 tests were done.
• Manipur: Mass Covid vaccination campaign to be conducted in Manipur from April 11-14. Chief Minister N Biren Singh urged all eligible for vaccination to get vaccinated during the campaign in order to prevent a second wave of the pandemic. Five more air passengers found COVID-19 positive at Imphal airport. Manipur recorded 16 new COVID-19 positive cases and one death on Thursday. 961 more people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in the state. With it, the cumulative number of people vaccinated rose to 90,551, including 31,813 healthcare workers.
• Meghalaya: One person died after testing positive for COVID-19 taking the death toll in the state to 151. The State has also recorded 25 new COVID-19 cases and 1 recovery. The new cases include 20 from East Khasi Hills district, 2 from East Jaintia Hills district and 1 each from Ri Bhoi district, West Jaintia Hills district and West Khasi Hills District. So far, the State has detected a total of 14,165 COVID-19 cases out of which 131 are active cases, 13,833 recovered and 151 deaths. Amidst a slow but steady increase in COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya in what is being termed by many as a second wave, the Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers’ Association (KJDSTA) has asked the respective school authorities in the state to assess the situation for themselves and shut down the institutes if it is deemed necessary instead of waiting for the state government to take a call on the issue.
• Tripura: 37 People tested positive in last 24 hours. Deputy CM of the state also tested positive. Total cases stand at 116. Classes for 1 and 2 suspended from today while classes upto 4 to be on alternative days.
• Sikkim: Daily cases calm down to 6 new cases in Sikkim; 5,537 receive vaccine jabs. In the meanwhile, the number of recovered cases of COVID-19 in Sikkim further improved to 5,980 with two more recoveries recorded in the State.
• Sikkim’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has now reached 6,323 and there are currently 97 active cases of coronavirus in the State.
• Nagaland: Nagaland reports 5 new Covid cases. Active cases are 147 & total 12,381. A total of 1,06,199 doses of Covid vaccine inoculated so far.
• Maharashtra: As per the latest data released today, Maharashtra has administered the highest 93.38 lakh  jabs, comprising 84.35 lakh first doses and 9.03 lakh second doses, making it the top performer in absolute numbers.  Maharashtra is followed by Rajasthan at 88.07 lakh vaccinations and Gujarat with 84.75 lakh vaccinations till date.  Maharashtra has asked the Centre to supply 40 lakh doses of Covid vaccines per week and demanded that its vaccine needs should be addressed on priority as it is the worst affected state with over 5 lakh active Covid cases.
• Goa: Unable to identify Covid-19 strains in patients testing positive during the second Covid-19 wave in Goa, the State Government has decided to set up its own Genome Sequencing Laboratory.  State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said it is taking 10-15 days to get the samples tested at the Pune based National Institute of Virology, which is hampering treatment.  Goa Chief Minister Shri Pramod Sawant has said that ‘Tika Utsav’ will be held from 11-14 April at Panchayat levels to maximize vaccine coverage in the state.
• Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh government has planned to enforce a lockdown in four districts i.e. Ratlam, Betul, Katni and Khargone. While Ratlam and Betul will be locked down for nine days from 6 pm on Friday, Khargone and Katni will see restrictions for seven days beginning 9 pm and 6 pm respectively, from Friday.  The measure will be in addition to a 60-hour lockdown that has been put in place in all cities from 6 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday. However, essential services will remain unaffected by the curbs.    The state on Thursday reported  4324 fresh covid cases and 27 deaths

Chhattisgarh: Amidst rising Covid cases, the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education has postponed the Class 10 examinations, scheduled to be held from April 15 to May 1.  No decision on Class 12 exams, scheduled from May 3-24 has been taken yet.  The new dates for Class 10 examinations will be announced in due course.  Chhattisgarh on Thursday reported 9,242 new Covid cases and the number of active cases in the state has gone up to 68,125.

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