Coronavirus Chhattisgarh News

The Odisha government extends partial lockdown for two more weeks till July 1. The borders with Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand will now be openkeeping in mind the decline in the number of infections in these states. Here are the details

An Oxygen Express train with 64.55 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) left for Delhi from Chhattisgarh today as the demand for the life saving gas skyrocketted due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Indian Railways said.

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday issued an order to make the COVID-19 test mandatory for people coming from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the wake of a surge in coronavirus cases in these states.

Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have contributed to nearly 62 per cent of India''s active cases of the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has informed.

Worrying visuals have emerged of hundreds of people gathering without masks or social distancing for Chhattisgarh's annual Madai Mela amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A few hours of heavy rain on Friday flooded a government hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward in Chhattisgarh, where coronavirus cases have been on rise since September. The rain also disrupted the hospital's power supply forcing the staff to shift nine patients - six of them suspected to have Covid and three in need of oxygen - to another floor.

Amid reports of students dropping out of private schools during the coronavirus pandemic, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel asked collectors and district education officers to get information on the matter and implement remedial measures.

Ten districts in Chhattisgarh, including state capital Raipur, have been put under lockdown from today amid spike in COVID-19 cases in these districts. The state capital -- which has been reporting 900-1,000 daily cases -- has been declared a containment zone.

In Chhattisgarh's Balrampur, a woman in need of medical attention died on the road after the police allegedly refused to heed her husband's pleas to let them cross the district border and even showed them prescriptions and a hospital slip. The police said they have received a complaint in the matter, but refuted the claim.

At least 354 labourers from Chhattisgarh, stranded in Karnataka due to the coronavirus induced-lockdown, will reach Raipur by flight on Thursday and Friday, officials said.

The growth rate of coronavirus cases is down to nearly zero in the northeast states and under 3 per cent per day in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Haryana where cases are taking well over 20 days to double, data from the Union Health Ministry shows.

The growth rate of coronavirus cases is down to under 3 per cent per day in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Punjab where cases are taking well over 20 days to double, data from the Union Health Ministry shows. Conversely, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Odisha are currently at a worrying stage, the data reveals.

A 12-year-old girl died after making a 150-km trip on foot from Telangana to her native Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, desperate because of the extended nationwide lockdown to fight coronavirus. Jeeta Madkami, who worked in chilli fields to earn for her family, collapsed and died just an hour away from her village.

Amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, a heartbreaking video that shows bears searching for food has emerged online.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new virus may have brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh to name their newborn twins as 'Corona' and 'Covid'.

The Odisha government extends partial lockdown for two more weeks till July 1. The borders with Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand will now be openkeeping in mind the decline in the number of infections in these states. Here are the details

An Oxygen Express train with 64.55 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) left for Delhi from Chhattisgarh today as the demand for the life saving gas skyrocketted due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Indian Railways said.

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday issued an order to make the COVID-19 test mandatory for people coming from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the wake of a surge in coronavirus cases in these states.

Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have contributed to nearly 62 per cent of India''s active cases of the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has informed.

Worrying visuals have emerged of hundreds of people gathering without masks or social distancing for Chhattisgarh's annual Madai Mela amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A few hours of heavy rain on Friday flooded a government hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward in Chhattisgarh, where coronavirus cases have been on rise since September. The rain also disrupted the hospital's power supply forcing the staff to shift nine patients - six of them suspected to have Covid and three in need of oxygen - to another floor.

Amid reports of students dropping out of private schools during the coronavirus pandemic, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel asked collectors and district education officers to get information on the matter and implement remedial measures.

Ten districts in Chhattisgarh, including state capital Raipur, have been put under lockdown from today amid spike in COVID-19 cases in these districts. The state capital -- which has been reporting 900-1,000 daily cases -- has been declared a containment zone.

In Chhattisgarh's Balrampur, a woman in need of medical attention died on the road after the police allegedly refused to heed her husband's pleas to let them cross the district border and even showed them prescriptions and a hospital slip. The police said they have received a complaint in the matter, but refuted the claim.

At least 354 labourers from Chhattisgarh, stranded in Karnataka due to the coronavirus induced-lockdown, will reach Raipur by flight on Thursday and Friday, officials said.

The growth rate of coronavirus cases is down to nearly zero in the northeast states and under 3 per cent per day in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Haryana where cases are taking well over 20 days to double, data from the Union Health Ministry shows.

The growth rate of coronavirus cases is down to under 3 per cent per day in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Punjab where cases are taking well over 20 days to double, data from the Union Health Ministry shows. Conversely, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Odisha are currently at a worrying stage, the data reveals.

A 12-year-old girl died after making a 150-km trip on foot from Telangana to her native Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, desperate because of the extended nationwide lockdown to fight coronavirus. Jeeta Madkami, who worked in chilli fields to earn for her family, collapsed and died just an hour away from her village.

Amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, a heartbreaking video that shows bears searching for food has emerged online.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new virus may have brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh to name their newborn twins as 'Corona' and 'Covid'.