Covid 19 In Punjab

Punjab has no plans to impose a night curfew in view of rising Omicron cases, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, OP Soni said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday that he was not in favour of refusing hospital care to any patient coming to Punjab from other states for treatment amid surge in coronavirus cases.

Punjab today extended its Covid-19 curbs till April 10 as the number of cases and fatalities continued to escalate. The UK strain of the virus has emerged as the most prevalent among all in the state, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said today, directing the Health Department to hike the number of vaccination sites.

Eight states including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab have reported a high number of daily COVID-19 cases and account for 84.5 per cent of the 68,020 fresh cases recorded in the country in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered massive state-wide restrictions beginning Saturday which include closing of all educational institutions till the end of the month and restrictions on cinema and mall capacities.

Ola’s services will resume in more cities across India today, including the states of Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (except Chennai), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Assam.

State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi took part in a cremation ceremony in Punjab's Rupnagar on Thursday to dispel fears that one may contract COVID-19 by attending the last rites of an infected person.

In what appeared to be an unintended automated response, Punjab Police's official Twitter handle last night asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to dial emergency numbers when he instructed them to help some migrant labourers stranded in Ludhiana.

Nirmal Singh won a Padma Shri award died of coronavirus in Punjab early this morning.

A video showing sanitation workers being applauded, showered with flowers and being offered garlands made of currency notes in Punjab's Patiala has gone viral on social media.

Xiaomi on Monday announced it will donate lakhs of N95 masks and protective suits in India amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

India's fourth coronavirus death has been reported from Punjab.

Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Friday announced closing of all schools in the state till March 31 as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of coronavirus.

Punjab has no plans to impose a night curfew in view of rising Omicron cases, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, OP Soni said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday that he was not in favour of refusing hospital care to any patient coming to Punjab from other states for treatment amid surge in coronavirus cases.

Punjab today extended its Covid-19 curbs till April 10 as the number of cases and fatalities continued to escalate. The UK strain of the virus has emerged as the most prevalent among all in the state, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said today, directing the Health Department to hike the number of vaccination sites.

Eight states including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab have reported a high number of daily COVID-19 cases and account for 84.5 per cent of the 68,020 fresh cases recorded in the country in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered massive state-wide restrictions beginning Saturday which include closing of all educational institutions till the end of the month and restrictions on cinema and mall capacities.

Ola’s services will resume in more cities across India today, including the states of Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (except Chennai), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Assam.

State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi took part in a cremation ceremony in Punjab's Rupnagar on Thursday to dispel fears that one may contract COVID-19 by attending the last rites of an infected person.

In what appeared to be an unintended automated response, Punjab Police's official Twitter handle last night asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to dial emergency numbers when he instructed them to help some migrant labourers stranded in Ludhiana.

Nirmal Singh won a Padma Shri award died of coronavirus in Punjab early this morning.

A video showing sanitation workers being applauded, showered with flowers and being offered garlands made of currency notes in Punjab's Patiala has gone viral on social media.

Xiaomi on Monday announced it will donate lakhs of N95 masks and protective suits in India amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

India's fourth coronavirus death has been reported from Punjab.

Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Friday announced closing of all schools in the state till March 31 as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of coronavirus.