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Maharashtra Reports 50 New COVID-19 Cases, 9 Of Them JN.1 Infections
The JN.1 patients include five from Thane, two from Pune city, and one each from a rural pocket of Pune district, Akola city and Sindhudurg
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Covid 3rd Wave May Peak In Next 3 Weeks, Says Report
The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to peak much earlier than anticipated and may take a maximum of three more weeks, even though the share of rural districts in new caseloads has increased significantly since December, says a report.
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No Covid Case In Assam's Remote Area, But Officials Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Urges People To Follow Covid Norms
Expressing concerns over people letting their guard down against Covid in rural areas, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar urged citizens not to put the state government in a position where it has to shut everything if third wave hits.
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Local Trains To Resume After 50% Rural Population Gets Inoculated: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that local train services will resume in the state as and when 50 per cent of the rural population gets vaccinated.
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Unemployment Rate Inches Down Thanks To Rural India: Think Tank
India's unemployment rate improved slightly to 7.09 per cent in the week ending July 25, CMIE data showed. It stood at 7.41 per cent in the previous week. The monthly joblessness rate also fell marginally from around 10 per cent in June.
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Total Covid Cufew Declared In 7 Assam Districts
Seven Assam districts showing a high rate of Covid positivity have been put under a total curfew by the State Disaster Management Authority amid a piling up of cases. The body also issued revised directives for both rural and urban parts of Assam.
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Rural India Sinks Deeper Into Debt As COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
Interviews with 75 households in a cluster of eight villages in Uttar Pradesh showed household incomes have slumped nearly 75 per cent on average.
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Nearly 64% Covid Vaccine Administered On June 21 In Rural Areas: Centre
As India achieved a "historic milestone" of administering 88.09 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses in a single day on June 21, nearly 64 per cent of the jabs were given in rural areas, the government said on Tuesday.
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No Local Body Polls Till 70% People Vaccinated, Says Maharashtra Minister
Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif today said there will be no elections to local bodies in the state till 70 per cent population is vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Vaccine Hesitancy Is Invitation To Coronavirus, Says Minister
Hesitation to vaccination is "coronavirus invitation", Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday as he launched a campaign for creating awareness in rural areas about the ongoing inoculation drive in the country.
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Corporates Call For Ramping Up Investment In Health Sector: Report
The corporate sector has underlined the importance of ramping up investments in healthcare infrastructure in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and rural areas.
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Charges Of Lack of Covid Testing, Isolation Facilities In Rural Areas Untenable: Centre
The Union Health Ministry on Friday termed the allegations levelled by Twitter users about the lack of Covid-testing, isolation and clinical management facilities at the village level and scarcity of PPE kits as "untenable".
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Highlights Of The #HelpingHands Telethon: An Initiative To Set-Up COVID Centres For Children And Vaccinate People In Rural India
NDTV and ChildFund present India's Helping Hands, supported by WhatsApp, a campaign to set-up child-friendly COVID centres and run vaccination drives in vulnerable districts of rural India
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'Doctors on Wheels' Make Covid Healthcare Accessible For Rural India
In an unique effort to provide medical facilities for Covid patients in rural areas, a few organisations came together at Delhi's Bangla Sahib Gurudwara on Saturday to launch a programme called 'doctors on wheels'
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Maharashtra Reports 50 New COVID-19 Cases, 9 Of Them JN.1 Infections
The JN.1 patients include five from Thane, two from Pune city, and one each from a rural pocket of Pune district, Akola city and Sindhudurg
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Covid 3rd Wave May Peak In Next 3 Weeks, Says Report
The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to peak much earlier than anticipated and may take a maximum of three more weeks, even though the share of rural districts in new caseloads has increased significantly since December, says a report.
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No Covid Case In Assam's Remote Area, But Officials Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
Rural health workers in Assam's Kokrajhar district, braving forests, streams and bad roads to reach Lungsung forest near the Bhutan border. This tribal community hasn't reported a single COVID-19 case.
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Urges People To Follow Covid Norms
Expressing concerns over people letting their guard down against Covid in rural areas, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar urged citizens not to put the state government in a position where it has to shut everything if third wave hits.
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Local Trains To Resume After 50% Rural Population Gets Inoculated: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that local train services will resume in the state as and when 50 per cent of the rural population gets vaccinated.
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Unemployment Rate Inches Down Thanks To Rural India: Think Tank
India's unemployment rate improved slightly to 7.09 per cent in the week ending July 25, CMIE data showed. It stood at 7.41 per cent in the previous week. The monthly joblessness rate also fell marginally from around 10 per cent in June.
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Total Covid Cufew Declared In 7 Assam Districts
Seven Assam districts showing a high rate of Covid positivity have been put under a total curfew by the State Disaster Management Authority amid a piling up of cases. The body also issued revised directives for both rural and urban parts of Assam.
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Rural India Sinks Deeper Into Debt As COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
Interviews with 75 households in a cluster of eight villages in Uttar Pradesh showed household incomes have slumped nearly 75 per cent on average.
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Nearly 64% Covid Vaccine Administered On June 21 In Rural Areas: Centre
As India achieved a "historic milestone" of administering 88.09 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses in a single day on June 21, nearly 64 per cent of the jabs were given in rural areas, the government said on Tuesday.
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No Local Body Polls Till 70% People Vaccinated, Says Maharashtra Minister
Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif today said there will be no elections to local bodies in the state till 70 per cent population is vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Vaccine Hesitancy Is Invitation To Coronavirus, Says Minister
Hesitation to vaccination is "coronavirus invitation", Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday as he launched a campaign for creating awareness in rural areas about the ongoing inoculation drive in the country.
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Corporates Call For Ramping Up Investment In Health Sector: Report
The corporate sector has underlined the importance of ramping up investments in healthcare infrastructure in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and rural areas.
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Charges Of Lack of Covid Testing, Isolation Facilities In Rural Areas Untenable: Centre
The Union Health Ministry on Friday termed the allegations levelled by Twitter users about the lack of Covid-testing, isolation and clinical management facilities at the village level and scarcity of PPE kits as "untenable".
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Highlights Of The #HelpingHands Telethon: An Initiative To Set-Up COVID Centres For Children And Vaccinate People In Rural India
NDTV and ChildFund present India's Helping Hands, supported by WhatsApp, a campaign to set-up child-friendly COVID centres and run vaccination drives in vulnerable districts of rural India
-
'Doctors on Wheels' Make Covid Healthcare Accessible For Rural India
In an unique effort to provide medical facilities for Covid patients in rural areas, a few organisations came together at Delhi's Bangla Sahib Gurudwara on Saturday to launch a programme called 'doctors on wheels'
