Covid-19 Ahmedabad

The deadline for the completion of the high speed rail route between Mumbai and Gujarat's Ahmedabad can be fixed only after assessment of delay in land acquisition in Maharashtra and COVID-19 impact, railway officials have said.

A total of 24 students of the city-based National Institute of Design (NID) have tested positive for COVID-19 in three days, with 16 cases being reported on Sunday alone, officials said.

Gujarat on Thursday recorded 24,485 new cases, the highest single-day spike so far, pushing up its tally above the 10-lakh mark, while 13 patients succumbed to infection, the state health department said.

Ahmedabad district in Gujarat has reported 21.5 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate as compared to the state's average of around eight per cent, as per the district-wise test figures released on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has formed 100 teams to ensure that its 'no vaccine-no entry' rule is being implemented in the city to prohibit those people who have not taken Covid vaccine doses so far.

Eleven patients have died after a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar this morning; one patient has been seriously injured.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation asked owners and managements of all private establishments in the city, including residential societies and commercial complexes, to restrict entry to those who have not taken the Covid vaccine, despite being eligible.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has released the eligibility criteria of CAT 2021. These eligibility criteria concern the students who have been issued “promotion or pass” certificates, instead of “marks” certificates, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 11,000 people categorised as "super-spreaders" have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city till now in a special drive started recently for their inoculation, local civic body said today.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat from Monday, where he is scheduled to visit three COVID-19 vaccination centres, including one in Ahmedabad, officials said.

A 15-year-old-boy in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has been detected with Mucormycosis or Black Fungus a week after he recovered from COVID-19, a doctor treating him said today.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday joined a chorus of voices commenting on a video from Gujarat's Ahmedabad - a video that shows men gleefully covering themselves in cow dung in the belief it will protect them against COVID-19

PBKS vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan acknowledged that the players are more than aware of the horrific nature of the COVID-19 pandemic which is claiming hundreds of lives outside the bio-bubble.

The Gujarat government on Wednesday downplayed the long queue of ambulances carrying COVID-19 patients seen outside the civil hospital, saying the admission of patients is being carried out as per the protocols which just cannot be discarded.

Gujarat reported a record spike of 4,541 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the state's tally to 3,37,015, an official said on Friday.

The deadline for the completion of the high speed rail route between Mumbai and Gujarat's Ahmedabad can be fixed only after assessment of delay in land acquisition in Maharashtra and COVID-19 impact, railway officials have said.

A total of 24 students of the city-based National Institute of Design (NID) have tested positive for COVID-19 in three days, with 16 cases being reported on Sunday alone, officials said.

Gujarat on Thursday recorded 24,485 new cases, the highest single-day spike so far, pushing up its tally above the 10-lakh mark, while 13 patients succumbed to infection, the state health department said.

Ahmedabad district in Gujarat has reported 21.5 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate as compared to the state's average of around eight per cent, as per the district-wise test figures released on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has formed 100 teams to ensure that its 'no vaccine-no entry' rule is being implemented in the city to prohibit those people who have not taken Covid vaccine doses so far.

Eleven patients have died after a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar this morning; one patient has been seriously injured.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation asked owners and managements of all private establishments in the city, including residential societies and commercial complexes, to restrict entry to those who have not taken the Covid vaccine, despite being eligible.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has released the eligibility criteria of CAT 2021. These eligibility criteria concern the students who have been issued “promotion or pass” certificates, instead of “marks” certificates, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 11,000 people categorised as "super-spreaders" have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city till now in a special drive started recently for their inoculation, local civic body said today.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat from Monday, where he is scheduled to visit three COVID-19 vaccination centres, including one in Ahmedabad, officials said.

A 15-year-old-boy in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has been detected with Mucormycosis or Black Fungus a week after he recovered from COVID-19, a doctor treating him said today.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday joined a chorus of voices commenting on a video from Gujarat's Ahmedabad - a video that shows men gleefully covering themselves in cow dung in the belief it will protect them against COVID-19

PBKS vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan acknowledged that the players are more than aware of the horrific nature of the COVID-19 pandemic which is claiming hundreds of lives outside the bio-bubble.

The Gujarat government on Wednesday downplayed the long queue of ambulances carrying COVID-19 patients seen outside the civil hospital, saying the admission of patients is being carried out as per the protocols which just cannot be discarded.

Gujarat reported a record spike of 4,541 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the state's tally to 3,37,015, an official said on Friday.