Covid-19 Surat

Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai on Friday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under whose leadership India ran the world's biggest vaccination drive during the Covid-19 pandemic, and credited him for saving the lives of Indians.

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.

The civic body in Gujarat's Surat city has barred people who have not taken the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from entering public spaces such as gardens, zoos and boarding city buses, an official said on Saturday.

A Surat-based eatery celebrated one billion COVID-19 vaccination doses by offering free 'Locho' to the fully vaccinated.

Eight students of a tuition centre in Gujarat's Surat city tested COVID-19 positive after testing of samples, an official said on Saturday.

A total of 16 critical COVID-19 patients were rescued and shifted to safer places after a fire broke out in the ICU of a private hospital in Surat, Gujarat, on Sunday night, officials said.

Fearing another lockdown in the wake of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in Gujarat, migrant workers and their families have started leaving Surat and Ahmedabad, two of the state's most severely affected cities.

The Gujarat government today said it has shut down two testing laboratories located in Surat for issuing fake COVID-19 negative certificates.

In the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Surat Municipal Corporation on Wednesday issued a notification making seven-day home quarantine mandatory for people travelling to the city from outside Gujarat.

To contain the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Gujarat government today decided to increase the night curfew timings in four major cities of the state by two hours.

Two primary schools and a college in Gujarat's Surat city have been shut for two weeks after 20 students there tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Sunday.

In view of the recent spike in coronavirus cases, the Gujarat government has decided to extend the night curfew in four major cities of the state, including Ahmedabad, by another 15 days.

The Gujarat government on Saturday extended till February 15 the night curfew in four major cities of the state- Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot- to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a senior official said.

No one except those engaged in providing essential and emergency services will be allowed to come out from 9 pm to 6 am in Gujarat's Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara from tomorrow, amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, news agency ANI reported Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel as saying.

A businessman who recovered from coronavirus has converted his office into an 85-bed facility to provide free treatment for the poor.

Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai on Friday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under whose leadership India ran the world's biggest vaccination drive during the Covid-19 pandemic, and credited him for saving the lives of Indians.

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.

The civic body in Gujarat's Surat city has barred people who have not taken the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine from entering public spaces such as gardens, zoos and boarding city buses, an official said on Saturday.

A Surat-based eatery celebrated one billion COVID-19 vaccination doses by offering free 'Locho' to the fully vaccinated.

Eight students of a tuition centre in Gujarat's Surat city tested COVID-19 positive after testing of samples, an official said on Saturday.

A total of 16 critical COVID-19 patients were rescued and shifted to safer places after a fire broke out in the ICU of a private hospital in Surat, Gujarat, on Sunday night, officials said.

Fearing another lockdown in the wake of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in Gujarat, migrant workers and their families have started leaving Surat and Ahmedabad, two of the state's most severely affected cities.

The Gujarat government today said it has shut down two testing laboratories located in Surat for issuing fake COVID-19 negative certificates.

In the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Surat Municipal Corporation on Wednesday issued a notification making seven-day home quarantine mandatory for people travelling to the city from outside Gujarat.

To contain the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Gujarat government today decided to increase the night curfew timings in four major cities of the state by two hours.

Two primary schools and a college in Gujarat's Surat city have been shut for two weeks after 20 students there tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Sunday.

In view of the recent spike in coronavirus cases, the Gujarat government has decided to extend the night curfew in four major cities of the state, including Ahmedabad, by another 15 days.

The Gujarat government on Saturday extended till February 15 the night curfew in four major cities of the state- Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot- to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a senior official said.

No one except those engaged in providing essential and emergency services will be allowed to come out from 9 pm to 6 am in Gujarat's Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara from tomorrow, amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, news agency ANI reported Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel as saying.

A businessman who recovered from coronavirus has converted his office into an 85-bed facility to provide free treatment for the poor.