487 Covid cases in Delhi, lowest in over 2.5 months; death count below 50 after Apr 11

Delhi recorded 487 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily count in over two-and-a-half months and 45 deaths on Friday, while the positivity rate slumped to 0.61 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. This is the first time the daily death count has gone below the 50-mark since April 11 when […]

Delhi faces acute shortage of vaccine; majority still await second dose

With a shortage and private hospitals charging high prices for the vaccines, the inoculation process in the Capital city is hanging by a thread In the Cowin app, we looked for two days for Covid-19 vaccine slots in Delhi. No vaccine slots were available at government hospitals nor private ones for 18–44 year-olds on the […]

Why start vaccination centres with pomp if 2nd jab of COVAXIN not available, HC asks Delhi govt

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said if the Delhi government could not ensure that people get both the doses of COVAXIN within the stipulated time, then it should not have started so many vaccination centres with “much pomp and splendour”. Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on whether […]

Booze at your doorstep

Now home delivery of alcohol is possible in Delhi. But there are some unresolved issues… On a cold evening in December 2019, some friends had gathered in the first-floor apartment of CR Park in south Delhi. There were some six people partying with a copious supply of booze, chicken rolls were lined on the table […]

The ‘unknowns’ of the coronavirus

‘Anxiety syndrome’ and the long term effects of Covid-19 have prevented thousands of people, even with milder viral load, from resuming their normal life weeks after they are cured It’s not easy to get back some semblance of normalcy in their lives after having dealt successfully with the scourge of the pandemic. Reclamation of normal […]

Appeal to Centre to cancel Class 12 board exams: Delhi CM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to cancel Class 12 board exams in view of the Covid situation and suggested students be evaluated on basis of past performance. “Students and parents are really worried about Class 12 board exams. They want that the exams should not be conducted without vaccination. […]

COVID-19: Antibody cocktail treatment begins at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Tuesday started administering monoclonal antibody cocktail (MAC) to coronavirus patients, the medical facility said in a statement. The hospital is administering a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab to consenting patients with mild and moderate COVID-19 symptoms at high risk of developing serious illness, it added. The MRP of one […]

Low stipends and high risks: Trainee doctors fear about their future

Junior doctors working in Covid wards have to contend with low stipends, risk of infection all while planning their studies amidst the pandemic  “Lala, take care of mother and father, after me, it is you, who will take care of everything.” These were the last words of 31-year-old Deepak Singh to his brother Dharmendra. A […]