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Users are recommended to not pay attention to any such messages or install any third-party apps for COVID-19 vaccine registrations. A fake SMS message is in circulation that falsely claims to offer an app to let users register for COVID-19 vaccine in India. However, instead of providing a legitimate way to register for the vaccination, the app is aimed at propagating malware via SMS messages once it is installed on a mobile device. The malicious app was initially named COVID-19, though it later received an update that renamed it as…

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also sought their immediate intervention for 20 additional tankers (preferably conducive to rail travel) for timely evacuation of LMO from Bokaro. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday requested for allocation of an additional 50 metric tonnes (MT) liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to the state, amid the oxygen crisis due to surge in COVID-19. He also sought their immediate intervention for 20 additional tankers (preferably conducive to rail…

The top cop also said that 425 Remdesivir injections, 90 Favipiravir tablets, 213 oxygen cylinders, 225 oxygen concentrators and 82 oxygen flow regulators were seized by the security personnel. The Delhi Police has registered over 70 cases in connection with hoarding and black-marketing of medicines and medical equipment amid COVID-19 outbreak and arrested 91 people, officials said on Tuesday. According to the data tweeted by Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava on Tuesday, 13 oximeters, 18 oxy pumps, two Remdesivir empty injections, three ambulances, nine open pressure regulators, 213 pulse oximeters,…

The amount, which after TDS was ₹ 1699.50 crore, was received by the SII on April 28 itself, it said. The Health Ministry on Monday said that 100 per cent advance of ₹ 1732.50 crore was released to the Serum Institute of India on April 28 for 11 crore doses of Covishield vaccine during May, June and July. The amount, which after TDS was ₹ 1699.50 crore, was received by the SII on April 28 itself, it said. As on date, against the last order of 10 crore doses for supplies of Covishield vaccine, 8.744 crore…

The health ministry said positive cases relative to the number of tests fell on Monday for the first time since at India’s tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 3,00,000 new cases, as scientists predicted the pandemic could peak in the next couple of days. Total infections since the start of the pandemic have reached 19.93 million, swelled by 3,68,147 new cases over the past 24 hours, while the deaths rose by 3,417 to 2,18,959, health ministry…

Randeep Guleria said asymptomatic patients with normal oxygen saturation should not go for CT scans. The computerized tomography scan (CT scan) cannot properly detect mild coronavirus cases, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said at a press conference today, as he warned against its misuse. The top doctor, who is also a member of the national pandemic task force, added that blood tests can’t always prove Covid infections as other underlying diseases can also trigger a spike in biomarkers. The CT scan machine takes cross-sectional images of the body using computers and…