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Ferocious second wave tests nerves as Assam's medical fraternity continue with COVID-19 duty without leaves, extra allowance
Sanskrita Bharadwaj • 4 years agoRural areas in Assam, especially areas such as the tea gardens and the chars are already bearing the brunt of poor health infrastructure
An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I felt I was going home; little did I know what that would mean'
Prashant Sharma • 4 years agoThis account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time.
Odisha makes week-long home isolation mandatory for people coming from five 'high-risk' states
• 4 years agoThe five high-risk states are Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the state's additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, said
Arjun Rampal tests negative for coronavirus after Nail Polish co-stars Manav Kaul, Anand Tiwari get infected
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe shooting of ZEE5's Nail Polish, which began on 15 September, was halted on Thursday after Manav Kaul and Anand Tiwari tested positive for coronavirus.
Veteran filmmaker Singeetam Srinivasa Rao tests positive for coronavirus, says it's a 'mild infection'
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoFilmmaker Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, in a Facebook video message, revealed that he had tested positive for the coronavirus on 9 September.
Rapper Raftaar home quarantines after testing positive for coronavirus, says he feels 'fit'
• 5 years agoRaftaar was supposed to start shooting for the latest season of MTV Roadies, and thus got himself tested for coronavirus.
From readying your home for quarantine to getting medical help, here's what to expect if you test COVID positive in Delhi
Vijaya Pushkarna • 5 years agoRates for treatment in private facilities have been notified by the Delhi government, and in all likelihood, the hospital you go to will have these displayed. A government official is also present in the private hospitals, to deal with any issues that may arise.
Health ministry allows home isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, bars elderly with comorbidities
• 5 years agoAccording to the revised COVID-19 norms, the health ministry has made allowances for asymptomatic patients to quarantine at home as long as they have the requisite self-isolation facilities.
72-year-old who went missing from Delhi airport traced to Ghaziabad, sent to home quarantine for 14 days
• 5 years agoHarjeet Singh, a resident of Dilshad Garden, arrived in Delhi on flight number AI 1916 from Almaty in Kazakhstan on Saturday and went missing from the entry gate of the screening hall at Terminal-3 of the IGI airport, officials said.
As migrant workers flout quarantine norms, increase in UP's COVID-19 cases triggers fear in rural areas; Nigrani Samitis prove toothless
Saurabh Chauhan • 5 years agoSome villagers groused that the panchayat pradhans are not reporting the issues to the police or concerned authorities.