Delhi-based NGO Wishes and Blessings has launched WB Ambulances project in partnership with Delhi government to provide aid to underprivileged COVID-19 patients.
As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown t.
Currently, there are about 600 permanent pump houses across Delhi. The PWD has also set up 300 temporary pumping facilities across the city to monitor waterlogging in low-lying areas.
Surveys to check the prevalence of coronavirus among the general population of Delhi will now be held every month, the state's health minister Satyendra Jain said today, announcing the beginning of the first of this series of surveys from August 1 to 5.
'Strict action will be taken if anyone tries to buy or sell plasma,' said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain. A first-of-its-kind 'plasma bank' in the country was recently set up at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Science (ILBS) in south Delhi
In Delhi, the serological survey tested 21,387 people, and found 22.86% had developed antibodies against COVID-19. In Mumbai, 9,590 people were tested, and 24.3% were found to have the antibodies.
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said the Delhi Police is “misusing the judicial system” and taking the “system for ride”, despite the fact that their petition seeking cancellation of Farooq’s bail is pending adjudication before it in another petition.
The Delhi government on Wednesday said nearly 78 per cent beds for coronavirus patients are lying vacant in government and private hospitals of the city.
One of the kidnappers was traced and arrested. A day later, police arrested Upender, the child’s paternal uncle, who allegedly planned the kidnapping to get money from his brother Tarun. Police said he was in debt.