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Imran calls in army to help contain Covid-19 spread

The Prime Minister added that he had asked the Pakistan Army to assist the police and law enforcement agencies in enforcing SOPs…reports Asian Lite News Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said

April 25, 2021

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Kerala steps up oxygen production amid raging crisis

Kerala health department and PESO have been working together to ensure medical oxygen supply…reports Asian Lite News. Kerala has increased its production of oxygen from 99.39 metric tonnes in April last year

April 25, 2021

COVID-19·Kerala

Vijayan asks pvt hospitals to reserve 25% beds for Covid patients

As many as 26,685 people tested positive for coronavirus in the state on Saturday…reports Asian Lite News. With Covid-19 cases continuing to rise in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday chaired

April 25, 2021

COVID-19·Kerala

Kerala repeats calls for free vaccines

Vijayan said with the second wave, surge has reached dangerous levels and absolute caution has to be maintained by all…reports Asian Lite News. With the daily number of Covid positive cases reaching

April 25, 2021

COVID-19·Kerala

Serum Institute says Covishield is most affordable jab

SII, which manufactures the AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield at its Pune facility, said that the initial prices were kept very low globally as it was based on advance funding given by the countries

April 25, 2021

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SpiceJet airlifts 800 oxygen concentrators from HK

The concentrators will reach Delhi via Kolkata, where the aircraft landed at around 7 p.m. on Saturday….reports Asian Lite News SpiceJet’s air cargo arm SpiceXpress has airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators from Hong

April 25, 2021

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Pakistan on tenterhooks amid Covid rise

The Covid crisis has led to Islamabad’s hospital beds being filled up rapidly. There are a total of 836 hospital beds in Islamabad, of which 525 have been occupied by coronavirus patients…reports

April 25, 2021

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India waives customs duty on oxygen, vaccines

The government also exempted basic customs duty on import of Covid vaccines with immediate effect for a period of three months, reports Asian Lite News The Union government on Saturday decided to

April 24, 2021

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Imran calls in army to help contain Covid-19 spread

Pakistan Prime Minister referred to the Covid-19 situation in India while appealing to the public to follow SOPs. “I am appealing to you to follow SOPs so that we don’t have to

April 24, 2021

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State of emergency declared in Tokyo

The state of emergency, a third of its kind so far declared in the country, will come into effect from Sunday to May 11…reports Asian Lite News Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

April 23, 2021

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