\"It is an investigational drug. Its role has been clearly defined in the clinical management protocol. There is no question of the use of Remdesivir in home settings,\" said NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul

A total of 82,339 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours. As of April 14, India's total case tally stands at 1.38 crore; total recoveries 1.2 crore; active cases 13.6 lakh; and 1.72 lakh patients have died

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COVID-19 update in India, April 12: The number of active cases rose to 12,64,698, or 9.24 per cent of the total infections. The active caseload was at its lowest at 1,35,926 on February 12, 2021, and highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020

Buyers will have to produce original prescription, RT-PCR report not older than seven days and copy of admitted patient's Aadhaar card at the time of purchasing Remdesivir at Zydus Hospitals counter

India is now the world's second most affected country in terms of coronavirus. The US, with 3.1 crore cases stands on top, followed by India and Brazil

We need to remove age criteria and scale up vaccination. There will be no lockdown. New restrictions will be imposed soon, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said

\"On April 10, vaccination will take place in government and civic centres between noon and 6am, and it will be between 9am and 5pm on April 11,\" the BMC said

According to the BMC, 5,099 patients got discharge from hospitals, which pushed the city's recovery count to 3,97,613

Dr Vardhan says over 89 lakh healthcare workers have got the first dose and over 54 lakhs have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakhs got the first dose and over 45 lakhs have got the second dose, he adds

Centre's clarification comes amid an ongoing debate over the export of vaccines with some states, mostly non-BJP ruled, flagging the issue of shortage of vaccines

India coronavirus update: Active cases have continued to scale up to 9,79,608 which comprise 7.5 per cent of the total infections. Likewise, coronavirus-related deaths are also accelerating as hospitals get overwhelmed

Mumbai Police's crime branch nabbed a person with 12 Remdesivir vials on Thursday. Following this, several late-night raids were carried out, during which the cops seized more than 272 Remdesivir injections from one GR Pharma shop

\"Where does question of shortages arise? We're continuously monitoring & enhancing supply,\" said Dr Harsh Vardhan

Coronavirus in Maharashtra: \"Gujarat has a population of 6 crore, they got 1 crore doses. We have a population of 12 crore, we got 1.04 crore doses,\" said Rajesh Tope

Coronavirus update in India: India on Sunday registered 1.03 lakh cases, 1.07 lakh cases on Tuesday; and 1.15 lakh cases on Wednesday. Overall, India has registered a total of 1,29,28,574 cases of coronavirus until April 8

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Rajesh Tope said that the state currently has 14 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses, which will get consumed in three days. He said that Maharashtra has asked for 40 lakh additional doses

According to data by the union health ministry, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Rajasthan contributed 54 per cent of the total cases and 65 per cent of the total deaths in the country

Coronavirus cases in India: The recovery rate has declined to 92.48 per cent with 1,17,32,279 people getting cured of the COVID-19 infection. While the death toll increased to 1,65,547 or 1.30 per cent of the total cases.