Anika Kumar
The director of school education has declared holidays for grade X students of all schools from May 1 to May 31, as the number of COVID-19 cases has soared. All Grade X students in the district should prepare for their public SSC exams at home, district education officer K. Nageswara Rao said in a statement … Read more
Notwithstanding the government’s lofty claims of measures to streamline sales of remdesivir vials in the state, stocks worth lakhs rupees have been illegally sold daily. Officials from the Department of Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E), the Drug Control Administration (DCA), the police and the Department of Medicine and Health, who raided some COVID hospitals, discovered many … Read more
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas has asked the district collectors to ensure that no patient is turned away from the hospitals on the grounds of inadequate beds. During a video conference with collectors from seven hardest-hit districts, the minister urged them to ensure that bed strength is increased in … Read more
The second wave of coronavirus continued to take its toll in Andhra Pradesh on the south coast, as more than 1,600 people fell ill with the infection, while seven other patients succumbed to the virus within 24 hours. The number of active cases rose to 18,481 as an additional 1,641 people tested positive in the … Read more
A sharp increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the city has put the availability of medical oxygen in hospitals at the center. While there is no shortage of liquid medical oxygen, some problems with the distribution process and the lack of empty oxygen bottles are believed to be the reason for the … Read more
Voting staff and party agents must undergo a COVID-19 test and produce a “negative” report in order to get to the centers counting the May 2 by-election for the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency. Staff and agents should have a negative report aside from valid ID, said collector M. Hari Narayanan, who, along with MCT Commissioner … Read more
The prevailing heat wave conditions later in March raised hopes of Raghava, 53, a salt farmer from the Prakasam district of Kothapatnam village that he would reap a good harvest. During April, his hopes were dashed when the majority of workers scrapping salt from pans contracted coronavirus infection. In other coastal villages like Chinnaganjam, Motumala, … Read more
The ESI hospital, which was sanctioned due to the efforts of former MP and BJP leader Kambhampati Haribabu to Visakhapatnam, will soon be built, the BJP leaders announced here on Thursday. The party’s district parliamentary president M. Raveendra said they had put pressure on the YSRCP government to take up the issue with the center, … Read more
Collector V. Vinay Chand said beds in COVID-19 care centers in the city would be increased from 2,800 to 3,400. He spoke to State COVID-19 Special Officer KS Jawahar Reddy in a video conference here on Thursday. Vinay Chand said that in addition to the COVID-19 care centers, four more hospitals will be set up … Read more
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas has asked the district collectors to ensure that no patient is turned away from the hospitals on the grounds of inadequate beds. During a video conference with collectors from seven hardest-hit districts, the minister urged them to ensure that bed strength is increased in … Read more