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India rolled out the third phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive for those in the age group of 18-45 years on Saturday.

All the exit polls had predicted a clean victory for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left with a minimum of 75 seats and a maximum of 120 seats.

The Congress has established initial leads only on five seats while its partners Bodoland Peoples Front on two seats and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on one seat.

The meeting comes amid reports of healthcare personnel feeling overwhelmed in some parts of the country due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases.

Voting took place in the state on April 6 to elect 140 legislators to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.

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On Saturday, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra reviewed counting arrangements with senior officers of the commission.

The court made the observation while hearing the petitions on how the health infrastructure is trying to cope with the deadly second wave of the pandemic.

The ministry said that so far provided nearly 16.37 crore vaccine doses (16,37,62,300) to the states and UTs free of cost and as of 8 a.m. on Saturday the total consumption including wastage is 15,58,48,782 doses.

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Attendants of the deceased created ruckus inside the hospital premises. Some family members also staged protest outside the hospital.

Hospitals across the national capital had sent out SOS messages last week about depleting supplies of oxygen.

Dattatraya Sawant, a teacher by profession, drives the auto-rickshaw by himself and provides a free ride to COVID-19 patients while taking all precautions like wearing a PPE kit, sanitisation and others.

The Ministry has also instructed the Chief Wildlife Wardens to initiate preventive measures to stop the transmission and spread of virus from humans to wild animals in the National Parks, sanctuaries and other protected areas.

Fauci, in an interview to The Indian Express, said another most important thing in the immediate is to get supplies of oxygen, medication, PPEs.

Many of the CII member companies in the healthcare, pharma, life sciences and medical equipment sectors have ramped up production of essential medical supplies like medical oxygen, ventilators, makeshift hospitals

The decision was announced after a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday and will come into force from Monday.

We have announced that starting Tuesday on the advice of the CDC (Centres for Disease Control, our COVID-19 experts, medical experts and national security advisors -- travel restrictions will come into force for India

With 3,523 people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours, the death toll has mounted to 2,11,853. Currently, there are 32,68,710 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

According to Rajendrasinh Chudasama, Superintendent of Police, Bharuch, the fire broke that broke out in the ICU due to a short circuit have been doused.

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